Russian Missile Attack Hits Infrastructure in Kyiv 

A woman walks past a destroyed building in the small Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, some 60 km from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 12, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)
A woman walks past a destroyed building in the small Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, some 60 km from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 12, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)
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Russian Missile Attack Hits Infrastructure in Kyiv 

A woman walks past a destroyed building in the small Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, some 60 km from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 12, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)
A woman walks past a destroyed building in the small Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, some 60 km from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 12, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP)

A Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and other officials said. 

Reuters journalists heard a series of explosions in Kyiv before an air raid siren sounded in Kyiv. Officials told residents to take shelter. 

"Missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities. Details are being checked," said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president's office. 

Kyiv's military administration said an infrastructure facility had been hit, but did not say which. 

"Explosions in Dniprovskiy district. All agencies heading to the site. Stay in your shelters!" Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram. 

He said the debris of a missile came down on a non-residential area in the Holosiivskiy district in the west of Kyiv. 

Russia has been pounding Ukraine's vital energy infrastructure with missiles and drones since October, causing sweeping blackouts and disruptions to central heating and running water as winter bites. 



Gunman Shoots Dead 2 Judges in Iran's Capital

Iranians wave Palestinian, Hezbollah and national flags, as they celebrate a Gaza ceasefire deal during a rally after the Friday noon prayers in Tehran on January 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Iranians wave Palestinian, Hezbollah and national flags, as they celebrate a Gaza ceasefire deal during a rally after the Friday noon prayers in Tehran on January 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Gunman Shoots Dead 2 Judges in Iran's Capital

Iranians wave Palestinian, Hezbollah and national flags, as they celebrate a Gaza ceasefire deal during a rally after the Friday noon prayers in Tehran on January 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Iranians wave Palestinian, Hezbollah and national flags, as they celebrate a Gaza ceasefire deal during a rally after the Friday noon prayers in Tehran on January 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Saturday in a rare attack targeting the judiciary, state media reported.

The judges, clerics Mohammad Mogheiseh and Ali Razini, both died in the shooting, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. A bodyguard for one of the judges also was wounded.

The gunman later killed himself, IRNA said.

Razini was once targeted in a failed assassination attempt in 1999.
Both judges were known for prosecuting and giving harsh sentences to activists over the past decades.