Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a "special military operation" in the conflict-hit Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, a series of explosions hit Ukraine's largest airport Boryspil and several military objects in eastern and southern regions of the country on Thursday, according to Interfax-Ukraine news agency. ....

US President Joe Biden on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's announcement of a military operation in Ukraine as "an unprovoked and unjustified attack" and that the "world will hold Russia accountable" for the subsequent developments. ....

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, which the authorities in Kiev have described as a "full-scale invasion". ....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved stockpiles of blood and medical supplies to Russian troops positioned on the Ukrainian border, in a move US President Joe Biden warned was in preparation for "a massive military attack" against Kiev, the Daily Mail reported. ....

Amid the escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions, 242 Indian students returned safely to India at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport late Tuesday evening and reunited with their parents after India started evacuation operations of Indian citizens living in Ukraine and its adjoining areas. ....

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said an invasion of Ukraine had been Russian President Vladimir Putins "plan all along", calling the situation a "manufactured crisis", The Guardian reported. ....

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said today that he would like to have a televised debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to resolve differences between the two nations. ....

The Lahore police have registered an FIR against the younger son of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi from her previous marriage on charges of possession of liquor, Dawn reported. ....

At least 16 people were injured in a drone attack carried out by Yemen's Houthi militia targeting Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Airport in the border city of Jazan, the Riyadh-led coalition said. ....

At least three persons were injured after massive fire gutted 39 apartments at a residential complex in the western German city of Essen, local authorities said. ....