Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 853 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 853 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 853rd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited soldiers defending the eastern front line region of Donetsk and introduced Brigadier-General Andriy Hnatov, the new joint forces commander. Hnatov’s main tasks include…

Hezbollah’s ‘axis of resistance’ allies waiting in reserve to fight Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hezbollah’s ‘axis of resistance’ allies waiting in reserve to fight Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The most closely watched border in the Middle East lies between Israel and Lebanon, the site of eight months of tit-for-tat attacks and a possible Israeli land assault on its northern neighbour. Israeli officials have repeatedly threatened to intensify attacks, saying they’re necessary to defeat Hezbollah and return 90,000 Israelis…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 852 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 852 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enter its 852nd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fighting One woman was killed, four people injured and dozens of buildings damaged in multiple Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s southern Belgorod region, according to Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor…

Kenyan police contingent arrives in Haiti as protests roil Nairobi | Conflict News

Kenyan police contingent arrives in Haiti as protests roil Nairobi | Conflict News

Hundreds of officers travelled to Haiti to begin a UN-backed mission to curtail the influence of the country’s gangs. A group of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti, marking the beginning of a United Nations-backed mission to combat powerful armed gangs that have wreaked turmoil in the Caribbean country….

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 851 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 851 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 851st day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Fighting At least five people were killed and 41 injured, including four children, after a Russian missile attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, according to Donetsk regional…

A Kenyan tribe’s search for its leader’s stolen skull | History

A Kenyan tribe’s search for its leader’s stolen skull | History

No ‘true leader’ In 1919, the British rounded up all members of the Talai – Koitalel’s clan and the longstanding leaders of the Nandi – and banished them to an isolated island-like village called Kapsisiywo in the heart of Nandi territory. Situated between two rivers, which encircle the whole area…

‘World cannot afford Lebanon becoming another Gaza’: UN chief | Conflict News

‘World cannot afford Lebanon becoming another Gaza’: UN chief | Conflict News

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed increasing concern over the escalating war of words and deadly border clashes between Israel’s military and Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters. UN peacekeepers are working to calm the situation and prevent “miscalculation” after both sides heightened their rhetoric and raised the possibility of full-scale conflict, he…