NATO countries are set to announce new “heavier weapons” for Ukraine, the alliance’s chief said on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his backers to speed up their decision-making. US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin will convene a meeting of around 50 countries on Friday at the US-run Ramstein military base in Germany, […]
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Yemen war has killed or maimed over 11,000 children: UN
More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen’s civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday. “The true toll of this conflict is likely to be far higher,” said the children’s agency UNICEF about the casualties of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. “Thousands […]
US says not encouraging Ukraine strikes into Russia
The United States said Tuesday it has not “encouraged” Ukraine to strike into Russia after drone attacks on bases widely seen as carried out by Kyiv. “We have neither encouraged nor enabled the Ukrainians to strike inside of Russia,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters. “But the important thing is to understand what Ukrainians […]
War in Ukraine: latest developments
KYIV: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Five killed in Russian strikes Russian strikes on the central Ukrainian region of Kyrovograd leave five people dead and injure more than two dozen others, the region’s governor says. Governor Andriy Raikovich says the strikes on the city of Kropyvnytskyi, about 300 kilometres (186 […]
US steps up aid to Ukraine
Kyiv :The United States will unveil a new round of security assistance to Ukraine Wednesday. A White House official said President Joe Biden will unveil another $800 million worth of military aid, expected to include more of the anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles that have helped slow Russia’s three-week-old invasion to a crawl. The package will […]
UN estimates one million people displaced inside Ukraine
Stockholm: An estimated one million people have been displaced inside Ukraine by the Russian invasion, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have fled elsewhere. “There has been a lot of attention on those who flee to neighbouring countries, but it’s important to remember that the largest number of […]
Protesters in Pakistan urge Russian authorities to end war in Ukraine
Pakistan Global Initiative (PGI) on Saturday staged a protest demonstration, urging the world powers to prefer peace over conflict and waging war against each other as survival of humanity is only embedded in peace. The protesters led by Advocate Waseem Qureshi said that the world could not afford another war, because it always led to […]
Fifty schools in Gaza damaged by Israeli airstrikes
WEB DESK According to Humanitarian Aid Organization ‘Save The Children’, around 50 schools in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli airstrikes in the past few weeks. As a result, over 41,000 children have been impacted. Of the 219 people who have been killed in Gaza, at least 63 are children, according to the health ministry. […]
Russia says US missile test ‘escalation of military tensions’
Moscow on Tuesday said the United States was ramping up military tensions by testing a medium-range cruise missile weeks after tearing up a pact with Russia. “This is all a cause of regret. The US has obviously taken a course towards escalation of military tensions. We won’t react to provocations,” Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told […]
Saudi Arabia steps up aid for Yemen child soldiers
NEW YORK: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) is expanding its research and work to help rehabilitate child soldiers in Yemen. The center outlined its expanded role while taking part in workshops with the advisory experts group of the International Coalition for the Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers, held at Columbia University in New York […]