At least eight people have been killed and 10 more injured after a fire broke out in a hotel in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa.
Hotel Tokyo Star has 273 rooms, but it's still unclear how many people were staying there when the incident occurred.
In a statement, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said the fire broke out shortly after midnight but didn't reveal the cause.
Officials said it took firefighters about three hours to extinguish the fire.
US envoys' trip to Islamabad cancelled as breakthrough hopes fade
President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to Islamabad by two US envoys to meet Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday after Iran's foreign minister flew out of the Pakistani capital following talks, dealing a new setback to peace prospects.
Israel says it will attack Hezbollah 'forcefully'
Israel said on Saturday it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully, further testing a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon that US President Donald Trump recently said had been extended by three weeks.
Russian forces pound Ukraine, killing ten
Russian forces pounded the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday in waves of attacks with drones and missiles that also hit other regions, killing 10 people and injuring dozens.
Army says situation under control after attacks across Mali
Insurgents launched attacks in Mali's capital and other locations across the country on Saturday, with the army urging people to remain calm as the military-led government faced one of the biggest operations yet in a long campaign against it.
US military says it struck vessel in Eastern Pacific, killing two
The US military has announced that it struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two people, in the latest such attack, condemned by rights groups as "extrajudicial killings" and described by Washington as targeting "narco-terrorists".
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