The Week In Russia: 'So Many Red Lines'
WEB2 days ago · In a village near Pokrovsk, a strategic city in the Donbas that Russia has been trying to take for months, a woman working at a roadside shop was killed in Russian shelling on September 28, officials said. "That's my daughter," her father, Mykola, said as he sat beside her blanket-covered body after the attack.
Ukraine Live Briefing: Trump, Zelenskiy Hold 'Meaningful' Talks
WEBSep 27, 2024 · RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here.. Latest Developments At A Glance Former U.S. President Donald Trump, standing next to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy amid tensions over ...
Hurricane Helene kills 40, produces 'catastrophic flooding'
WEBSep 27, 2024 · At least 40 people have been reported dead in Helene's aftermath. Helene is 'still producing historic and catastrophic flooding over portions of the southeast and southern Appalachians,' the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Friday. 'I beg you, do not go out,' Kevin Guthrie, Florida's emergency management director ...
Tel Aviv mourns: Residents remember victims of Hamas October 7 …
WEB15 hours ago · Tel Aviv [Israel], October 8 (ANI): Residents of Tel Aviv gathered at Dizengoff Square to mark the first anniversary of October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel that left over 1200 people killed and took around 250 hostages. A solemn ceremony of mourning was organised at Dizengoff Square to remember the victims of …
Hurricane Helene makes landfall in northwestern Florida
WEB27th September 2024, 16:05 GMT+10. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports that fast-moving Hurricane Helene made landfall late Thursday, hitting northwestern Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm expected to bring damaging winds and flash flooding to parts of the low-lying state. The NHC said Helene came ashore at about 11:10 pm local time ...
Ukraine Live Briefing: Zelenskiy Off To U.S.
WEBSep 22, 2024 · RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here.. Latest Developments At A Glance The Ukrainian Air Force reported on September 22 that air-defense systems had shot down 71 of 80 Russian ...
Western diplomats to discuss Middle East tensions
WEB19th September 2024, 16:06 GMT+10. Top Western diplomats are set to meet Thursday in Paris amid efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza and prevent tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border from spiraling into a larger conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is participating in the talks with his counterparts from Britain, France ...
Leaders, diplomats to address summit on strengthening UN
WEB23rd September 2024, 18:36 GMT+10. Leaders and diplomats are set to address a meeting Monday on strengthening the U.N. system, a day after agreeing to work together to address a range of global challenges, including climate change, conflicts and poverty. The session at the U.N. General Assembly comes a day ahead of the start of the marathon of ...
Western diplomats in Paris discuss Middle East concerns
WEB20th September 2024, 09:36 GMT+10. Top Western diplomats met in Paris on Thursday amid efforts to achieve a cease-fire in Gaza and prevent tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border from spiraling into a larger conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken participated in the talks with his counterparts from Britain, France, Germany and Italy ...
Roundup: Three massive wildfires continue to burn in Southern …
WEB11th September 2024, 03:45 GMT+10. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three fast-moving wildfires continued to burn in Southern California Tuesday as millions of residents in the region are still under an excessive heat warning. The largest one, dubbed the Line Fire, had scorched at least 26,000 acres (about 105 square km) with only 5 percent ...