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World
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Region
5/29/2022 12:08:41 PM
Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia's Wagner Group which has violated international law, U.N. experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/25/2022 12:33:19 PM
Moscow said Wednesday it would be "premature" to consider a prisoner swap with Kyiv before Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered to Russian troops stand trial.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/22/2022 12:04:00 PM
With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/19/2022 10:01:07 PM
Hundreds more Ukrainian fighters who made their stand inside Mariupol's bombed-out steel plant surrendered, bringing the total to over 1,700, Russia said Thursday, amid international fears about the fate of the prisoners in Moscow's hands.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/19/2022 11:17:47 AM
The battle that turned Mariupol into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close as Russia said nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who held out inside a pulverized steel plant had surrendered.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/18/2022 11:12:44 AM
The Russian Defense Ministry says that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops holed up in their last stronghold in Mariupol have handed themselves over.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/17/2022 8:05:46 PM
Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
5/17/2022 1:47:56 PM
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters defending the last holdout in Mariupol were evacuated to areas controlled by Russian-backed separatists and officials worked Tuesday to get the rest out, signaling the beginning of the end of a siege that became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/6/2022 3:06:04 PM
More civilians have been rescued from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol, a Ukrainian official said Friday, even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow's complete takeover of the strategic port city.
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World
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Africa
4/25/2022 5:56:57 PM
Islamic extremist rebels in Mali linked to al-Qaeda said they have captured mercenary fighters from Russia's Wagner Group in fighting earlier this month.
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Sports
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World
4/10/2022 9:08:23 PM
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp compared his side's thrilling 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Sunday to a slugfest between two prize fighters, saying neither side could afford to drop their guard for a single second.
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World
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Africa
4/7/2022 6:13:02 PM
A UN envoy on Thursday demanded access to the Malian village of Moura, site of an alleged massacre last month by local forces and suspected Russian fighters.
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World
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Africa
4/6/2022 12:25:56 PM
Mali's army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men _ some of them suspected Islamic extremist fighters but most civilians _ in Moura in central Mali, Human Rights Watch said.
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World
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Region
3/29/2022 3:10:34 PM
Clashes between US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and members of the Islamic State group killed at least three people inside a restive camp in northeastern Syria that houses IS families, local Kurdish authorities and an opposition war monitor said Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/28/2022 7:03:56 PM
Russian forces have made no significant progress in the past 24 hours amid continuing supply problems and aggressive resistance from Ukrainian fighters, UK.defense officials say.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/27/2022 12:43:04 PM
Drummer Taylor Hawkins of the multi-Grammy award-winning rock group Foo Fighters has died, his bandmates said in a statement. He was 50.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
3/16/2022 11:36:00 AM
The presence of foreign fighters in the Ukraine war brings the risk of encumbering it with the complications of other conflicts.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/13/2022 2:49:40 PM
Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine's western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people. The strike followed Russian threats to target foreign weapon shipments that are helping Ukrainian fighters defend their country against Russia's grinding invasion.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/12/2022 9:15:15 PM
A tank emblazoned with a giant Z backs up clumsily in the besieged city of Mariupol, crashing into destroyed buses before letting loose a shell. Ukrainian fighters later destroyed it, notching up one small victory.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/11/2022 1:25:28 PM
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its third week, Vladimir Putin approved bringing "volunteer'' fighters from the Middle East and elsewhere to join the war. It comes as Russian forces appeared to be expanding their offensive on Friday and striking new areas in western Ukraine.
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