The conflict has killed more than 10,000 civilians and wounded nearly 20,000 others, the United Nations says. The cost of reconstruction is likely to run into hundreds of billions of dollars. Here's a closer look at the war with the camera lens.
The world welcomed 2024 with a mix of celebration and sombre reflection. Sydney sparkled under a shower of silver and gold fireworks commemorating the 50th anniversary of its iconic Opera House. Here's how places and people around the world bid farewell to 2023 and welcomed the New Year.
PM Modi US Visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the US gifted special items to US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases, a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his angry supporters across the country.
King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a coronation ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain.
The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation for a second day Sunday, signaling they were unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to cease fire. At least 61 civilians are dead while more than 670 injured so far.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after someone threw an explosive device at a campaign event in a western port city, officials said. Police wrestled a suspect to the ground as screaming bystanders scrambled to get away and smoke filled the air.
A massive fire engulfed a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Tuesday. A massive fire engulfed a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Tuesday.
Lunar Eclipse 2022: Different parts of the world witnessed a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday. While in India, only partial Chandra Grahan was visible, have a look at the photos of the Blood Moon as seen around the world.
A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 153 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years.
Russia-Ukraine war 100 days: There is no accounting of a war that launched in late winter, continued through spring and is likely to drag on for seasons to come. The conflict unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin defies statistics.
Defying a nationwide curfew in Sri Lanka, several hundred protesters continued to chant slogans against the government. This comes a day after violent clashes left four people dead and prompted the resignation of the prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa. The island nation is facing it's worst economic crisis in decades.
People marched on the streets carrying posters and photographs of those who lost their lives in the most recent Russia Ukraine war along with those who had lost their lives in World War II.
As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its 75th day, we take a look back at all that has happened since the Russian military began invading its neighbour, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022. Ukraine until now has managed to show great resistance.
Satellite images show apparent mass graves near Mariupol, where local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians to conceal slaughter taking place in the ruined port city that’s almost entirely under Russian control.
The New York City Fire Department on Tuesday stated that at least 13 people were injured in a shooting incident that took place at the 36th Street Subway Station. Police personnel also found undetonated devices. They are looking for a black man wearing a construction vest and gas mask.
In besieged towns and cities around Ukraine on Saturday, smoke rose from destroyed buildings and burned-out cars. Soldiers patrolled deserted, debris-filled streets. And hospitals struggled to treat the injured, provide shelter and deliver babies.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its sixth day on Tuesday, with a huge convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles on a road to the capital, Kyiv, and fighting intensifying there and in other big cities. Russia’s escalating attacks on populated urban areas of Ukraine left rubble and wreckage in streets and plazas as the invasion claimed new victims across the country. The central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city was hit with what was believed to be a missile, leaving the massive area piled high with debris. Hospitals raced to treat victims of the bombardment even as mothers and children sheltered in their basements. While the fighting in Ukraine raged, the death toll remained unclear. At the border, anguished families said goodbye as women and children fled while many men returned to fight. More than 675,000 people have escaped to neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began — a number that will only grow, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the global post-Cold War security order. Explosions sounded before dawn in Kyiv as Western leaders scheduled an emergency meeting and Ukraine’s president pleaded for international help to fend off an attack that could topple his democratically elected govt, cause massive casualties and ripple out damage to the global economy.
Ordinary Ukrainian civilians take part in military drills to prepare for possible war, handling automatic rifles or advancing in formation as the country lives under the threat of a feared Russian invasion. Families hold tearful goodbyes in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, as women and children wave from trains and buses bound for Russia.
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