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Battle against Greece wildfires 'improving': fire service
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» ATHENS - The fight against deadly wildfires raging in Greece for more than a week is improving, the fire service said on Friday, warning it remained on alert as fierce winds were forecast that could rekindle blazes.
Day 500 of Ukraine war: No end in sight
AFP, Published on 08/07/2023
» NIKOPOL, Ukraine: On the 500th day since Russia's invasion and as the war grinds on, Ukrainian forces are advancing slowly without enough arms and ammunition and with its main cities under constant threat.
Belarus leader says Wagner chief still in Russia
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» MINSK: Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus's president said Thursday, raising questions about the deal to end the mercenary leader's mutiny last month.
Putin calls for victory in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed Russia would be victorious in Ukraine during a military parade on Red Square and blamed Western countries for the conflict, comparing the fighting to World War II.
Second Russian train hit by explosive near Ukraine border
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» MOSCOW - An explosive device derailed a Russian freight train in a region bordering Ukraine for a second straight day Tuesday ahead of an expected counteroffensive by Kyiv.
Russian 'kamikaze drones' strike Kyiv: Ukraine
AFP, Published on 17/10/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Russian-launched "kamikaze drones" attacked Kyiv early Monday, the Ukrainian presidency said, describing the strikes as an act of desperation nearly eight months into a war that has claimed thousands of lives.
Russian shelling in east Ukraine kills at least 15
AFP, Published on 10/07/2022
» CHASIV YAR, Ukraine: A Russian missile struck an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least 15 people as Moscow's forces sought to consolidate their control over the Donbas region.
Russian forces press Ukraine offensive as EU weighs oil sanctions
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Russian forces have launched a major assault on the holdout Azovstal steel plant in the devastated port city of Mariupol while pounding sites across eastern Ukraine, as the European Union moves to punish Moscow with oil sanctions.
Russian flagship 'seriously damaged' as Moscow threatens to strike Kyiv
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» ODESSA, Ukraine: Russia's Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been "seriously damaged" by an explosion, state media reported Thursday, as Moscow threatened to strike Kyiv's command centres.
Hamas says three members shot dead at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
AFP, Published on 13/12/2021
» BEIRUT - Three members of Hamas died Sunday when shooting erupted at the funeral procession for a member of the Islamist movement in a south Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp, the group said.