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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/19/2022 10:19:49 PM
Pope Francis on Saturday visited Ukrainian children who have fled the Russian invasion and are being cared for at the Vatican's paediatric hospital in Rome.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/19/2022 9:32:51 PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a ``turning point for the world,'' arguing that a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces would herald ``a new age of intimidation.''
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/19/2022 7:51:12 PM
Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/19/2022 5:56:58 PM
The signs are abundant of how Ukraine frustrated Vladimir Putin's hopes for a swift victory and how Russia's military proved far from ready for the fight.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/19/2022 5:35:31 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken on the phone with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, which is the second time this week the two leaders have talked.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/19/2022 5:09:14 PM
Activists in Kazakhstan said Saturday they were refused permission to hold a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as tensions over the war spill into Moscow's neighbourhood.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/18/2022 4:50:00 PM
The role of the Gulf oil producers in directing the energy markets during the Russia-Ukraine conflict is reminiscent of their role during the Arab-Israeli War in the 1970s.
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Opinion
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3/18/2022 3:15:37 PM
The Ukraine war has captured widespread media attention in recent weeks, with news organisations providing wall-to-wall coverage and reports appearing on phones, televisions, radios, magazines, and newspapers.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/17/2022 9:27:00 PM
Red Cross chief Peter Maurer on Thursday implored Russia and Ukraine to build on rare glimmers of hope and alleviate the suffering for "terrified" civilians caught up in the conflict.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/17/2022 8:32:26 PM
Kosovo's president on Thursday asked U.S. President Joe Biden to help Kosovo become a NATO member at a time that Russia is making efforts to destabilize the Balkans.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
3/17/2022 8:10:45 PM
Russia's Finance Ministry said it transferred a $117 million bond interest payment in an attempt to avoid a default on government debt but left it open if the money actually reached foreign investors by the deadline.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/17/2022 6:44:02 PM
Fleeing Ukrainian families describe the "hell" they left behind in the besieged city of Mariupol, of seeing corpses in the streets and of sleeping in sub-zero temperatures, hiding in cellars.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/17/2022 5:28:06 PM
Ukraine's leader on Thursday charged Moscow with building a new Cold War wall across Europe "between freedom and bondage", as his government said Russian shelling had killed 21 civilians near one city.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/17/2022 4:58:32 PM
A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and its "tragic consequences", the European Space Agency said Thursday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/17/2022 4:53:00 PM
Rescuers searched for survivors Thursday in the ruins of a theater ripped apart by a Russian airstrike in the besieged city of Mariupol, while a ferocious bombardment left dozens dead in a northern city over the past day, authorities said.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/16/2022 3:59:00 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cited Pearl Harbor and the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine's fight against Russia.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/16/2022 3:40:22 PM
The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion grew by more than 90,000 over the past 24 hours, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/16/2022 3:08:04 PM
A hundred technicians are working under armed guard to maintain the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine, held hostage for three weeks by Russian forces who seized the compound in the first hours of the invasion.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/16/2022 3:01:19 PM
Ukraine said Wednesday it wants its security to be guaranteed by international forces and rejected proposals pushed by Russia for it to adopt a neutral status comparable to Austria or Sweden.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/16/2022 12:59:56 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.S. Congress, the actor-turned-wartime leader's latest video speech as he uses the West's great legislative bodies as a global stage to orchestrate support against Russia's crushing invasion.
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