Report reveals significant rise in civilian casualties and rights violations in Ukraine
It covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and 4,807 injured – a 37 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year. “The war in Ukraine –…
Gaza: ‘Unbearable’ suffering continues, UN official tells Security Council
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East Khaled Khiari said more than 1,000 Palestinians had been killed since mid-June alone, many of them while seeking aid. Citing figures from the Gazan health authorities, he reported…
Gaza: UN urges Israel to allow fuel into Strip
“Amid ongoing Israeli military operations, scores of people have reportedly been killed and injured, including while waiting for food,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. “Over the weekend, there were numerous reports of attacks hitting…
As U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet, Businesses Temper Their Hopes
In a meeting in Beijing on Friday, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, traded warm smiles with Bill Gates and praised Mr. Gates as “the first American friend” he had met this year. The encounters in Beijing between Secretary of State Antony…
Victims in the Manitoba Crash Were 10 Minutes From Their Destination
It was supposed to be a fun escape: a group of elderly people from a sleepy town in Manitoba traveling by bus to a casino where they could play the slot machines and perhaps enjoy the Oasis restaurant’s bison pasta….
Republicans Attack Blinken for China Trip, Threatening Subpoena
The News Leading congressional Republicans excoriated Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday for traveling to China this weekend, accusing him of undermining national security by attempting to normalize diplomatic relations with Beijing as they press for a more…
Finland Shifts Right With Coalition Including an Anti-Immigration Party
Finland’s main conservative party announced a new coalition government on Friday after weeks of negotiations, in a deal that moves the country firmly to the right and follows a pattern of similar political shifts elsewhere in Europe. Petteri Orpo, leader…
‘It Could Have Been So Much Worse’: Mountain Collapse Narrowly Misses Swiss Village
The Latest After decades of threatening to tear off and plummet down the slope, obliterating the homes below, the mountainside near the village of Brienz, in central Switzerland, finally collapsed. Geologists had predicted in May that the long-feared landslide was…