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Russia pounds Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Donetsk region
There are ‘no safe areas’ in Mykolaiv while Kharkiv is being shelled ‘constantly’, the cities’ respective mayors say.
Published On 7 Jul 2022
DR Congo and Rwanda agree to reduce tensions over M23 rebels
DRC says it has agreed ‘de-escalation process’ with Rwanda following weeks of rising tensions over rebel fighting.
Published On 6 Jul 2022
Russian forces ‘destroying everything’ in eastern Ukraine
Luhansk’s Governor Serhiy Haidai says Russian forces are ‘burning down and destroying everything on their way’.
Published On 6 Jul 2022
US imposes new Iran sanctions amid efforts to revive nuclear deal
US measures targeting Iranian petroleum and petrochemical sales come ahead of Joe Biden’s visit to the region next week.
Published On 6 Jul 2022

Policymakers backed raising rates at their next meeting in July by either 50 or 75 basis points, show Fed records.

The US President said he is working to secure Brittney Griner’s release as she is ‘wrongfully detained’ in Russia.

Protesters take to the streets in east and west Libya, as anger rises over political deadlock and living conditions.

Robert Crimo is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder for firing on a parade on July 4 in a Chicago suburb.

Lebanon hosts about 1.5 million Syrians refugees who have fled a brutal, decade-old conflict in their home country.

Dmitry Medvedev says attempts to use courts or tribunals to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine would be futile.

Modi’s BJP is left with no Muslim parliamentarian after Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigns as the minorities affairs minister.

Pat Cipollone internally opposed Donald Trump’s push to overturn 2020 elections, according to lawmakers and witnesses.

The parents of a two-year-old boy are among the seven people who were killed on Monday, as friends and family mourn.

A new album expresses the long-marginalised Beja community’s struggle to keep their culture alive.

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