Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday.

Police in Germany on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization, Germany’s public prosecutor said.

European security officials have linked suspected Russian operatives to a plot to smuggle incendiary devices onto a cargo plane in Germany, in what investigators believe may have been a trial run for future attacks targeting North America-bound aircraft.

South Korean and the European Union on Monday strongly condemned North Korea’s reported dispatch of troops to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed concerns that Russia could reward North Korea with transfers of sensitive technology to enhance its nuclear and missile programs.

Germany’s top diplomat arrived Monday in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on an unannounced visit, in what appeared to be a show of European support for Ukraine on the eve of a U.S. presidential election that could bring far-reaching changes in Washington’s policy toward Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor.

Spain’s King Felipe VI and top government officials were pelted with mud by a crowd of enraged survivors of Spain’s floods during the first visit Sunday by the country’s leaders to the center of the suffering.

In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped for hours in vehicles, homes and businesses.

Aviano downs BFA and Naples to win a DODEA-Europe title that has eluded group of seniors who have starred in several sports over the years, but come up short.

Viasna, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday that Dmitry Schletgauer is the seventh dissenter to die in jail since Minsk launched a harsh and extensive crackdown on the opposition in 2020. Rights groups say Belarus now holds some 1,300 political prisoners.

In a national referendum on Oct. 20, Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority of 50.35% in favor of securing a membership in the E.U. But the results of the referendum and the first round of the presidential election were overshadowed by allegations of a Moscow-backed vote-buying scheme.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield.

Nearly three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought no shortage of complicated twists and turns. But one bizarre new element particularly stands out: North Korean troops in the battlefield mix.

The U.S. is providing about $425 million in new military aid to Ukraine that includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Army and Air Force Exchange Service employees have the legal right to either show up on the job or walk out. Employees won’t notify supervisors of their choice until Monday, leaving AAFES in the dark about which areas of its operations will be affected and to what extent.

For U.S. philanthropist Amed Khan, America has mismanaged the war in Ukraine. It has rallied support, but not enough for Kyiv to win the war. He and other Americans who directly support Ukraine’s war effort, either through financial aid or voluntary combat, say the U.S. hasn’t done enough to help Ukraine defeat Russia. They doubt the presidential election will change that.

Russia’s army seized more land last week than at any point this year. It’s captured 442 square miles in Ukraine since Aug. 6, about a quarter more than in the first seven months of the year, according to Bloomberg Intelligence calculations.

Football is good for the American Forces Network, with the military broadcasting service expecting to top a million viewing hours on its relatively new streaming service this year thanks to American troops’ love of the NFL.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that 8,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Russia’s Kursk region and the U.S. expects to see them fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine in the coming days.

Unlike elsewhere on the 600-mile-long front, Russian forces in Kherson are just across the river from the city and are using small drones to harass the population, either by crashing into targets and exploding or by dropping grenades and small camouflaged mines.