Russia has overrun 2 more eastern Donetsk villages, Ukrainian troops report
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces have seized the villages of Vovche and Prokhres in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. After Russia claimed to have thwarted a drone attack, Ukrainian security services targeted an electricity substation in Russia’s Kursk region, causing a blackout. The villages are about 20 miles northwest of Avdiivka, which Russia captured in […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: 11 die in Russian attack on Kharkiv lakeside resort and nearby villages | World news
important events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Russia’s labor shortage is partly due to the mobilization of working-age soldiers for the war in Ukraine. In its latest information update, the UK Ministry of Defense said Russian parliamentarians are currently considering changing labor laws to allow “surplus labor” to […]
Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages | Afghanistan
More than 300 people have been killed in flash floods across several Afghan provinces, the United Nations World Food Program said, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency and rush to rescue the injured. Heavy rains on Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud rushing through villages and farmland in several states, creating […]
Ukrainian troops forced to abandon villages in face of withering Russian assaults
UKRAINIAN TROOPS FALL BACK: While the United States is rushing air defense interceptors, long-range missiles, artillery shells, and small-arms ammunition to Ukraine as part of a $1 billion military aid package, the emergency resupply effort has yet to blunt the Russian advance of on the battlefield. With no defense against Russian “glide bombs,” older one- […]
Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A woman murdered with her baby wrapped around her body, lifeless children tangled together, a 2-month-old lying on her back on the ground, a puppy crawling over her tiny body. The scene was horrifying, but the 32-year-old farmer felt he had to document it as evidence of the massacre in his […]
Spain sets up ranger patrol to protect villages from massive bears that were once nearly extinct
Spain’s Iberian brown bear population, once nearly extinct, has rebounded so strongly that ranger patrols have been set up to deter them from entering small villages in northern Spain. The state government of Castilla and León has arranged a patrol of nine rangers to protect residents and crops in the mining town of Villabrino, in […]
Volcano sends hot ash thousands of feet in air over Indonesian villages
WEST SUMATRA, INDONESIA – Hot ash rained down on villages southeast of Mount Merapi after several eruptions last month. On Sunday afternoon, residents captured images of a huge cloud of volcanic ash that shot up to a height of 7,800 feet for about four minutes, according to the Regional Disaster Management Bureau. The photographer was […]