The heads of several major United Nations bodies on Monday made a united call for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify nearly one month into the conflict. The death toll is now said to have surpassed 10,000. A deadly Russian strike on Odesa damaged its famed art museum and several apartment buildings
Read MoreMore aid enters Gaza as Israel pounds the Palestinian enclave. Russia aims at Ukraine power infrastructure ahead of winter.
Read MoreThe annual UNGA gets underway today in New York. Though there are some notable no-shows among the permanent members of the Security Council. In the next days the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals will be reviewed and climate and health will dominate side discussions.
Read MoreUkrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to the Queen after the announcement of her death. Shelling on Tuesday damaged a backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian military says its forces have been able to advance 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) in the Kharkiv region, liberating 20 settlements in their counter-offensive.
Read MoreRussian forces have suffered heavy losses during a Ukrainian offensive aimed at recapturing territory in the southern region of Kherson. Russian energy giant, Gazprom, says it can’t restart the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Europe due to an oil leak and complications created by western sanctions.
Read MoreFire and explosions reported at an ammunition depot in occupied Crimea, with two people reportedly injured. Russian authorities are further clamping down on local residents in the largely occupied Kherson, conducting house-to-house searches and requiring people to get Russian driver's licenses and even Russian passports in order to work.
Read MoreJust hours after signing an agreement with Ukraine to unblock grain from Black Sea ports, Russia fires on the port city of Odesa. The aggression is widely condemned by the UN and Ukraine.
Read MoreSloviansk in eastern Ukraine becomes the center of the battleground. President Zelensky says that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won't be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war.
Read MoreAs Russia appears to consolidate its control over the whole of Luhansk Oblast, President Zelensky says he urgently needs “tent times” the weaponry and manpower in order to advance. More evidence of forced mass deportations of Ukrainians to Russia.
Read MoreUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky ventures further afield from Kyiv to survey the destruction from Russian attacks and visit frontline troops. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron receives a rare public tongue-lashing from Ukraine’s foreign minister
Read MoreUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky warns his people to brace for a strong attack from Russian forces in the east of the country as authorities there warn people to leave immediately. The appointment of a new Russian general to lead operations in Ukraine is likely seen by the Kremlin to give better organization to what has been a humiliating performance by Russian forces
Read MoreAs fighting in the Ukraine war shifts to the East, Ukrainian officials warn that the Russian atrocities in other cities such as Mariupol will be much worse than Bucha
Read MoreAs the Covid-19 pandemic makes it terrifying march around the globe, ravaging the economy along with it, we are at a point where things could still get worse before they get better.
Read MoreThe war on the global aid industry, sparked by revelations of sexual misconduct at Oxfam, is shaking the billion dollar industry to the core. While reforms are badly needed could it starve vital life-saving programs of funding?
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