Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles have struck a multi-story block of flats and two other civilian facilities in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens.
One missile struck the building in the village (...)
Veteran UN aid coordinator Najat Rochdi on Friday signaled grave concerns about rising humanitarian needs across Lebanon linked to the global food and fuel crisis, which are affecting "everyone, everywhere".
Since last year, the number of people in (...)
The European Commission Friday proposed a new one billion euro (USD 1.04 billion) long-term loan for Ukraine as the first part financial assistance package of up to 9 billion euro (USD 9.3 billion) announced on 18 May.
Under the proposal, the funds (...)
Egypt will receive a $500 million loan from the World Bank to help finance its wheat purchases as prices skyrocket because of the Russian-Ukraine crises, the bank said Wednesday.
The funds, approved Tuesday by the World Bank Board of Executive (...)
Russia said on Thursday it pulled its forces out of Black Sea island of Zmiyinyy in order to make it easy for Ukraine to export its grains.
In a press statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said it withdrew its forces from the Zmiyinyy (Snake) (...)
Ukraine began exporting electricity to Europe on Thursday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
"The long-awaited export of Ukrainian electricity to Europe has begun," Shmyhal wrote on Telegram.
Shmyhal said the first flows of Ukraine's (...)
The UK will provide an additional £1bn in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling in its support for the fight against the Russian invasion.
The new funding takes the military aid given to Kyiv to £2.3bn - and the UK has also spent £1.5bn in (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, US intelligence agencies believe.
Moscow's troops have been so weakened by combat, however, that US officials assess they are only capable of making slow territorial gains.
It (...)
A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050.
The large-scale flight from major cities in (...)
US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday plans to enlarge US troops' deployment in European and strengthen the NATO alliance.
Biden made the announcement at the beginning of the NATO Summit in Madrid today following a welcome from NATO (...)
European Union member states reached a deal in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday on a series of measures they hope should put the bloc on track to become carbon neutral by 2050.
It took environment ministers gathered in Luxembourg about 17 (...)
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Ankara wanted 12 suspects from Finland and another 21 from Sweden.
Turkey says it will now be pushing for the extradition of 33 "terror" suspects from Finland and Sweden, under a deal that lifted Ankara's (...)
Former Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary Generals have always called for dialogue as an approach for resolving disputes between states. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is proving to be yet another window of opportunity for Gulf States to both (...)
The "horrific conflict," in Ukraine shows no signs of abating, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing out that since her last update on 5 April, "countless Ukrainian civilians" have been killed in (...)
Legalized cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related health impacts, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed in a new report released on Monday.
The World Drug Report 2022 also details the (...)
At least ten people have reportedly been killed by what Ukrainian authorities have said was a Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping center, an attack which the UN condemned on Monday as "utterly deplorable".
The mall in the eastern city of (...)
Nato has announced plans to massively increase the number of its forces at high readiness to over 300,000 troops.
The bloc's rapid reaction force currently has 40,000 troops at its disposal, with many of those based along the alliance's eastern (...)
Under the beating Tanzanian sun, Lossim Lazzaro nervously looks over his farm.
He slowly pours livestock manure on his crops, in a last-ditch attempt to help them grow.
Lazzaro owns five acres of land and was once a successful tomato farmer in the (...)
Survivors of the Russian missile attack on a shopping center in central Ukraine on Monday have been describing their experiences, with one calling it simply "hell."
At Kremenchuk's public hospital, five people are crammed into a room in an intensive (...)
The Charity Commission is examining whether it needs to carry out a review of donations received by a charity of the Prince of Wales.
The Sunday Times reported that millions of euros in cash were handed over by a former prime minister of Qatar.
"We (...)
Trying the gravest crimes, involving victims, ensuring fair trials, complementing national tribunals: in its first 20 years of existence, the International Criminal Court has made notable progress in its crucial mission.
Ahead of the 20th (...)
A UN conference on transforming the world's urban areas is under way in Poland this week, which will include a dialogue on urban crisis recovery and reconstruction, centered on neighboring Ukraine.
Hundreds of delegates from across the globe will be (...)
The UK, US, Canada and Japan will ban imports of Russian gold in an effort to hit Moscow's ability to fund the war in Ukraine.
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the move would "strike at the heart of Putin's war machine".
Gold exports were (...)
Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional and international arena.
In their front pages, almost all Saudi press highlighted prominent local news and developments, citing that starting from today, (...)
With record numbers of people uprooted within their homelands due to conflict, disasters, the climate emergency and other tragedies, more must be done to end this crisis, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, launching his Action (...)