Civilian recruitment: Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports on the civilian recruitment push taking place in Ukraine…
Israelis rattled by Iranian attack, fear escalation
Jerusalem Reuters The first direct attack on Israel by arch foe Iran has shaken Israelis and left them fearful that a bigger war is looming. While the population has long been used to sirens warning of attacks from Iranian-backed Hamas, the hundreds of drones and missiles sent from Iran over Saturday night marked a new […]
The week the Ukraine war hit home in a Russian border city
Reuters Air raid sirens blare, and people take cover in basements. Hundreds are evacuated from their homes while experts defuse unexploded bombs. Well-wishers place heaps of flowers, toys and sweets to share their grief over the deaths of children. Scenes long familiar to Ukrainians from 22 months of war are now playing out in one […]
Essay: Genocide fears in Darfur are attracting little attention – have nations abandoned their responsibility to protect civilians?
In an article first published on The Conversation, MIKE BRAND, adjunct professor of genocide studies and human rights at the University of Connecticut, asks whether, with genocide and crimes against humanity garnering little international attention, the international community has completely turned its back its commitment to protect civilians…
Explainer – Ukraine: When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Russian air strikes this week hit silos and shipping terminals for Ukrainian grain, potentially violating international law, which forbids attacks on resources essential to the civilian population. Drone attacks wrecked buildings in the port of Izmail and prevented ships on the Danube River from loading grain for export. Around 100,000 metric […]
Sudanese say warring factions ignore their plight as hardships grow
Port Sudan, Sudan Reuters Heavy gunfire echoed around Khartoum on Friday as civilians trapped in the Sudanese capital said the army and rival paramilitary were fighting without regard to their plight. Battles since mid-April have killed hundreds and wounded thousands, disrupted aid supplies, sent 100,000 refugees fleeing abroad and turned residential areas of Khartoum into […]
Russian shelling kills Kherson residents, Zelenskiy denounces “terrorist attacks”
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian shelling killed three civilians in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, denouncing what he called “brutal terrorist attacks” by pro-Moscow units. Police investigators inspect a shell crater left by a Russian military strike in a supermarket car park, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, […]
Ukraine’s missing: A woman’s harrowing quest to find her family
CLODAGH KILCOYNE, of Reuters, reports on the plight of those who are seeking news of loved ones who have gone missing in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine…
How water has been weaponised in Ukraine
Mykolaiv, Ukraine Reuters Sveta has no doubt about why the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv, a ship-building centre that is home to a half a million people, has gone without fresh water for the past six months. “They [the Russians] are committing genocide against us,” she growled as she waited this week with dozens of […]
One war, two worlds: Ukraine neighbours face shelling with defiance or despair
Slatyne, Ukraine Reuters The only 10 residents left in the Commune, an apartment complex in the eastern Ukraine town of Slatyne, share the hardships of Russia’s invasion, from relentless shellfire and exploding rounds to a lack of power and running water. But the inhabitants of two of the blocks, which sit barely 100 metres apart across an overgrown […]