24

Apr

Convulsed by war, tearful Ukrainians mark Orthodox Easter

YIV/KRAMATORSK (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that light would defeat darkness and Kyiv would triumph over Russia as Ukrainians marked a bitterly emotional Orthodox Easter overshadowed by the…

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17

Apr

Ukrainian soldiers hold out in Mariupol, Pope laments ‘Easter of War’

KYIV, April 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverised port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized…

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16

Apr

Russia hits Kyiv, Lviv after flagship sunk

KYIV, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia's warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities after…

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16

Apr

Russia strikes armoured vehicle plant, military repair facility in Ukraine – Interfax

(Reuters) - Russia destroyed production buildings of an armoured vehicle plant in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and a military repair facility in the city of Mykolaiv, the Interfax news…

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16

Apr

Photo Story – De-mining Kharkiv

Photo Aleksandr Gumenchak, a deminer of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine removes a metal piece of Grad rocket that is stuck on a road after the Russian attack, on…

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10

Apr

Kyiv keeps pressure on West to do more as battle looms in Ukraine’s east

KYIV/BUZOVA, Ukraine, April 10 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Sunday it was seeking another round of European Union sanctions against Moscow and more military aid from its allies as it braces for…

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04

Apr

Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes after bodies found bound, shot

BUCHA, Ukraine, April 4 (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv…

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03

Apr

Exclusive Pictures – The Mriya ‘Dream’ Antonov An-225 destruction

Ukrainian servicemen inspect a damaged hangar including the largest Ukrainian transport plane Antonov An-225 Mriya 'Dream', at the Gostomel airfild near Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 03 April 2022.  The world’s largest…

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28

Mar

Displaying ‘Z’ symbol could be criminal act in Germany, ministry says

Individuals who display the letter "Z" in Germany to symbolise support for Russia's war in Ukraine could be liable to prosecution, an Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. The interior minister for…

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26

Mar

Biden says he is not sure that Russia has changed strategy in Ukraine

WARSAW, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with top Ukrainian government officials in Warsaw on Saturday during his visit to Poland to show support for the NATO alliance's eastern…

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19

Mar

Photo Story – ‘The price of war’

More than one hundred baby carriages are seen during a performance named 'The price of war' in the downtown of the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, 18 March 2022 as…

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18

Mar

Arnold Schwarzenegger in appeal to Russian population

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the Russian people that they are being fed misinformation about their country's assault on Ukraine and appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop…

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16

Mar

Turkey’s top diplomat says in Moscow that war must stop

ANKARA, March 16 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, speaking alongside counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, said on Wednesday the war in Ukraine must stop and Ankara was to…

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06

Mar

UPDATED: Ukraine exodus is fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since WW2 – UNHCR chief

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in the space of 10 days, the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World…

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24

Feb

Ukraine says at least 8 people killed by Russian shelling, 9 wounded

KYIV, Feb 24 (Reuters) - At least eight people have been killed and nine were wounded by the Russian shelling, an advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs said on Thursday…

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30

Jan

Ukrainian reservists gear up in case of conflict with Russia

KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) - From Monday to Friday, Mykhaylo is a lawyer, Alexander is an IT programmer and Konstantin freelances in online advertising. On Saturday, the three came together…

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05

Oct

Libya’s warring sides, including Russian mercenaries, may be guilty of crimes – UN

Russian mercenaries in Libya killed detainees, among the possible war crimes committed by multiple sides in the conflict, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday, adding that they had drawn…

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22

Jun

More than 8,500 children used as soldiers in 2020: U.N.

More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday. U.N. chief Antonio Guterres' annual report to…

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29

Jan

China’s stark warning to Taiwan: seeking independence means war

China has harshly warned Taiwan that attempts to seek independence from Beijing "means war". The warning comes days after Beijing stepped up military activities and sent warplanes near the island.…

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17

Nov

Malta: Carmel Calafato, surviving war veteran, dies at the age of 97

Carmel Calafato, who had first hand experience of the War in Africa, Italy and France and Germany, died yesterday at the age of 97. Calafato broke his legs and unfortunately…

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15

Aug

Malta: 78 years since the Saint Mary Convoy

On this day, 78 years ago, at around 9:30 am SS Ohio entered the Grand Harbor, as part of Operation Pedestal. Source: One News Updated:

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14

Jun

The UN Security Council’s silence is deafening – Libya’s Minister for Foreign Affairs

Libya's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Siala criticised the UN Security Council's silence and ignoring the calls of the previous government of reconciliation to take a firm stand on the aggression…

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14

Apr

On the warpath with Covid-19

by Tonio Galea  The world is, without doubt, entering a new era as the coronavirus continues to spread unabated to every corner.  This era that has yet to be formally…

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24

Mar

The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war – UN Secretary General calls for immediate global ceasefire

The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war”, he said. “That is why today, I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world.…

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13

Feb

New report shows over 400 million children grow up in war zones

Nearly one in six children around the world — 415 million children in all — were living in a conflict zone in 2018, more than double the figure recorded in…

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07

Feb

Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility

Millennials see catastrophic war as a real likelihood in their lifetime. In fact, most millennials surveyed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) believe it is more likely…

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30

Dec

UNICEF: 2019 ends ‘deadly decade’ for children in conflict zones

Millions of children across the world are entering a new decade facing the devastating consequences of violence in conflict zones, UNICEF said on Monday. The United Nations' children's agency has documented 170,000 grave…

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10

Sep

3,758 school backpacks laid at the United Nations show the grave scale of child deaths in conflict in 2018

A UNICEF installation to show the devastating scale of child deaths in conflict zones in 2018 was unveiled today at the United Nations in New York. The haunting display features…

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28

Apr

Pope Francis asks for prayers and safe humanitarian corridors for refugees of the Libyan conflict

Pope Francis has asked for prayers for vulnerable refugees trapped detention centers in Libya, where conflict is raging. Addressing the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Regina Coeli…

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26

Apr

Is migration the reason for the reluctancy to be unequivocal for governments to say what the ‘real situation’ in Libya is?

Refugees and migrants in Tripoli's Qasr Bin Gashir detention center were shot and injured during a violent incident this week, the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

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28

Feb

On this day, in 1983, U2 released their album “War”

War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite, and was released on 28 February 1983 on Island Records. The album is regarded as U2's first overtly political…

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02

Oct

Paris to build memorial for heroic animals killed at World War I

After heroically delivering a message in World War I, French pigeon Le Vaillant died of gas poisoning. A century later, it looks as though he and the thousands of other…

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22

Jul

In Syria there’s a new feeling of hope that the civil war is nearing its end

AP: Crossing into Syria from neighboring Lebanon, visitors are greeted by giant posters of President Bashar Assad. The signs proclaim: “Welcome to victorious Syria.” In the capital of Damascus, many of…

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08

Jul

Syrian girl who used tuna cans for legs receives prosthetic limbs

AP/Aljazeera: The 8-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed…

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