A US-made munition was used in a strike on central Beirut that killed 22 people and wounded 117. Russia has confirmed that Donald Trump sent the Kremlin sample Covid-19 tests in the early days of the pandemic
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U.S. intelligence believe that Russia is likely to retaliate with greater force against the United States and its coalition partners, possibly with lethal attacks, if they agree to give the Ukrainians permission to employ long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia
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A United Nations resolution in support of Palestinian membership has passed with overwhelming support, and granted new privileges to the Palestinian Authority in its current capacity as a non-member observer state. Gruesome new testimony details one of the worst atrocities of the year-long Sudanese civil war – the large-scale massacre of civilians as they desperately tried to flee an ethnic rampage in Darfur
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The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has risen to 11,078, according to the Hamas-led health ministry. Among the dead were 4,506 children. Police block Palestinian worshippers from Friday prayers at the entrance to the Old City in Jerusalem. A senior Ukrainian official rejects a land swap in any negotiations with Russia.
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Voters in important U.S. states showed that Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House May be tougher than he expects. Israel forces appear firmly entrenched in northern Gaza as calls for a pause intensify
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Russia has accused Ukraine of launching another drone attack over Moscow. Wagner chief Evgeniy Prigozhin has appeared in St. Petersburg alongside the African leaders summit hosted by President Putin.
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The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday.
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Senior UN officials are hosting Russian envoys in Geneva in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. Ukrainian forces repelled several waves of Russian attacks in and around Bakhmut the over the past 24 hours, the military said, as commanders on both sides described the situation in the city in the eastern Donetsk region as "difficult."
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New Years Eve will be a toned down affair today amid the threat of more Russian attacks and curfews
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More confirmation that Russia has withdrawn its troops from the Ukrainian town of Lyman, a key strategic hub - just a day after Mr Putin announced the illegal annexation of the region. A famous Russian rapper has committed suicide due to Russia’s invasion
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Russian abandoned its plans to hold a supposed referendum on a part of Ukraine joining Russia on Monday, saying it was being "paused" because of security concerns. Ukrainian military forces seem to have made some progress on a counter-offensive in the region
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Fire 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.
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Amnesty International and the Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs clash. A US Olympic athlete gets snared in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
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The death toll from the horrific Russian missile strike in Vinnytsia surges above 20. One of the three children killed was a young girl who was out strolling with her mom. The mom survived, is in hospital, and yet to learn about her tragic loss.
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Russian troops continued shelling several Ukrainian regions on Monday, killing six people and injuring 31 in Kharkiv. Meanwhile, the death toll from Sunday's Russian rocket attack on a five-storey apartment block in eastern Ukraine rose to 30.
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I’ve always said that Russia President Putin exploits weaknesses. He proves and probes and probes for soft tissue. That’s why Estonia’s president has sounded the alarm on her country being the next target of the Kremlin unless NATO changes its strategy.
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US President Joe Biden has pledged a further $1-billion in weaponry and aid for Ukraine as the leaders of France, Germany, Romania and Italy make their way to Kyiv
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Fighting continues to rage in the east of Ukraine. Monday marked Day of the Journalist in Ukraine and a trade union said that 32 media workers have died since Russia’s invasion commenced
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As the newly-appointed French foreign minister visits Kyiv, a journalist from her country’s media corps in Ukraine is found dead - bringing the death toll of journalists since February 2022 to around two dozen. Meanwhile Reuters comes under fire in Ukraine
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President Zelensky visits his troops in Kharkiv as an unwritten wartime truce between himself and a former president falls apart
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