War & Conflict
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Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal despite fierce fighting
May 18, 2023Russia and Ukraine agreed Wednesday to prolong a pact permitting grain exports over the Black Sea, a rare display of collaboration as the war rages and one of Kyiv’s vital Patriot anti-missile defense systems was verified... -
France promises Zelensky weapons after EU honours Ukraine fight ‘for Europe’
May 15, 2023France promised Ukraine dozens more light tanks and armored vehicles on Monday, after President Emmanuel Macron met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris, as Kyiv prepares for a widely anticipated counter-offensive. Following stops in Rome and... -
29 Palestinians killed, one fatality in Israel as violence escalates
May 12, 2023On the third day of the biggest escalation of bloodshed in months, Israel and Gaza militants exchanged heavy fire, killing 29 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave and one in Israel. According to officials in the... -
Pakistan Supreme Court declares Imran Khan’s arrest illegal: Report
May 11, 2023According to Pakistani and foreign media outlets, Pakistan’s Supreme Court today ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest was unconstitutional and ordered his release from the custody of the country’s anti-graft agency. “Your arrest was... -
Over 600 killed in Haiti violence in April: UN
May 10, 2023According to the United Nations, more than 600 people were killed in violence in Haiti’s capital last month, which is in the midst of a political-economic catastrophe. ‘In the month of April alone, more than 600... -
Zelensky says Russia will be defeated ‘as Nazism was’
May 8, 2023On Victory in Europe Day, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Russian forces in Ukraine will be crushed in the same way as Nazi Germany was vanquished in WWII. “All the old evil that modern Russia is... -
Rocket fire from Gaza after Palestinian hunger striker dies
May 2, 2023Following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian hunger striker from the Islamic Jihad faction, Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Tuesday, an AFP journalist witnessed. Following the death of Khader Adnan, a leading... -
100,000 Russian dead, wounded in 5 months in Ukraine: W.House
May 2, 2023A White House source said Monday that more than 20,000 Russian troops have perished and another 80,000 have been injured in five months of battle in eastern Ukraine, notably in Bakhmut. “We estimate that Russia has... -
Army, RSF extend cease-fire again in Sudan
May 1, 2023Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to prolong a 72-hour cease-fire. Meanwhile, the UN has dispatched its top humanitarian envoy in response to the “unprecedented” crisis. DW has the most recent information.... -
UN sending envoy over ‘unprecedented’ Sudan war fallout
May 1, 2023According to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the top United Nations humanitarian official is headed to the Sudan region due to the quickly developing impact of the war there and its wider ramifications. As warplanes roared overhead...
