Sixty feared dead in bombing of Ukraine school; G7 condemns Putin; Bono gives ‘freedom’ concert in Kyiv
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters As many as 60 people are feared to have been killed when a bomb struck a village school in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Sunday while Russian forces continued shelling the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in the ruined south-eastern port of Mariupol. Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai said the […]
Afghan schoolgirl determined to return to school after deadly blast
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Teenager Fatima Noori and her fellow pupils hug and pray as they gather in their Kabul classroom, just weeks after bombs exploded right outside the school gates, killing scores of their classmates. The Sayed Ul-Shuhada High School in the west of the city has remained closed since the 8th May bombings, but a […]
Afghan girls torn between fears and ambitions after school attack
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Amina was one of the hardest-working girls in her class at Sayed Ul-Shuhada High School in west Kabul, her best friend remembers, determined to become a doctor to treat Afghanistan’s thousands of war victims. Amina became a victim herself on Saturday, killed in a massive bomb blast as she and dozens of girls […]