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Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front
Published on 18/05/2024
» DONETSK REGION, Ukraine - For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited US ammunition can’t come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks.
Indonesia says 71 election workers died from exhaustion
Published on 19/02/2024
» Seventy-one people have so far died from exhaustion following the world’s largest single-day election in Indonesia last week, according to the government.
Israeli farms desperate for workers
Published on 14/11/2023
» KADIMA, Israel - Israeli farms, core to the country’s national identity, for years employed Palestinian and Thai workers. But since the Hamas-led attacks on Oct 7 and the war in the Gaza Strip, most Palestinians have been banned from Israel and many fearful Thais have returned home, leaving growers to scramble for labour.
Angry protests across Muslim world after Gaza hospital strike
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» BEIRUT - Thousands rallied across the Arab and Muslim world on Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in a strike on a Gaza hospital that they blame on Israel, despite its denials.
Fighting flares in DR Congo forcing 50,000 to flee
AFP, Published on 08/10/2023
» GOMA (DR CONGO) - Rival armed groups have clashed in DR Congo's east killing five civilians and forcing more than 50,000 to flee, the United Nations said Saturday, after a six-month lull in fighting.
Gunfire around Karabakh persists between Armenian, Azerbaijani forces
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» YEREVAN - Moscow said Russian and Azerbaijani forces on Monday came under sniper fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, days after Baku secured the surrender of Armenian separatists in an offensive to regain control of the mountainous territory.
Russia hits Ukraine's Danube port in attack condemned by Romania
AFP, Published on 03/09/2023
» KYIV, Ukraine: Russian drones targeted Ukraine's southern Odesa region in the early hours of Sunday, with Moscow hitting a Danube port on the border with NATO member Romania in an attack condemned by Bucharest.
West African mission lands in coup-hit Niger
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» NIAMEY, NIger: A delegation from the West African Ecowas bloc arrived in Niger on Saturday seeking a peaceful rather than military solution after senior army officers seized power in a coup.
Russian draft-dodgers cautiously return home
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» MOSCOW: Ivan Nesterov, a well-built fitness trainer, came back to Russia six months after fleeing the mobilisation that propped up Russian forces fighting in Ukraine last fall.
Kim Jong Un meets Russian defence minister
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» SEOUL: Kim Jong Un met the Russian defence minister and a high-ranking Chinese delegation in Pyongyang ahead of major Korean War anniversary celebrations, state media said Thursday, the leader's first known foreign guests since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.