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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
7/20/2022 10:22:46 PM
For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who was trapped in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/28/2022 10:06:15 AM
To a threatening soundtrack of air raid sirens and booming artillery, civilians are fleeing towns and cities in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advance.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/4/2022 4:03:06 PM
Russian forces unleashed artillery fire on towns in eastern Ukraine, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, and began storming the bombed-out steel mill in Mariupol from where scores were evacuated after enduring weeks of shelling against the city's last pocket of resistance.
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World
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International
4/30/2022 9:26:20 PM
Thousands of firefighters battled destructive wildfires in the Southwest as more residents prepared to evacuate during the weekend in northern New Mexico where strong winds and dangerously dry conditions have made the blazes hard to contain.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/27/2022 7:24:52 PM
The International Committee of the Red Cross has denied accusations that it helped organise or carry out forced evacuations of Ukrainians to Russia.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/8/2022 9:28:41 AM
Russian officials said they planned to carry out a limited cease-fire on Tuesday to allow civilians to safely flee besieged Ukrainian cities, something Ukrainian officials said they would believe only after safe evacuations begin, after two earlier attempts at cease-fires failed.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/7/2022 12:19:54 PM
Even as Russia announced a ceasefire starting Monday morning and the opening of humanitarian corridors in several areas, its armed forces continued to pummel Ukrainian cities, with multiple rocket launchers hitting residential buildings.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/6/2022 5:53:51 PM
Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a telephone call with the French president blamed Kyiv for failed civilian evacuations from the key Ukrainian port city of Mariupol which is surrounded by Russian troops, the Kremlin said Sunday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/5/2022 1:36:44 PM
The Ukrainian president's office says civilian evacuations have halted in an area of the country where Russian defense officials had announced a cease-fire, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any country that sought to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/5/2022 9:53:40 AM
The Russian military is observing a ceasefire in two areas of Ukraine to allow civilians to evacuate, Russian state media reported Saturday, but there was no immediate confirmation from Ukraine. It would be the first breakthrough in allowing civilians to escape the war.
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World
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Region
2/1/2022 9:47:57 AM
President Joe Biden on Monday designated Qatar a major non-NATO ally, a largely symbolic honor but one that was meant to convey his administration's gratitude for the tiny Persian Gulf nation's assistance with evacuations from Afghanistan and in ending last year's Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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World
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Region
12/4/2021 11:52:46 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to the Gulf, expressed appreciation to Qatar on Saturday for helping to organise the latest evacuation to France of more than 250 threatened Afghans.
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World
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International
9/21/2021 12:22:25 PM
Fire Service officials in Greece said Tuesday they have contained a wildfire that threatened homes and prompted overnight evacuations at a resort northeast of Athens
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World
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International
9/3/2021 4:50:15 PM
The losses for one of the world's poorest countries are considerable and will complicate the ability of the Taliban to run the country, experts say
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World
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International
9/1/2021 8:05:45 PM
Britain has opened talks with the Taliban over the safe passage of its remaining nationals and allies out of Afghanistan and dispatched senior civil servant Simon Gass to meet with Taliban representatives in Doha
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World
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International
9/1/2021 4:36:54 PM
Nehan, who previously served as acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, said the withdrawal was "mismanaged" and "irresponsible" and with a delayed exit evacuations could have been handled in an organised manner
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World
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International
8/30/2021 1:06:53 PM
It wasn't immediately cleat when the airlift would begin
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World
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International
8/29/2021 6:21:18 PM
Maas underscored that Germany's 'engagement is not ending with the conclusion of the military evacuation mission'
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World
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International
8/29/2021 11:22:07 AM
Sunday, when Ida is due to make landfall, marks 16 years since Katrina, the devastating hurricane that flooded 80 percent of New Orleans, left 1,800 people dead, and caused billions of dollars in damage
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World
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International
8/29/2021 12:02:48 AM
The international airlift from Kabul entered its final phase on Saturday ahead of the August 31 deadline set for the withdrawal of American soldiers from Afghanistan, after 20 years of fighting
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