- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUpdated
Ukrainian fighters at besieged Azovstal plant vow to fight till the end
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian fighters at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern port of Mariupol, who are the last holdout against Russian forces in the city, vowed on Sunday…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional…
U.S. diplomats return to Kyiv embassy on first visit since invasion
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. top diplomat to Ukraine Kristina Kvien and her team arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, officials said, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised…
Bombing of school in Ukraine kills two, dozens more feared dead – governor
(Reuters) -Two people have been killed in the Russian bombing of a school in the Ukrainian village of Bilohorivka and the 60 who remain under the debris are feared dead,…
‘Stop asking why’: Shanghai tightens COVID lockdown, Beijing keeps testing
By Engen Tham and Eduardo Baptista SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai authorities were tightening the city-wide COVID lockdown they imposed more than a month ago, prolonging into late May an ordeal that…
Ukraine says all women, children now evacuated from Mariupol steel mill
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, after a week-long effort…
Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again
KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of…
France’s Macron promises new approach during second-term inauguration
By Layli Foroudi and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -France's Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second term as president on Saturday, promising to lead the country with a "new…
Six missiles hit Ukraine’s coastal city Odesa
(Reuters) -Six missiles hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, the spokeswoman for Ukraine's southern military command told the country's public broadcaster. Spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk said four…
N.Korea fires likely submarine-launched ballistic missile, S.Korea says
By Joyce Lee and Kantaro Komiya SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea said, an escalation just before the inauguration of a…
Beijing kicks off fresh round of COVID tests as Shanghai postpones crucial exams
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's capital Beijing kicked off a fresh round of mass testing for COVID-19 on Saturday and shut more bus routes and metro stations, as it…
Iran says EU nuclear talks envoy to visit as bloc seeks to save deal
DUBAI (Reuters) -The European Union's Iran nuclear talks coordinator Enrique Mora is to visit Tehran on Tuesday, the semi-official agency Nour News reported on Saturday, as the bloc said it…
