KIEV -- Ukraine received 2.9 billion euros (3.26 billion U.S. dollars) from the European Union (EU) as part of the funding to support the country's economic stability and reform efforts, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said Friday.
The funding is aimed at supporting macroeconomic stability, financing priority budget expenditures, recovery and modernisation, as well as implementing reforms on the country's path towards EU membership, the ministry said in a statement. (Ukraine-EU-Support)
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military attempted to kill senior Hamas official Ali al-Amoudi in an overnight strike in Gaza, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News and other media outlets reported Saturday.
Al-Amoudi is considered a successor to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the Israeli military in October 2024. (Israel-Hamas-Strike)
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PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired an intermediate-range strategic missile during a drill early Saturday morning, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The DPRK launched the strategic weapon toward the eastern waters off the Korean Peninsula as its top leader oversaw the test, Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, was quoted as saying. (DPRK-Missile Launch)
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NEW YORK -- The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching for a missing plane with six people on board off Nantucket, an island in the state of Massachusetts, early Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Administration notified the Coast Guard that the jet had lost contact early Saturday morning during a flight from Bermuda to Boston. (US-Missing Plane) ■
