Russia Expands Shelling of Kherson, as Power Shortages Drag On in Kyiv

Russian forces have stepped up their shelling of the southern city of Kherson, killing 10 people and injuring at least 54 others in the latest round of strikes, according to local officials. Two ...

Ukrainian Hospital Stymied Russians With Defiant Doctors and a Fake Covid Outbreak

The first time Russian soldiers came to Tropinka Hospital, they told Leonid Remiga, the hospital’s chief physician, to take down the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag hanging over the main entrance. He ...

Iran protests: UN council votes to investigate human rights abuses

The United Nations’ Human Rights Council launched an international investigation on Thursday into the ongoing violence by the Islamic regime in Tehran against a 10-week protest movement triggered by ...

Putin meets grieving mothers and says: We share your pain

President Putin met the mothers of Russian soldiers who had been fighting in Ukraine yesterday, and told them: “We share your pain.” In a clip broadcast on state media, the Russian leader sat with ...

Starvation being used as a weapon of war in South Sudan, report reveals

Starvation is being used as a weapon of war by South Sudan government forces against their own citizens, an investigation has found. Deliberate starvation tactics used by government forces and ...

Drones over Ukraine are reinventing war

From HG Wells’s War of the Worlds to the Terminator film franchise, the future of war has been fertile territory for the sci-fi genre. The technology imagined by writers and popularised by Hollywood ...

Ukraine will withstand winter despite Russian airstrikes, first lady vows

Ukraine’s first lady has said her country stands “ready to endure” the winter despite the cold and widespread blackouts caused by Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. “We’ve had so many ...

Iran defiant as Germany leads push against recent crackdowns

Western diplomats and the U.N. human rights chief appealed Thursday to Iran’s government to halt a bloody crackdown against protesters at a special Human Rights Council session to discuss a bid for ...

Iran Issues First Known Death Sentence for Protester

An Iranian protester was sentenced to death for setting fire to a government building, the country’s judiciary said Sunday, the first known use of capital punishment by authorities seeking to ...

Pakistan’s Real Political Choice Could Come This Week

Amid political chaos and economic crisis, Pakistan’s government is set to choose who will become the next head of the Army, a post often called the most powerful in the nuclear-armed nation. The ...

Ukraine: Putin’s Russia declared ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ by European Parliament

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring Vladimir Putin’s Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” for its invasion of and actions in Ukraine. In a 494-58 vote with 48 ...

British aid cash to Afghanistan 'funded police corruption and brutality'

Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of British aid funded police corruption and brutality in Afghanistan, according to a watchdog report. The Independent Commission on Aid Impact gave the UK’s aid ...

Biden upgrades US-Palestinian relations by naming special representative

Australian among 40 foreign nationals held in Iran’s jails amid escalating protests

An Australian citizen is among at least 40 foreign nationals now held in Iranian jails amid pro-democracy protests across the country – and an escalating violent response by regime forces. A ...

Britain to send Sea King helicopters to Ukraine