One of the first places that Russian soldiers took control of after invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022, was the village of Khotin in the Sumy region. The villagers recall watching Russian troops and tanks enter the village on their way to Kiev.
Residents of this community near where mass graves of trafficked migrants were discovered eight years ago say the border area is much quieter now – and they’re hoping it stays that way.
The conflict engulfing Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 military coup has led to the deaths of hundreds of civilians and ordinary people who took up arms to fight junta troops, who have raided and razed villages, bombed them from the air and rounded up hundreds for detention, torture or immediate execution.
“The Red Suitcase,” a short film by Iranian-born director Cyrus Neshvad, will be up for an Oscar on March 12. The struggle of a young woman to choose her own path in life is the subject of the movie.
A Malaysian court on Friday acquitted former Prime Minister Najib Razak on charges of tampering with an audit report into the troubled 1Malaysia Development Fund, where a massive financial scandal implicated Najib and brought down his government.
Two teenagers found beheaded last week were two of the most gruesome victims of an escalating number of violent incidents that the United Nations’ special rapporteur says are “consistent with patterns of brutality” among forces affiliated with the military junta.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is up for reelection despite growing anger with his government’s handling of the recent massive earthquakes that hit Turkey.
A medical helicopter carrying five people that went missing is feared crashed in waters off Palawan island in the western Philippines, coast guard officials said Thursday.
Addressing at the Conference on Disarmament 2023 in Geneva is Yevheniia Filipenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office in Geneva on
Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, is only 30 kilometres from the Russian border. The city suffered major damage but never fell while it was under siege by Russian forces for more than six months. Meanwhile, Russians are again gathering soldiers across the brder. The city is experiencing an increase in ballistic missile attacks, and Kharkiv is reinforcing its defences.