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Russia hits Ukraine’s Lviv with cruise missiles
Russia struck military targets in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv with high-precision cruise missiles, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. ...Philippines on alert as volcano near capital spews more plumes
A small but restive volcano near the Philippine capital Manila ejected two more plumes on Sunday, indicating continued eruption and prompting authorities ...Ukraine calls for more arms, says Russia is destroying fuel and food depots
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the West to give Ukraine tanks, planes and missiles to fend off Russian forces as his government ...Russian forces take Chernobyl workers’ town; fighting in centre of Mariupol
Russian forces have taken control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, the governor of Kyiv region ...Ethiopia’s Tigray region says it will observe humanitarian ceasefire
Rebellious Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia have said they will respect a ceasefire proposed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government as long as ...Ukraine says 10 humanitarian corridors agreed for front line areas
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said agreement has been reached on the establishment of 10 humanitarian corridors on Saturday to evacuate civilians ...World Bank sells first ‘rhino’ bond to help South Africa’s conservation efforts
The World Bank has issued the world’s first wildlife conservation bond, raising $150 million to help efforts to increase the endangered black ...Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back
Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of the capital Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to sieze the city are ...Missiles hit Ukrainian military unit near Dnipro, governor says
Rescuers were searching for survivors among the debris on Friday after two missiles hit a Ukrainian military unit on the outskirts of ...NATO will ‘respond’ if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden has said NATO would “respond” if Russian President Vladimir Putin used a chemical weapon during his invasion of ...