Ukraine’s population is losing hope for a truce as battles intensify

Burial sites are emerging across Syria after the ousting of al-Assad, accused of widespread extrajudicial killings. A mass grave that could contain the remains of thousands of people has been found outside Syria’s capital Damascus, as the new interim government promises to hold accountable those responsible for atrocities under the… Read Details ⇢

Sexual violence has been widespread, impacting many women and girls in Sudan. Since April 2023, the civil war in Sudan has claimed more than 60,000 lives in fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Famine is imminent, sexual violence against women and girls is widespread.… Read Details ⇢

Damascus, Syria – In the furthest room of the Mujtahid Hospital basement in Damascus, a frail young man with jet-black hair crouches on the floor. He holds his face in his trembling hands as people walk in and out. People come in to look at him, hoping he might be… Read Details ⇢

Mogadishu, Somalia – Hinda Aden and her fellow rebel fighters were trekking through the grasslands of Ethiopia’s Ogaden region under the cover of night, to avoid the enemy’s gaze, when they saw headlights approaching in the distance. “We knew who it was – that’s when we started running,” Hinda says about… Read Details ⇢

This film takes us inside another of the most prominent and influential political dynasties in Lebanon in recent history. Lebanon’s complex politics have often been controlled by the country’s leading families, divided along sectarian lines. The Gemayel family has dominated Lebanon’s Maronite Christian population for generations. Their leaders have faced… Read Details ⇢

The London-based club confirms the 23-year-old tests positive for a banned substance. Chelsea player Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club says, as reports state the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended. The Blues said they were notified by the Football Association (FA) of an “adverse… Read Details ⇢

Igor Kirillov, a senior general in charge of Russia’s nuclear defence forces, was killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast in Moscow. A source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), talking to Al Jazeera, has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Here’s what you should know: What do we know… Read Details ⇢

Criticism mounts as US news channel backtracks on identity of Syrian prisoner who provided a false name and worked as an intelligence officer in the Assad regime. A Syrian thought to be a prisoner rescued by United States media outlet CNN has turned out to be a former intelligence officer… Read Details ⇢

Just days after South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed martial law order, memes and parody posts suggesting it had been carried out to protect his wife, Kim Keon-hee, began to circulate on social media. According to a report that appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on December 12,… Read Details ⇢