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Russia- Ukraine conflict: Nearly 40,000 have fled Mariupol in past week

The authorities in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol say that nearly 40,000 people have fled over the past week. That's nearly 10 per cent of its 430,000 population.

North Korea fires artillery into sea days after missile launch

North Korea fired suspected artillery pieces into sea, South Korea's military said, days after North's latest missile launch ended in failure amid country's recent burst of weapons testing activity

US lawmakers visit Poland, commit help and support for Ukraine military

US lawmakers visiting Poland said Saturday that most urgent need in Ukraine's war against Russia is to equip and support the country in every way that will help it defend its independence

Former Apple employee charged with defrauding tech giant $10 mn

A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the tech giant out of more than USD 10 million by taking kickbacks, stealing equipment and laundering money, federal prosecutors said

Syria's Assad visits UAE, 1st trip to Arab country since war

In a statement posted on its social media pages, the office says that Assad met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai

Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting clerical abuse

The 54-page text, titled Praedicate Evanglium or Proclaiming the Gospel, replaces the founding constitution Pastor Bonus that was penned by St. John Paul II in 1988

Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, even before Taliban: Report

Lebanon was the world's second saddest country, with Botswana, Rwanda and Zimbabwe rounding out the bottom five

Ukraine President Zelensky warns war will cost Russia for generations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces are blockading his country's largest cities to wear the population down into submission

Clearing live ordnance will take years: Ukrainian Interior Minister

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky says it will take years to defuse the unexploded ordnance once the Russian invasion is over.

China reports first Covid deaths in more than a year

China's national health authorities reported two Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surge.

Russian President Putin rallies behind troops while lethal fire rains down

As Russian troops rained lethal fire on Ukrainian cities, Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally to lavish praise on his Russian forces

US Marine aircraft goes missing in Norway training exercise

Norwegian authorities were searching Friday for a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft that went missing during a training exercise.

Russian cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue

Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station on Friday wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, colors that appeared to match the Ukrainian flag

US Rep Don Young, longest-serving Alaska Congressman, dies at 88

Don Young, a blunt-speaking Republican and longest-serving member of Alaska's congressional delegation, has died. He was 88.

6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine due to war: UN

The estimates from the IOM suggests Ukraine is fast on a course in just three weeks toward the levels of displacement from Syria's devastating war which has driven about 13 mn people from their homes

Ukraine crisis: Russia says it made progress in negotiations

Vladimir Medinsky, who led the Russian negotiators in several rounds of talks with Ukraine, said that the sides have narrowed their differences on the issue of Ukraine dropping its bid to join NATO

Pope Francis asserts Ukraine right to defence in blasting Russia war

It came just days after Francis told the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, that the concept of a just war was obsolete since wars are never justifiable

Russian oil sale to India complicates President Biden's efforts

President Biden's campaign to unite the globe against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being challenged not only by adversaries such as China but also by the world's most populous democracy, India.

Roger Federer sends Ukraine children $500K donation via foundation

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, and has been attacking schools, hospitals and buildings where people sought safety in various cities.

President Putin appears at big rally as troops press attack in Ukraine

The event included well-known singer Oleg Gazmanov singing Made in the USSR, with the opening lines Ukraine and Crimea, Belarus and Moldova, It's all my country.