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Ukrainian forces will have to leave Sievierodonetsk -governor
Ukrainian troops will “have to be withdrawn” from the mostly Russian-occupied battleground city of Severodonetsk, the Luhansk governor says, a day after ...Ecuador indigenous protests carry on despite small concession
Ecuador’s government on Thursday acquiesced to a demand of indigenous demonstrators who have held 11 days of protests, giving them access to ...Attacks in Sudan’s Darfur bring new surge in people fleeing their homes
Violence in western Sudan this month alone has displaced more than 84,000 people, doubling the number of those driven from their homes ...EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status
Ukraine became a candidate to join the European Union on Thursday, a bold geopolitical step triggered by Russia’s invasion that Kyiv and ...Battle for Donbas twin cities reaches ‘fearsome climax’, says Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow’s massive air and artillery attacks were aimed at destroying the entire Donbas region and urged Ukraine’s allies ...Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor communications and ...Tripoli factions on edge as Libya stalemate festers
A sudden shootout between factions in the Libyan capital this month provided a vivid demonstration of how a political stalemate could trigger ...Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 but toll expected to rise
The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and ...Russia pounds eastern Ukraine, Putin to mark WWII anniversary
Ukrainian and Russian forces were entrenched in eastern Ukrainian battlegrounds on Wednesday, a day of commemoration in both countries to mark the ...Strong earthquake kills at least 280 in Afghanistan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed at least 280 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, officials said, adding that hundreds of people ...