It was a sight no one expected to see after more than 900 days of war: a correspondent from Ukraine’s state television news reporting from inside Russian territory as Ukrainian forces tore down a Russian flag and handed out humanitarian aid. Ukraine said it was creating a security zone inside Russia’s Kursk region and planned…
Ukraine’s military chief says his forces now control around a thousand square kilometres of Russian territory – while in his first official comments on the incursion – President Zelenskyy declared he was drawing up a “humanitarian plan” for the area.
The Kursk region of Russia is no stranger to war. President Zelensky has confirmed for the first time that it is the Ukrainian military advancing there.
Three days of mourning has been declared in Brazil for the 62 people killed in yesterday’s plane crash.
A week’s worth of rioting, and more than 400 arrests so far, will only ramp up pressure on the nation’s crumbling prison service.
Internet and mobile services have been blocked since Thursday as the authorities seek to quell the unrest.
Officials in Papua New Guinea have appealed for international help – warning that more than 2,000 people may have been buried alive under a landslide that occurred three days ago.
Hamas has fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza towards Israel – setting off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months.
Hundreds of people are feared dead after a landslide levelled a remote village in Papua New Guinea, burying families alive.
The UN’s international court of justice has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive around Rafah in southern Gaza with immediate effect.
Six months of war have devastated Gaza, and there seems to be no end in sight.
Israel says its special forces have recovered the body of a man they say was killed while being held captive in Gaza.
We tend to think of Gaza as a battlefield or a refugee camp. But the territory also boasts plenty of culture and heritage, or rather it used to.
Antisemitic incidents recorded by a Jewish charity hit an all-time high of more than 4,000 last year – almost double the previous record.
It was one year ago today that two devastating earthquakes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria.