Russia’s Defense Ministry released a photo showing defense officials from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran at a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday.Credit…Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry, via AFP — Getty Images With Ukraine’s allies seeking to shore up unity against Russia’s aggression, Moscow carried out its own diplomatic initiatives on Tuesday, gathering top defense officials from […]
Month: April 2023
Opposition Leader Says He Left Venezuela After Being Threatened
Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, said late Monday that he had been forced out of Colombia, hours after crossing the border into the country after receiving threats from the Venezuelan government. Colombia’s president disputed the assertion that Mr. Guaidó had been forcibly removed. Speaking in a video posted on Twitter, Mr. Guaidó said he […]
Violence in Sudan Cuts Through U.S.-Brokered Cease-Fire
A United States-brokered cease-fire in Sudan appeared to be on shaky ground on Tuesday as gunfire and loud explosions erupted in Khartoum, the capital, threatening continued efforts by thousands of people to flee a conflict that has ripped through Africa’s third-largest nation for more than a week. In pockets across Khartoum, residents reported low-flying warplanes […]
Kenyan Pastor at Center of Inquiry After Dozens of Bodies Are Exhumed
Kenyan police have uncovered dozens of bodies from graves connected to a Christian pastor, who is being investigated on allegations that he directed his congregants to starve themselves to death, according to the police and local media reports. The inspector general for Kenya’s police, Japhet Koome, told reporters that homicide detectives and pathologists had exhumed […]
Civilians Flee Fighting in Sudan for Troubled Neighboring Countries
Civilians fleeing the fighting between two rival generals in Sudan streamed into neighboring nations on Monday, raising concerns about a humanitarian crisis spreading to places already grappling with conflict, hunger and dire economic straits. The heavy gunfire, shelling and airstrikes that have rocked Sudan for 10 days prompted foreign countries to begin evacuating diplomatic staff […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Latest Updates – The New York Times
BRUSSELS — China moved quickly on Monday to limit damage to its relations with Europe, repudiating the comments of Beijing’s ambassador in Paris who had questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet nations like Ukraine in a televised interview. The comments by Lu Shaye on Friday caused a diplomatic firestorm over the weekend among European foreign ministers […]
China Accuses Liberal Columnist of Espionage After a Lunch With Diplomat
BEIJING — A high-ranking editor at a Chinese Communist Party newspaper who often wrote liberal-leaning commentaries is expected to stand trial for espionage in Beijing, after he was arrested while eating lunch with a Japanese diplomat. The editor, Dong Yuyu, was a columnist and deputy editor of the editorial section at Guangming Daily, one of […]
U.S. Pulls Diplomats From Sudan, and an Exodus Begins
NAIROBI, Kenya — It began with a helicopter evacuation of American diplomats from Sudan’s besieged capital city just after midnight Sunday, then turned into a full-fledged exodus of foreign officials and citizens of other nations as the battle raged around them. At the United States Embassy in Khartoum, an elite team of Navy SEALs ushered up […]
‘I Cry Quietly’: A Soldier Describes the Toll of Russia’s War
For Valentyn, a Ukrainian soldier in the Donetsk region, the war’s death toll is more than a statistic. He is tasked with moving wounded troops — and dead bodies — away from the front lines, often under Russian fire.
Russia Pounds Cities Across the Country, Ukraine Says
Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles, mortars, artillery fire and airstrikes over the weekend, killing at least one person and taking out homes and critical infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. The damage reports came in from various hot spots — Kherson, in the south; Kharkiv, in the northeast; and the besieged eastern city of […]