Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to "strengthen our Ukrainian spiritual independence", suggesting that the country's leadership was moving towards banning the branch of the Orthodox Church that has links to Moscow.

Rescuers in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on a religious school housing displaced Palestinians killed 93 people on Saturday (10 August), sparking international condemnation despite Israel's insistence that it was targeting militants.

Russia moved extra tanks, artillery and rocket systems to its southern Kursk region and imposed “anti-terrorism” measures in border areas as it battled a shock incursion by Ukraine's military.

Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 ballistic missile system, European intelligence sources said, adding that they expected the delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Britain has readied a huge police response in case of further racist rioting this weekend and the government said it is considering tougher regulations for social media companies following unrest driven by online misinformation.

Sweden's ambassador to Bamako, Kristina Kuhnel, has been ordered to leave the West African Sahel nation within 72 hours, Mali's foreign ministry said on Friday (9 August), because of what it called a "hostile" statement by a Swedish minister.

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska came under attack from supporters of the war in Ukraine on Friday (9 August) after making a rare anti-war statement in which he described the conflict as "mad" and called for a ceasefire without pre-conditions.

The United States, Britain and Canada unveiled sweeping sanctions against Belarus on Friday (9 August) to mark the fourth anniversary of a contested presidential election that returned strongman President Alexander Lukashenko to power.

Czech police are investigating groups of mostly young people hunting for paedophiles on the internet to blackmail them or beat them up, a spokesman said Friday (9 August).