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View of a collection of defused cluster bombs and grenades used by an international bomb disposal group for training in Savannakhet, Laos, on May 2, 2006. Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images View of a collection of defused cluster bombs and grenades used by an international bomb […]
help rush to safety an injured civilian evacuee who had came under fire from Russian forces while trying to flee by boat from the Russian-occupied east bank of a flooded Dnieper River to Ukrainian-held Kherson, on the western bank in Kherson, Ukraine, on Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military […]
Streets and trade port are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10, 2023. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. (AP Photo) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — […]
[All-English version] Mr. President, President Berset, Excellencies. I thank the Government of Switzerland for convening this important debate. And President Spoljaric for joining us. Mr. President, Less than six weeks have passed since war erupted in Sudan. In that time: Hundreds of civilians have been killed – including members of the United Nations family; 250,000 […]
The UN chief was speaking during a debate on ensuring the security and dignity of people caught in the crossfire and addressing the related issue of access to food and essential services. Suffering and ‘outrage’ “Civilians have suffered the deadly effects of armed conflict for too long. It is time we live up to our […]
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that it was “imperative that we explore all options to reach civilians”, stressing that all parties to the fighting must allow and facilitate the “rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief”. “I urge the parties to strengthen facilitation efforts so we can reach all civilians in need”, he . . […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others trapped in Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately […]
By Matt Murphy, Kayleen Devlin, Daniele Palumbo & Richard Irvine-Brown BBC News 21 April 2023, 19:08 BST Updated 53 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Life in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, considered one of Africa’s most vibrant cities, has been turned on its head. Residents are now living . . .
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine on Wednesday, killing students and other civilians, in a violent follow-up to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war. “Russia is shelling the city with bestial savagery,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a Telegram post […]
Over five million Ukrainians have been displaced within their country because of the war. The number of those seeking refuge across Europe has reached eight million. Photo: WFP/Marco Frattini In Ukraine, it’s the scale of things that strikes one the most – the scale of the challenge, of the threat, of the country itself. “We […]