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Russian Strikes Snarl Traffic on 3 Kyiv Bridges in New Disruption Tactic

Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure Friday of three bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s top diplomat said officials have received separate proposals for a partial truce with Russia from the United States, India, Turkey and Egypt. The proposals envision halting attacks on energy infrastructure, which have caused fuel shortages in Russia and power outages in Ukraine, and on Black Sea shipping needed to get vital grain exports to world markets.

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NKorean Leader's Sister Calls Seoul 'Despicable' after DMZ Apology Demand

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, called South Korea "despicable" Friday after Seoul demanded an apology over a demilitarized zone blast that wounded three of its soldiers. Pyongyang this week denied being behind a landmine blast that caused severe injuries to three soldiers last month inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer dividing the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice. South Korea's military demanded an official apology this week, calling the incident "a clear violation of the Armistice Agreement".

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FBI Arrests Energy Department Employee on Charge of Trying to Support Houthis

A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi militias, including by buying materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department said Thursday. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Washington, was arrested Thursday and is due to make his first court appearance Friday. Court records do not list an attorney available to speak on his behalf, The Associated Press reported.

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