The United States and United Kingdom have both agreed to review Ukraine’s request to lift restrictions on the use of their long-range missilesincluding Storm Shadow missiles, in Russian territory. But the growing indications from the West that it may approve Ukraine’s desire to use these weapons deep inside Russian territoryContinue Reading
Kosovo’s Interior Ministry blamed the closures on ‘masked extremists’ blocking traffic into Serbia. Kosovo has closed two of its four border crossings with Serbia, the government said, after protesters on the Serbian side blocked roads and turned away passengers carrying Kosovo documents. The closures at the Brnjak and Merdare crossingsContinue Reading
Warring parties have committed ‘harrowing human rights violations’ that could amount to war crimes, report finds. United Nations-backed human rights experts have called for an “independent and impartial force” in Sudan and the widening of an arms embargo to protect civilians in the escalating conflict. The warring parties had committedContinue Reading
As the war enters its 923rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Fighting At least seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s western city of Lviv on the border with Poland. FourContinue Reading
Islamabad, Pakistan – For 15 years, pick-up truck driver Qadeer Aslam had been transporting goods across Pakistan. Most of his trips were to Balochistan, about 400km (250 miles) west of his village near Burewala city in southern Punjab province. Over the years, Aslam, 32, was able to save enough moneyContinue Reading
Islamabad, Pakistan – Nearly two dozen civilians traveling from Pakistan’s Punjab province were pulled from their vehicles and shot dead by armed gunmen, as a series of at least six deadly attacks battered the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday night and Monday morning. At least 43 people wereContinue Reading
As the war enters its 901st day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Kursk raid The commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskii, said Kyiv’s troops had taken control of 74 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region and were still advancing, gaining controlContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of a “major provocation” after Moscow said it was battling a major cross-border attack on the southwestern Kursk region. Alexey Smirnov, the region’s acting governor, said he had introduced a state of emergency amid two days of fierce fighting. The Ministry of HealthContinue Reading
Taiwan is currently in the middle of the 40th edition of its annual Han Kuang war gamesintended to assess its readiness to withstand a full-scale invasion from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). But amid rising cross-strait tensions, Taiwanese defense officials have said this year’s five-day military drill, which began onContinue Reading
Many survivors say the ghosts of Gukurahundi are not yet at rest. For thousands, justice has eluded the decades of people who were killed by a feared army unit in Zimbabwe’s southwestern and central provinces in the 1980s. The murders – which some call have ended a “genocide” – areContinue Reading
