Putin says Ukraine will ‘receive a worthy response’ over Kursk incursion | Russia-Ukraine war News

Putin says Ukraine will ‘receive a worthy response’ over Kursk incursion | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine is trying to undermine Russian stability with its incursion into the south of the country and warns that Ukraine will receive “a worthy response”. Last week, Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border and swept across western parts of the Kursk region. The incursion…

More injured Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh as Myanmar war intensifies | Rohingya News

More injured Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh as Myanmar war intensifies | Rohingya News

Medical charity MSF warns of urgent need to protect civilians caught up in escalating conflict in western Rakhine State. More Rohingya are arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar with war-related injuries amid escalating conflict between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Rakhine State, according to international medical group…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 899 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 899 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 899th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, August 12, 2024. Fighting Officials in the Russian city of Kursk said that 13 people were injured after debris from a destroyed Ukrainian missile fell on a nine-storey residential building. Alexei Smirnov,…

Sonic booms – the psychological warfare Israel uses to sow fear in Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Sonic booms – the psychological warfare Israel uses to sow fear in Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Beirut, Lebanon – The first time Eliah Kaylough, 26, heard the thunderous blast, he was so terrified, he instinctively ran for cover. On Tuesday this week, he had just started his shift as a waiter at a restaurant on bustling Gemmayze Street in east Beirut when he was suddenly startled…

‘They rape us before we can cross’: Women, girls fleeing violence in Mali | Armed Groups

‘They rape us before we can cross’: Women, girls fleeing violence in Mali | Armed Groups

Ayourou, Niger – It was just a few minutes before 7 o’clock on a Friday evening in early June when Kani* and 10 others fleeing violence in northeastern Mali arrived at a checkpoint in Labbezanga, close to the border with Niger. Six armed men, three of them wearing military fatigues,…

US to provide .5bn more in military aid to Israel amid war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US to provide $3.5bn more in military aid to Israel amid war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Part of the military aid package will go to an Israeli army unit accused of serious rights abuses of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The United States will send an additional $3.5bn to Israel to spend on US-made weapons and military equipment, the Department of State has said, as…

Russian attack on Ukrainian supermarket kills 14, officials say | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian attack on Ukrainian supermarket kills 14, officials say | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zelenskyy says Russia will be ‘held accountable for this terror’ as Ukrainian troops push on with Kursk assault. Ukrainian authorities have said a Russian missile slammed into a supermarket in the eastern town of Kostiantynivka, killing at least 14 people and injuring 43, as Ukraine’s forces push on with their…

Mali orders Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours | Politics News

Mali orders Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours | Politics News

The order comes days after a Swedish government minister announced that aid to Mali would be ‘phased out’. Sweden’s ambassador to Bamako has been summoned and ordered to leave the country within 72 hours because of a “hostile” statement by a Swedish minister, Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. Mali’s…