Jihadist police chief of Timbuktu jailed for war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu to 10 years in prison for war crimes. Prosecutors said…
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Ukraine estimates environmental damage of 1,000 days of war at $71 bn
The war in Ukraine has left tens of thousands of people dead, destroyed homes and created millions of refugees, but it has also caused severe environmental damage, Ukrainian Environment…
Germany's Scholz urges Xi to use power to curb Ukraine war escalation
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appealed to Chinese President Xi Jinping for support in curbing an escalation in the war in Ukraine, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20…
24 hours in Ukraine: A single day shows the reality of life as war hits 1,000 days
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The clock on her wall stopped almost as soon as the day began, its hands frozen by the Russian bomb that hit the dormitory serving as home for Ukrainians displaced by…
North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls on military to prepare for war
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on his country's military to focus all efforts on completing war preparations, state news agency KCNA reported on Monday. KCNA reported Kim as…
Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war
On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or other unexpected crises. “If crisis or war…
Putin critics lead a march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia and an end to war in Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) — Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and…
Why Chinese companies are also waiting for Sudan's civil war to end
Chinese companies are ready to return to Sudan at a moment's notice, according to a Chinese official, once security and stability are restored in the northeast African nation engulfed in a…
AP PHOTOS: 1,000 days of war in Ukraine captured in images
A thousand days of war in Ukraine have been captured in stunning images, many of them horrifying, some of them poignant, others uplifting. Since Russia’s all-out invasion of its smaller…
French weapons used in Sudan war despite UN arms embargo - Amnesty
French military technology is being used in Sudan's brutal civil war in violation of a UN arms embargo, rights organisation Amnesty International has said. It says the Rapid Support Forces…
Netanyahu addresses Iranian people: You and I do not want war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again addressed the people of Iran directly in a video, saying their leadership is wasting money with attacks on Israel that could be invested…
'My conscripted husband is now dead': How Myanmar's war is killing civilians
The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar's civil war. Four months later, she found out he had been killed at…
Midstate man gets closure on his late cousin’s cause of death during Vietnam War
(WHTM) — A Midstate man who always wondered what happened to his cousin shot down over Vietnam now has some closure. David Christian, a skyhawk pilot during the Vietnam War, was shot down…
‘We have no choice’: Gazan workers find a lifeline in freelancing amid war
It took more than 20 minutes and eight dropped WhatsApp calls to finally connect with Farida Adel in Gaza. Internet service is not reliable anywhere in the territory, including in the…
Ukraine and Russia clash over prisoners of war
Ukraine on Sunday rejected claims by the Russian Foreign Ministry that it did not want to take back hundreds of prisoners of war proposed for an exchange. "We are ready to carry out an…
UN says humanitarian situation in Lebanon worse than 2006 war
The United Nations says the humanitarian situation in Lebanon is now even worse than during the last war against Israel 18 years ago. "The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has reached…
Ford weakens profit outlook amid price war, shares fall
FORD Motor said on Monday it expects to hit the lower end of its full-year profit guidance, dropping the company’s shares 5 per cent in after-hours trading, as a price war hits the US…
Tens of thousands of demonstrators march across Italy calling for an end to war worldwide
ROME (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in seven Italian cities on Saturday calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East, Ukraine and all global…
EU leader denounces Russia's 'hybrid war' aiming to destabilize Western Balkan democracies
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday denounced Russia's hybrid attacks against democracies, saying the European Union is fighting daily to…
Domestic workers paying high price in Hezbollah war with Israel
Patricia, who came to Lebanon from Sierra Leone a few years ago to work as a domestic in a house in southern Lebanon, never imagined she would be stuck in a conflict in the Middle East. "I…
Lebanese PM denounces Israeli 'war crimes' as media workers killed
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday condemned an alleged Israeli strike on a residence housing journalists as a "new chapter of war crimes," as two people were killed…
Paris aid talks mobilize €1 billion for Lebanon, as war drags on
An international conference in Paris has mobilized €800 million ($865 million) in immediate humanitarian aid for Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Thursday, with a…
Russians accused of crimes offered choice - go to war instead of court
At about 06:45 on 28 March, police arrived at Andrey Perlov’s house near Novosibirsk in Siberia. They accused him of stealing about three million roubles ($32,000; £24,000) from a…
Really putting Ukraine's Abrams and F-16s to work fighting Russia means most probably won't survive, but that's the kind of war this is
Many of Ukraine's Western weapons won't make it to the end of the war if it really uses them, experts told BI. Weapons like Abrams and F-16s have been given in small numbers, so Ukraine…