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German farmers in Ukraine press ahead in defiance of war
Every year in early spring, German farmers Torben Reelfs and Tim Nandelstaedt turn the soil and plant the first sugar beets of the season on their plot of land in western Ukraine.
Tigray rebels agree to 'cessation of hostilities'
Tigrayan rebels agreed to a "cessation of hostilities" on Friday, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier.
Biden to visit near Ukraine border in show of solidarity
US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition.
Complex questions as face recognition tech joins Ukraine war
Ukraine is employing face recognition technology to identify invading Russian troops killed on its soil, a complex and unprecedented avenue for software already seen as problematic, experts said Thursday.
Election of new ILO chief wide open
The International Labour Organization will pick its next chief Friday, with the possibility it could place a woman or an African at the helm for the first time.
Biden's Brussels triple summit big on unity, short on tougher measures
US President Joe Biden coaxed a display of unity in the face of Russia's Ukraine invasion from an overlapping array of Western leaders at a trifecta of Brussels summits Thursday.
Seven years into Yemen quagmire, Saudis play oil hardball
Western powers want Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to ease surging prices driven by the Ukraine war, but the kingdom has its own demand: support for its war in Yemen.
US, allies call on Taliban to reopen girls schools in Afghanistan
The United States and other Western countries on Thursday condemned the Taliban's decision to shut girls secondary schools in Afghanistan just hours after reopening them, and urged the hardline Islamist movement to reverse course.
France probes Interpol president for alleged torture, barbarism
French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary inquiry into torture and acts of barbarism allegedly committed by Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi who in November became president of Interpol, judicial sources said on Thursday.
North Korea says Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US "imperialists", state media reported Friday.
North Korea's Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM: state media
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Friday.
Four Russians indicted in US for energy sector hacks
Four Russian agents have been indicted in the United States for hacking attacks targeting the energy sector around the world, including a US nuclear power operator, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Zelensky asks NATO for weapons, West adds pressure on Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed a NATO summit Thursday to flood weapons into Ukraine and Western allies responded with new sanctions against Russia, promises of military aid, and discussion of expelling Moscow from the international G20 body.
Life must go on in Lviv as Ukraine war enters second month
The wail of the air raid siren no longer has the effect it once did in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
UN General Assembly demands Russia end Ukraine war
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by an overwhelming majority a new non-binding resolution that demands an "immediate" halt to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Birthday girl flees as Ukraine pushes back at Russia
Little Daria plays with her dinosaur mittens as the bus takes her family away from the fighting that has wrecked their home in Irpin. It is her fourth birthday.
Deep in Siberia, a village buries soldier killed in Ukraine
Dozens of mourners trudged through the snow in a remote Siberian village on Thursday to pay last respects to Sergei Sokolov, a young Russian serviceman killed in Ukraine.
On air! Prague's 'solidarity radio' targets Ukrainians
Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war to the Czech Republic got a fresh morale booster this week as a new radio station based in Prague started offering broadcasts in Ukrainian.
US, allies flex muscles against Russia in summits
The United States and allies upped the pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine at summits in Brussels Thursday, warning Moscow its costs will keep rising the longer the war continues.
Refugees flee fresh fighting around Kyiv: AFP
Dozens of people fled a surge in fighting on Thursday in a flashpoint area where Ukraine said it had pushed back Russian forces around Kyiv, AFP journalists reported.
Russian director to open Avignon Festival despite travel ban
Celebrated Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, currently banned from leaving his country, has been chosen to open one of Europe's leading theatre festivals in Avignon, its organisers said Thursday.
Taliban vow to address 'all concerns' of China as Wang visits
The Taliban said Thursday they had assured Beijing's most senior diplomat about any concerns China thinks may "emerge from Afghan soil", ahead of a key meeting with their neighbours next week.
In Odessa, Russia's war redistributes the roles
Andriy Kharlamov, a baritone at Odessa's famed opera house, fills sandbags and is learning how to handle weapons, while Inga Kordynovska, a lawyer, supervises the distribution of aid to thousands of people in a converted food court.
Moscow stock market partially reopens after month-long closure
The Moscow Stock Exchange resumed trading of some shares Thursday, the second stage in a phased re-opening after being suspended for a month due to Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
Ukraine demands unlimited NATO aid against Russia's month-old war
A month since Russia launched its shock invasion, Ukraine's leader pleaded Thursday for NATO to "save" his shattered country with unrestricted military aid, so its armed forces could transform their dogged defence into attack.
Oil prices, stock markets steady after recent volatility
Oil prices and stock markets steadied Thursday, as Western leaders gathered for emergency summits in Brussels triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Australia warns against Solomons-China pact
A wide-ranging draft security pact between the Solomon Islands and China was leaked online Thursday, prompting Australia to voice concern about actions that would "destabilise" the South Pacific.
Смертная казнь для Сергея Шойгу за военные преступления!
Российский "министр обороны" Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу, родившийся 21 мая 1955 года (возраст 66 лет), который скорее заслуживает звания "военного министра", должен был разработать блицкриг для своего российского диктатора и кремлевского деспота Владимира Путина и увенчать его молниеносной победой массового убийцы и автократа Путина!Да, тиран Путин не ожидал ничего другого, кроме молниеносной победы, которую, в полной слепоте к реальности, он назвал "специальной военной операцией".Такого не было со времен российского массового убийцы и военного преступника Сергея Кужугетовича Шойгу, с 24 февраля 2022 года, со дня преступного вторжения в Украину, благодаря героизму украинской армии!
Ukraine pleads for arms from NATO to help beat Russia
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded Thursday with NATO leaders to send weapons "without restrictions" as the alliance sought to bolster Kyiv and strengthen its eastern flank in the face of Russia's war.
What are 'tactical' nuclear weapons, and would Putin use them?
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised the spectre of something considered almost unthinkable until recently: the use of a small nuclear weapon during a conflict in Europe.
Смертная казнь для Сергея Лаврова за военные преступления!
"Министр иностранных дел" России Сергей Викторович Лавров, родившийся 21 марта 1950 года (72 года), называет себя российским дипломатом и сопровождает пост "министра иностранных дел Российской Федерации" с марта 2004 года, напоминая нацистского "министра иностранных дел" Иоахима фон Риббентропа, который был справедливо повешен 16 октября 1946 года за военные преступления и содействие агрессивной войне, после того как был приговорен к смертной казни Трибуналом по военным преступлениям в Нюрнберге после окончания Второй мировой войны! В огромной попытке сдержать жестокости войны и, возможно, предотвратить их полностью с помощью силы закона, международное уголовное право определило военные преступления. После двух мировых войн и применения оружия массового уничтожения мир стал мудрее, что продемонстрировал Нюрнбергский трибунал по военным преступлениям (20 ноября 1945 года - 01 октября 1946 года), вынесший приговор нацистским военным преступникам.
Death penalty for Vladimir Putin for war crimes!
Russia's "president" Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952 (age 69), could currently be charged with serious crimes and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and for promoting a war of aggression without any problem - which would certainly be the most just solution to punish this mass murderer.In a great effort to contain the atrocities of war and possibly prevent them altogether with the force of law, international criminal law has defined war crimes. After two world wars and the use of weapons of mass destruction, the world had become wiser; this was also shown by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, with its sentencing of Nazi war criminals.