The Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians, human rights groups have said. Children were among the victims of the attacks which were carried out between December to March. Mali, along with its neighbours Burkina […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians, including many children, rights groups said in reports published this week that span the period from December to March. Mali, along with its […]
A UN humanitarian official has appealed for more than $4 billion (€3.7 billion) in life-saving aid for more than 10 million Syrians, saying that the country’s largely forgotten crisis remains “one of the most deadly to civilians in the world”. Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator in Syria for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
Three people were hospitalized including a Maryland state trooper after an early Saturday morning crash on Interstate 70 that started when horses wandered onto the busy highway, according to authorities. State police said troopers were responding around 3 a.m to reports of horses in the roadway in Frederick County near New Market. Police said two […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans for a long-anticipated military operation in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to his office. Israel’s war against Hamas, which began following Hamas-led massacres in Israel on October 7, started with airstrikes on Gaza and then a ground offensive in […]
The Israeli army will make sure civilians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are brought to safety if the military carries out an operation there, an army spokesman said on Friday. Spokesman Arye Shalicar said that leaders of Hamas were suspected to be in the city on the border with Egypt, along with many […]
In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. In the next, a massive explosion sends debris and a body flying. The ground where a soldier stood seconds earlier is a gaping hole, the aftermath of an improvised land mine planted by one of the region’s […]
Germany must provide greater protection for its civilian population, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday during a visit to Finland’s civil protection facilities. This must be tackled quickly because civil defence, or the protection of the population “is always the flip side of a military threat and defence capability,” Pistorius said in Helsinki at […]
Germany must provide greater protection for its civilian population, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Friday during a visit to Finland’s civil protection faciltiies. This must be tackled quickly because civil defence, or the protection of the population “is always the flip side of a military threat and defence capability,” Pistorius said in Helsinki at […]
China’s foreign minister has called for an end to the violence against civilians in Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip against the Palestinian militant organization Hamas. “There can no longer be any justification for the continuation of the conflict and no excuse for the killing of civilians,” said Wang Yi on Thursday in Beijing at […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Thursday said it has begun replacing dozens of its military personnel in Maldives with civilian technical staff who will operate three aircraft given by India to provide humanitarian services. The first batch of technicians to operate a helicopter has reached Maldives, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. […]
LONDON — The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has now killed at least 30,000 people, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced Thursday, a swelling death toll that has already drawn condemnation internationally, isolated Israel and prompted dismay from its traditional friends and allies. Though the United States says a cease-fire may be near, the military campaign looks […]