Pro-Russian forces say captured villages near Bakhmut in Donetsk region
AFP - Russia - 13/10/2022
Russian-backed separatist forces in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine said Thursday they had captured two villages near the industrial city of Bakhmut, posting small gains against Kyiv’s counter-offensive
“A group of DNR and LNR troops — with fire…
Ukraine calls on Russia troops to lay down arms
AFP - Ukraine - 07/10/2022
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov on Friday called on Russian troops to lay down their arms, promising them “life and safety.”
“You can still save Russia from tragedy and the Russian army from humiliation,” Reznikov said in Russian…
Putin calls up reservists, warns Russia will use 'all means' for defence
AFP - Russia - 21/09/2022
President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and vowed on Wednesday to use “all available means” to protect Russian territory, after Moscow-held regions of Ukraine suddenly announced annexation referendums
The votes, already denounced by…
Al Jazeera journalist killed during Israel West Bank raid
AFP - Palestine - 11/05/2022
Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot dead Wednesday as she covered an Israeli army raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank
The Qatar-based TV channel said Israeli forces shot Abu Aqleh, 51, deliberately and “in cold blood”…
Russia accused of stoking divisions in Bosnia amid war in Ukraine
AFP - Bosnia/Herzegovina - 29/04/2022
As war rages in Ukraine, more than a thousand miles away in Bosnia observers are warning that Russia is fanning the embers of separatism which could spell trouble for the deeply divided Balkan country
Since the end of the war that claimed around 100,000 lives between 1992…
42 hurt in clashes at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound
AFP - Israel - 29/04/2022
Fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound injured 42 people on Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, following weeks of violence at the flashpoint site
The unrest came on the final Friday in the Muslim holy…
Clashes in Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado, cause massive escapes
Lusa - Mozambique - 27/06/2020
Armed clashes in the village of Mocímboa da Praia, in Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, have been causing the population to flee since dawn today, three months after an invasion by rebels.
Residents described to Lusa that the Mozambican military is fighting armed…
