Category: 4. World

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and military intelligence (HUR) destroyed one of Russia’s top-secret “Oreshnik” strategic missile systems during a covert operation at the Kapustin Yar testing range, SBU chief Vasyl Malyuk revealed,…

Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police have begun burying the dead, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and angry at law enforcement whom they accuse of excessive force, torture and extrajudicial killings.

At least 132 people…

Indian customs officers have arrested a plane passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from smugglers at Mumbai’s airport.

One of the tiny animals from Indonesia was dead,…

Hurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across parts of the Caribbean in recent days, after first making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday night as a category 5 storm – the highest strength. This was the most powerful storm to strike the island…

…

Skulls, silence, and whispers of the past. In Milan, where Halloween meets history, the walls of San Bernardino alle Ossa lined with skulls recall the city’s medieval past.

Nearby, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana shelters Renaissance…

The following is the text of Military Advocate General  Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation letter submitted to IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on October 31, 2025. This Times of Israel translation retained the original…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day.

Today’s top stories

Tomorrow, many Americans…