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Russia Cancels Tsunami Warning for Kamchatka After Quake, Dormant Volcano Erupts

A view of the sea during a coastal evacuation following a tsunami warning issued by local authorities after an earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, triggering alerts and evacuations across the South Pacific, in Lirquen near Concepcion, Chile, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the sea during a coastal evacuation following a tsunami warning issued by local authorities after an earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, triggering alerts and evacuations across the South Pacific, in Lirquen near Concepcion, Chile, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)
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Russia Cancels Tsunami Warning for Kamchatka After Quake, Dormant Volcano Erupts

A view of the sea during a coastal evacuation following a tsunami warning issued by local authorities after an earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, triggering alerts and evacuations across the South Pacific, in Lirquen near Concepcion, Chile, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the sea during a coastal evacuation following a tsunami warning issued by local authorities after an earthquake struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, triggering alerts and evacuations across the South Pacific, in Lirquen near Concepcion, Chile, July 30, 2025. (Reuters)

Russia's Ministry for Emergency Services lifted a tsunami warning for the Kamchatka Peninsula on Sunday after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the nearby Kuril Islands. 

The ministry had said earlier on the Telegram messaging app that expected wave heights were low, but warned people to move away from the shore. 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning System, which gauged the quake at 7.0, said, however, there was no tsunami warning after the quake. The US Geological Survey also said the earthquake was at a magnitude of 7. 

Overnight, the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka erupted for the first time in 600 years, Russia's RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. 

Both incidents could be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far East last week, that triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of Klyuchevskoy, the most active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula. 

The Kuril Islands stretch from the southern tip of Kamchatka Peninsula. Russian scientists had warned on Wednesday that strong aftershocks were possible in the region in the next several weeks. 

"This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years," RIA cited Olga Girina, head of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, as saying. 

On the Telegram channel of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Girina said that Krasheninnikov's last lava effusion took place within 40 years of 1463 and no eruption has been known since. 

The Kamchatka branch of Russia's ministry for emergency services said that an ash plume rising up to 6,000 meters (3.7 miles) has been recorded following the volcano's eruption. The volcano itself stands at 1,856 meters. 

"The ash cloud has drifted eastward, toward the Pacific Ocean. There are no populated areas along its path," the ministry said on Telegram. 

The eruption of the volcano has been assigned an orange aviation code, indicating a heightened risk to aircraft, the ministry said. 

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Ukraine Downs 5 Russian Ballistic Missiles as Kyiv Looks to Harden Air Defenses

Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2026. (Reuters)
Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2026. (Reuters)
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Ukraine Downs 5 Russian Ballistic Missiles as Kyiv Looks to Harden Air Defenses

Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2026. (Reuters)
Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2026. (Reuters)

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks, Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday, though other missiles and drones got through and hit the capital Kyiv.

It was the first time in almost two weeks that Ukraine claimed to have downed Russian ballistic missiles, which are harder to stop than drones or cruise missiles.

Ukrainian air defenses likely used the US-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile system that is the most effective way of countering ballistic missiles, but ammunition for it has been in short supply amid the Iran war.

In Kyiv, the attack caused fires at two warehouses, while a school was also damaged, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the attack targeted military manufacturing facilities in the Ukrainian capital that produce long-range missiles and drones.

Moscow wants to choke off Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities deep inside Russia that have caused critical fuel shortages, frustrating the public and, Western analysts say, hindering the Russian army’s advance on the front line inside Ukraine.

Ukraine’s air force said one ballistic missile and 25 drones struck 17 locations, while falling debris was reported in 10 locations.

Ukraine urgently needs to improve its air defense shield as another winter looms. Much of the country is at the mercy of Russian missiles that, since Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of its neighbor, have hammered the power grid.

In an important step forward for Kyiv’s air defense effort, nine other countries joined Ukraine in a coalition announced Monday to build a shared ballistic missile shield for Europe.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine and its partners could, within the next 12 months, jointly develop a mass-produced, low-cost system.

Zelenskyy was still in Paris on Tuesday where he attended France’s annual Bastille Day celebrations.

President Donald Trump said at the NATO summit last week that the US will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot systems itself. However, Patriots are expensive, in high demand and take a long time to produce, so it will be at least a few years before any Ukrainian-made systems are ready to deploy.

Ukraine, meanwhile, kept up its long-range onslaught on Russian targets, especially oil facilities.

In the Krasnodar region in southern Russia, the attack caused a fire at the Afipsky Oil Refinery that was later put out, local authorities said.

Unconfirmed media reports said an oil refinery in the city of Salavat in the Bashkortostan region, some 1,400 kilometers (900 miles) from the Ukrainian border, was also hit by the attack. Bashkortostan head Radiy Khabirov confirmed an attack on an industrial area in Salavat, but didn’t specify what was hit.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defenses overnight intercepted 288 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions, as well as the illegally annexed Crimea peninsula and the Azov and the Black seas.

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Iran Condemns Britain's Designation of Revolutionary Guards as Security Threat

British MPs called for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be listed as a terrorist group. Reuters file photo
British MPs called for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be listed as a terrorist group. Reuters file photo
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Iran Condemns Britain's Designation of Revolutionary Guards as Security Threat

British MPs called for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be listed as a terrorist group. Reuters file photo
British MPs called for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be listed as a terrorist group. Reuters file photo

Iran's foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned Britain's decision to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a security threat, calling the ‌move "unjustified" and "irresponsible".

The ‌ministry said ‌the ⁠IRGC was an ⁠official part of Iran's armed forces and accused Britain of violating international law by ⁠targeting a ‌state ‌institution, said Reuters.

Britain on Monday ‌banned support for ‌the IRGC and a linked group under new powers aimed ‌at preventing foreign states from using proxies ⁠for ⁠activities such as surveillance and sabotage.

Iran, which is at war with the United States and Israel, has previously denied using proxies.

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India Protests to Iran Over Killing of Seafarer in Hormuz

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 12, 2026. (Reuters)
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 12, 2026. (Reuters)
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India Protests to Iran Over Killing of Seafarer in Hormuz

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 12, 2026. (Reuters)
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 12, 2026. (Reuters)

The Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it had lodged a strong protest with Iran after summoning its deputy ambassador over the killing of an Indian seafarer in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Indian national was among 46 crew members, including 30 Indians, on board two vessels – ‌MT Al ‌Bahiyah and MT Mombasa – that ‌were ⁠attacked while transiting ⁠the shipping lane, the ministry said.

Ten other Indian seafarers were wounded, of whom two are reported to be seriously injured, it said in a statement.

India is "deeply concerned" by the ⁠attacks, and the targeting of commercial ‌shipping and civilian ‌infrastructure in the region "must cease," it said.

US ‌President Donald Trump has reinstated a ‌blockade on Iranian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz this month and proposed charging a 20% fee to guard it.

Tehran says ‌the US has no role in determining the future of the ⁠waterway, ⁠which handled about a fifth of global oil and gas supplies before the conflict erupted on February 28.

Another Indian national has been missing after an attack on container ship GFS Galaxy in the strait on Sunday.

Iran said it had targeted the vessel after it tried to transit through an unauthorized route despite warnings.