Russia claims to hold key industrial city in eastern Ukraine
KYIV - Russia said Friday its forces had seized the mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine after months of heavy fighting, the biggest town Moscow claims to have taken in recent months.

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London&s Grenfell Tower to be taken down after deadly 2017 fire
LONDON - Grenfell Tower — where 72 people died in 2017 in Britain&s worst residential fire since World War II — is to be demolished, the UK government confirmed on Friday.

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Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting
OREBRO, Sweden - Sweden&s right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country&s deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles.

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Trump sanctions ICC for ‘illegitimate& Israel, US probes
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court for investigations targeting America and its ally Israel, but the ICC on Friday vowed to continue providing &justice and hope& around the world.

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‘Existential threat&: What next for the ICC after US sanctions?
THE HAGUE - US President Donald Trump&s decision to slap sanctions on the International Criminal Court, set up to rule on humanity&s worst crimes, sent shock waves around the world.

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'Irresponsible' or 'antiwar'? US fighters in Ukraine
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - Tracey, an American fighting in Ukraine, got angry at social media posts from his friends back home calling for Washington to cut its support to Kyiv.

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