Thursday, 09 June 2022 23:19
Ukraine: pray for the refugees
Ukrainians fleeing to neighbouring countries, looking for peace from conflict, are finding that their lives have changed drastically. They face new questions: where to live? how to make a living? They are struggling with language barriers…
Thursday, 26 May 2022 23:35
Ukraine: war raises famine fears
Fears of a global food crisis are swelling as Russian attacks on Ukraine’s ability to produce and export grain have choked off one of the world’s breadbaskets, fuelling charges that President Putin is using food as…
Thursday, 26 May 2022 23:32
Ukraine: 14 million displaced in three months
More than 14 million people are thought to have fled their homes since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UN says. More than six million have left for neighbouring countries, while eight million people are displaced inside…
Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:51
Russia: Putin’s health and blunders
It is well known that Vladimir Putin has had back surgery more than once. He has cultivated a strong action-man image and does not want to appear weak or sick. However, there is talk of Parkinson’s,…
Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:49
Ukraine: war crime investigations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sent 42 experts to probe alleged war crimes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The team of investigators, forensic experts and support staff will improve the gathering of witness testimony and…
Friday, 13 May 2022 09:35
Black Sea becomes a war front
Ukrainian military officials said on 7 May that they had sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea. The ship was a craft designed to transport and deploy troops to the shore. The strike was executed…