Odesa (Ukraine), March 27 (AP) The Black Sea port of Odesa is mining its beaches and rushing to defend its cultural heritage from a feared Mariupol-style fate in the face of growing alarm that the strategic cit
Washington, March 26 (AP) Russian forces in Ukraine seem to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv, the capital, to instead prioritizing what Moscow calls liberation of the contested Don
Kharkiv, March 25 (AP) As Russia relentlessly besieges and pummels Ukraine's cities, nearly anyone who can is trying to leave and those left behind face desperate food shortages in a country once known as t
New Delhi, March 22 (PTI) India, that holds just four percent of the world's fresh water but 16 percent of the global population, is facing a freshwater crisis, warned environmental experts on World Water D
Kyiv, March 21 (AP) The battle for Ukraine's strategic port of Mariupol raged on Monday, as Ukraine rejected a Russian offer to evacuate its troops from the besieged city and Russian bombardment continued.
Reading (UK), March 20 (The Conversation/PTI) As Russian military activity moves nearer the Ukrainian border with Nato, the potential for direct confrontation between Russia and the alliance increases.
On Ma
Kabul, March 19 (AP) Afghanistan is the unhappiest country in the world even before the Taliban swept to power last August. That's according to a so-called World Happiness report released ahead of the UN-de
Washington, March 17 (AP) President Joe Biden flatly called Russia's Vladimir Putin a war criminal for the unfolding onslaught in Ukraine, where hospitals and maternity wards have been bombed. But declaring
Washington, March 15 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and his push to upend the broader security order in Europe may lead to a historic shift in American thinking about defense of the
New York, March 13 (AP) A rivalry with Russia. A proxy battleground. Nuclear brinksmanship. For many generations of Americans, it's just like old times.
The invasion of Ukraine has rapidly returned echoe
March 11 (AP): Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some of America’s most prominent evangelical leaders to raise a provocative question — asking if the world is now in the biblically pro
Bloomington (US), March 10 (The Conversation/PTI) For most of the 20th century, English speakers referred to the Ukraine, following Soviet practice. That's not the case now. Ukraine's official name in E
New Delhi, March 10 (PTI): The BJP's 2022 assembly election win may have further consolidated Adityanath’s stock within the BJP. The saffron party is now set to win the UP state polls twice in a row,
Medyka, March 6 (AP) The Ukrainian father of two took off with a sprint when he saw the GPS coordinates from his wife's cellphone draw nearer to the border crossing into Poland.
Yevgen Chornomordenko had
Cardiff, March 6 (The Conversation/PTI) The Russian assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities has intensified uncertainty in the world economy. To condemn Putin's war, western leaders announced some restri
Sydney, March 5 (The Conversation/PTI) When the news broke it was tempting to conclude swiftly that Shane Warne died as he had lived. On holiday in Thailand, nudge nudge. The tabloids, especially in Britain whe
Dublin, March 4 (The Conversation/PTI) Since his ascension to power in 2000, Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has maintained levels of approval among the Russian public that would be the envy of mos
Washington, March 4 (AP) For days, a massive Russian military convoy has sat, largely stalled about 15 miles outside Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, which is believed to be the central target of Moscow's war.
Budapest, March 3 (AP) Some of the 1 million people who have fled Russia's devastating war in Ukraine count among society's most vulnerable, unable to decide on their own to flee and needing careful ass
St. John's (Canada), March 1 (The Conversation/PTI) Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion has been fierce since Vladimir Putin attacked the country, raising questions about whether he'd be able