War And Unrest

Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Spain in pursuit of more weapons to fight Russia with
May 27, 2024

Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits Spain in pursuit of more weapons to fight Russia with

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Madrid, where he is expected to sign a bilateral security agreement with Spain


Ukraine's Zelenskyy gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly Russian glide bombs
May 27, 2024

Ukraine's Zelenskyy gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly Russian glide bombs

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has secured from Spain a pledge of additional air defense missiles to help fight the about 3,000 bombs that he said Russia launches every month at Ukraine


Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah
May 26, 2024

Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah

Aid trucks have begun entering Gaza from southern Israel through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month


Hamas rocket attack from Gaza sets off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv for the first time in months
May 26, 2024

Hamas rocket attack from Gaza sets off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv for the first time in months

Hamas has fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months


Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrike kills 22 in Rafah and displaced people are hit
May 26, 2024

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrike kills 22 in Rafah and displaced people are hit

Palestinian medics say 22 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that hit tents for displaced people


Ahead of another donor conference for Syria, humanitarian workers fear more aid cuts
May 26, 2024

Ahead of another donor conference for Syria, humanitarian workers fear more aid cuts

Syria's devastating civil war, now in its 14th year, remains largely frozen and so are efforts to find a viable political solution to end it


Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea move survivors of massive landslide to safer ground
May 26, 2024

Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea move survivors of massive landslide to safer ground

Emergency responders are moving survivors of a massive landslide feared to have buried scores of people to safer ground as tons of unstable earth and tribal warfare, which is rife in the Papua New Guinea Highlands, threaten the rescue effort


May 25, 2024

Car bomb in the Syrian capital kills one. Drone strike near Lebanon border targets two vehicles

Syria's state media says a bomb attached to a car exploded in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions, killing one person and causing material damage


What comes next for Ohio's teacher pension fund? Prospects of a 'hostile takeover' are being probed
May 24, 2024

What comes next for Ohio's teacher pension fund? Prospects of a 'hostile takeover' are being probed

A battle is under way for the future of Ohio’s $94 billion teacher pension fund


May 24, 2024

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it


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