KYIV: Ukraine said it had carried out successful attacks on the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro river, days after Moscow admitted Kyiv’s forces had gained a foothold there. A sustained Ukrainian breakthrough across the frontline waterway would mark a significant success for Kyiv, whose wider
MOSCOW: Russia's rocket forces loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable "Avangard" hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according to a defence ministry TV channel broadcast on Friday. President Vladimir Putin announced the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle in 2018, saying
GAZA: Israeli troops carried out building-by-building searches at Gaza's main hospital, as a new communications blackout in the territory on Friday compounded fears for Palestinian civilians trapped inside the facility. Israel's brutal air bombardment and ground operation has killed more than 11,500 Palestinians, including thousands of
TORKHAM: Afghanistan: Rocked gently on his mother's knees, a fly on his nose, a baby sleeps fitfully in a tent in a barren border camp as his family prepares to leave the waypoint to rebuild their lives in Afghanistan. In the transit camp at Torkham, where
GENEVA: The United Nations human rights chief highlighted allegations of serious rights violations in the Israel-Hamas war that he said needed "full accountability". Volker Turk said "extremely serious allegations of multiple and profound breaches of international humanitarian law, whoever commits them, demand rigorous investigation and full
KHARTOUM: The conflict in Sudan, which has left thousands dead and seven million people displaced over seven months, is spreading to new regions of the nation, the UN said, warning of a mounting "humanitarian calamity." The deadly unrest includes outbreaks of interethnic violence and attacks against
UNITED NATIONS: A key committee of the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution renewing the global commitment to the principle of “self-determination for people still subjected to colonial, foreign and alien occupation.” Co-sponsored by 64 countries, the resolution, submitted by Pakistan Ambassador Munir Akram, was
NEW YORK: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that children living in South Asian countries are at risk due to worsening water scarcity in the region. The majority of the most affected children reside in South, South East Asia, Central Asia, and some sub-Saharan
WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA: Following their first face-to-face talks after a year, US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production. Biden and Xi met for about four hours on the outskirts of
BRUSSELS: Developed nations may have achieved their overdue promise of $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change in 2022, the OECD said on Thursday, an estimate that may muster some political goodwill on the eve of the COP28 climate summit. In 2009, developed