… Although the Russian leader himself began the full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, he again blamed the West for provoking the invasion, arguing that Moscow had simply been forced to defend itself and take up arms. …
Audio By VocalizeEvery morning at 9am, Ukraine stops. Across cities in Ukraine, loudspeakers normally used to warn of incoming Russian air strikes broadcast the steady tick of a clock. …
… ter of the independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria sent his message across European capitals to commemorate his country’s Independence Day in September, snippets of his speech drew a tone one gets in testimonies of several Kenyan families affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine …
… In Moscow, Russia's defence ministry said it had conducted "a massive missile and drone strike" on Kyiv and the surrounding region that targeted the power infrastructure.Ukraine's main energy provider DTEK confirmed that the grid was damaged and supplies were affected to 8,000 ho …
… Domanski on Wednesday condemned "all actions taken by Russia against the export of agriculture products from Ukraine," as Moscow and Kyiv remain at war after Russia's 2022 invasion. …
… Subscribe to our newsletterOf those 117.8 million, 35.6 million were refugees under UNHCR's mandate, with two-thirds coming from Venezuela, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan.UNHCR shed nearly 5,000 jobs in 2025 -- more than a quarter of its workforce. …
Audio By VocalizeEvery morning at 9:00 am, Ukraine stops. Across cities in Ukraine, loudspeakers normally used to warn of incoming Russian air strikes broadcast the steady tick of a clock. …
Audio By VocalizeRescue workers are seen at the site of a damaged residential building following a drone strike in Kyiv on September 26, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …
… Police said the 31-year-old went on a stabbing spree at the 17th-century abbey in Jaroslaw, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border with Ukraine.Lighting candles and praying in front of the abbey's gates, locals -- many of whom told AFP they knew the deceased priest -- desc …
… For the last leg of his trip in Metz, on Monday, Leo is expected to make a speech about peace in Europe, as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags into its fifth year. …
Vladimir Putin said Russia will deploy all weapons at its disposal if Kaliningrad comes under direct attack, insisting Moscow is responding to Western statements about preparing for war in 2029–2030. Russia has accused NATO of preparing to blockade its Baltic exclave bordering Lithuania and Poland, warning it would even use nuclear weapons if the West tries to cut off Kaliningrad from the rest of Russia.
Vladimir Putin said Russia will deploy all weapons at its disposal if Kaliningrad comes under direct attack, insisting Moscow is responding to Western statements about preparing for war in 2029–2030. Russia has accused NATO of preparing to blockade its Baltic exclave bordering Lithuania and Poland, warning it would even use nuclear weapons if the West tries to cut off Kaliningrad from the rest of Russia.
An opinion piece highlights the plight of thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and unlawfully deported by Russia during the war, separated from families and stripped of their language, culture, and identity, held in detention facilities in Russia without due process or contact with loved ones.
Ahmed Zhakaev, head of an exiled Chechen government, says the war in Ukraine is a continuation of Russia's historical campaign against Chechnya. The article notes that Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudaev predicted in 1995 that Russia would invade Ukraine through Crimea, drawing parallels to its actions in the Caucasus, and connects this to the experiences of Kenyan families affected by Russian recruitment for the war.
Russia conducted a wave of drone and missile strikes on Kyiv's power supply on Wednesday, killing at least four people as the capital braces for freezing winter conditions. Ukraine's main energy provider DTEK confirmed grid damage affecting 8,000 households.
The US is pushing G20 members to take action against excess industrial capacity that drives prices down, with some countries agreeing to a "Milwaukee framework" to counter persistent excess steel production. The initiative targets a criticism often levied against China, which the US alleges produces more steel than it consumes and floods markets; China rejects these claims.
UNHCR warned Tuesday that nearly 8.3 million refugees and forcibly displaced people risk losing vital assistance as the agency faces severe funding cuts. The agency's available funding fell from $5.2 billion in 2024 to $3.9 billion in 2025, and by end of July 2025 it had received only 32 percent of the $8.5 billion it needs this year.
An opinion piece argues that the return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred by Russia, detained civilians, and prisoners of war is necessary for achieving peace, highlighting the daily nationwide silence Ukraine observes to remember those killed in the war and the thousands of families separated from loved ones.
Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least seven people in both countries Saturday as the war entered its fifth year. Moscow has intensified attacks on Kyiv including daytime strikes, while Ukrainian President Zelensky said Moscow was escalating daily with night-time attacks across the country.
A 31-year-old Ukrainian was arrested after stabbing a priest to death and wounding four others with a knife at a 17th-century Catholic abbey in Jaroslaw, Poland, near the Ukrainian border. Ukrainian President Zelensky condemned the attack as "evil" and "horrific," and the incident has occurred amid social tensions in Poland, which has accepted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in France on Friday for a four-day visit, the Vatican's first state visit to the nation in 18 years. The trip will include a mass on Saturday at Place de la Concorde and visits to Lourdes and Metz, with artificial intelligence and the continent's future among the pontiff's priorities.
Kenya's government confirmed it will attend the upcoming Russia-Africa summit, citing sovereign national interests, even after its intelligence agency revealed in mid-February that Russia had illegally recruited nearly 1,000 Kenyans into its war against Ukraine.
Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least seven people on Wednesday, including two in Kyiv, and wounded more than 40 others. The strikes hit gas stations, offices, a college building, businesses, and the rail network; Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said Russia was targeting data centres to disrupt information flow and hinder civilian access to missile-threat warnings.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN that Tehran would never "bend at the knee," defying President Trump's earlier remarks about potentially "annihilating" Iran. Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and vowed Iranian resistance would only increase in the face of sanctions and pressure.
Former Tottenham, Inter Milan and Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen has left Bundesliga 2 side Wolfsburg by mutual consent. The 34-year-old has been recovering from an on-pitch collapse in June during a friendly between Denmark and Ukraine.
More than four years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European nations worry Moscow could escalate the conflict and target Kyiv's supporters, with Western leaders warning of a surge in Russian covert operations across Europe that could eventually cause casualties.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called the EU's decision to remove Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list "shameful and unjustifiable," saying it was a "concession" to the Kremlin and counterproductive during ongoing Russian attacks. Ukraine's Foreign Minister urged EU countries to impose their own national sanctions on the two individuals.
EU countries removed asset freezes and visa bans on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from a renewed sanctions list, a move Ukraine condemned as shameful and a concession to the Kremlin that signals impunity and division among Europeans.
President Trump told the UN he was deciding whether to "annihilate" Iran but later revealed that US and Iranian officials had held "very good" talks for the first time in months, with another meeting scheduled soon.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged countries to recommit to international law and the UN system, warning against a resurgent "law of the jungle." In his final UN speech as president, Macron also called for a moratorium on strikes against civilian and energy targets in the Ukraine-Russia war and raised concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Tanzania will host the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Arusha from October 5–9, bringing together hundreds of lawmakers from 183 national parliaments to debate governance, inclusion, and global policy challenges under the theme "enhancing good governance and empowering communities through inclusivity, trust and opportunities for all." The meeting will also see the election of a successor to Tanzania's Tulia Ackson as IPU Governing Council leader.
Nearly 130 heads of state meet for the UN General Assembly with the organization facing attacks from Trump, who has reduced America's contributions and withdrawn from dozens of UN bodies. Chinese leader Xi Jinping will skip the gathering to hold one-on-one talks with Trump in Washington.
Germans voted Sunday in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state elections where far-right and far-left gains threaten Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government. Merz, who has been in power for 16 months, cancelled a UN General Assembly trip to prepare for potential fallout after the AfD dealt his CDU a significant defeat in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago.
Russia held the third and final day of parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the ruling United Russia party widely expected to secure another victory backing President Vladimir Putin. The election, the first since Moscow's 2022 Ukraine military campaign, comes as the anti-war Yabloko party was struck off the ballot and all other parties cleared to run back Putin and the Ukraine offensive.
US President Donald Trump has signed legislation authorizing new sanctions designed to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine. The bill targets Russia's energy and defense sectors, Putin and senior officials, Moscow's shadow fleet of tankers, and allows Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring the Russian operations of Nestle, French retailers Auchan and Lemana Pro (formerly Leroy Merlin), and French logistics group FM Logistic to a company called LEV Management, created in late 2025 and headed by a Russian interior ministry general. The seizure is the latest action against Western firms in response to sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps has launched an offensive operation called Vivaldi near Lyman, an embattled town in the east that Moscow has been pushing towards for months. Lyman is one of the few urban areas in Donetsk still under Ukrainian control, and its capture could allow Russia to advance further south toward Ukrainian-held strongholds.
Amnesty International reports that Russia exploits vulnerable migrants, refugees and foreign prisoners using deceptive and coercive practices to recruit them into the military to fight in Ukraine, offering false promises of civilian jobs, high salaries, legal status or citizenship.
Diplomatic correspondence and family petitions reveal that Ugandan citizens were recruited under false promises of civilian employment, coerced into the Russian armed forces, and suffered casualties on Ukrainian frontlines. According to Ukrainian estimates, Russia has recruited about 27,000 foreign nationals from 130 countries since 2022.
Ethiopia's Jigjiga has detained an estimated 180 to 900 Somali soldiers, raising questions about their possible role in the Sudan war. Critics link the detainees to a Saudi-funded military training program in Somalia that has trained thousands of recruits, with some allegedly being prepared to fight alongside the Sudanese army.