Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

Conflict

Asia|Political

Australia's Wong urges Myanmar generals to take a different path and end conflict

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the conflict in military-ruled Myanmar was worsening and her message to the ruling junta was the situation there was unsustainable

Australia's Wong urges Myanmar generals to take a different path and end conflict
MidEast|News|Political

Sudan paramilitary leader plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland hosted by US, Saudi Arabia

Sudan’s paramilitary leader has announced plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland next month arranged by the United States and Saudi Arabia

Sudan paramilitary leader plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland hosted by US, Saudi Arabia
Africa|Political

US issues sanctions on rebel group alliance over conflict in DRC

The United States on Thursday will impose sanctions on a coalition of rebel groups it accused of seeking to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Congo's

US issues sanctions on rebel group alliance over conflict in DRC
Asia|Political

Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet

Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to dialogue, as fighting intensifies between the ruling

Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
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Olympics-Silence the guns for Paris Games, says UN's Guterres

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged countries around the world to stop armed conflict as part of the Olympic truce, with the Paris 2024

Olympics-Silence the guns for Paris Games, says UN's Guterres
News|Political|World

Fighting flares again in a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains

Azerbaijan’s forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh

Fighting flares again in a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains
News|Political|World

One Palestinian dies and Israel shuts down main crossing with Gaza after outbreak of border violence

Palestinian health officials say the Israeli military has killed a 25-year-old Palestinian along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip during a violent protest along the separation fence

One Palestinian dies and Israel shuts down main crossing with Gaza after outbreak of border violence
News|Political|World

What's at stake for Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides in the decades-old conflict agree to hold talks

The news of a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after Azerbaijan shelled Armenian forces, toned down fears of a third full-scale war over the region, But it also left significant unresolved questions

What's at stake for Nagorno-Karabakh as both sides in the decades-old conflict agree to hold talks
News|Political|World

Six Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, at least 3 of them militants

Palestinian health officials say the death toll from a day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip has risen to six

Six Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, at least 3 of them militants
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Azerbaijan claims full control over the Nagorno-Karabakh region as Armenian forces agree to disarm

Azerbaijan claimed full control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after local Armenian forces there agreed to lay down their weapons following the latest outbreak of fighting in the decades-long separatist conflict

Azerbaijan claims full control over the Nagorno-Karabakh region as Armenian forces agree to disarm
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Russia says Armenian separatists surrender arms after Azerbaijan reclaims Nagorno-Karabakh

Russia's Defense Ministry says that ethnic Armenian separatists in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh are surrendering their arms to Russian peacekeepers

Russia says Armenian separatists surrender arms after Azerbaijan reclaims Nagorno-Karabakh
News|World

A Ukrainian train is a lifeline connecting the nation's capital with the front line

The train that runs from Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, to the city of Kramatorsk in the east stands apart from others in Ukraine

A Ukrainian train is a lifeline connecting the nation's capital with the front line
News|Political|World

Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence

Israel says it has unleashed airstrikes targeting a militant site in Gaza for the second time in as many days

Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence
News|Political|World

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province

More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province
News|Political|World

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies

The Israeli military said it struck militant sites in Gaza for the third day in a row, after Palestinian militants near the border fence launched incendiary balloons into Israel and threw an explosive at soldiers

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for the 3rd day in a row as West Bank violence intensifies
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Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery

Kosovo is observing a day of mourning for the Kosovar Albanian police officer killed by Serb gunmen in the north of the country in one of the worst confrontations since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008

Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery
News|Political|World

Dozens dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

An explosion at a crowded gas station in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region has killed and injured scores of people as thousands of ethnic Armenians have rushed to flee to Armenia

Dozens dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia
News|Political|World

Russian drone strikes on Odesa region hit port area and cut ferry service to Romania

Ukrainian officials say Russia struck the Black Sea region of Odesa in a drone barrage that damaged a warehouse, charred dozens of trucks and injured two drivers in fiery explosions

Russian drone strikes on Odesa region hit port area and cut ferry service to Romania
News|Political|World

Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region

Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents are fleeing their homes after Azerbaijan's swift military operation to reclaim control of the breakaway region

Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region
Political

Azerbaijan's use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh risks undermining key international norms, signaling to dictators that might makes right

Violence has caused thousands to flee the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh amid anger over perceived lack of action from Washington or the international community.

Azerbaijan's use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh risks undermining key international norms, signaling to dictators that might makes right
News|Political|World

Over half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve

The separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dissolve itself and the unrecognized republic will cease to exist by the end of the year

Over half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population flees as the separatist government says it will dissolve
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Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity

The exodus of more than 78,000 ethnic Armenians this week from Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Caucasus Mountains has been a vivid and shocking tableau of fear and misery

Why this week's mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity
World

Exclusive-Kosovo's president blames Serbia for shootout, says Kosovo 'under attack'

Kosovo's president Vjosa Osmani has accused Serbia and its president Aleksandar Vucic of being behind a shootout between armed men and Kosovar police in the north

Exclusive-Kosovo's president blames Serbia for shootout, says Kosovo 'under attack'
World

Western group to ask UN body to investigate Sudan atrocities - document

The United States, Britain, Norway and Germany plan to submit a motion to the U.N. rights body to set up an investigation into alleged atrocities in Sudan, a draft motion showed on

Western group to ask UN body to investigate Sudan atrocities - document
Business|News|Political|World

Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh's people have left, Armenia's government says

Armenia's government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm

Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh's people have left, Armenia's government says

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