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More than 1.9 million internally displaced in Ukraine, says UN
They come in addition to the more than 2.3 million who have fled the country since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
In Ukraine, residents keep calm and stock the bomb shelters
Ukrainians are preparing for the worst after Putin launched an attack on the country.
Kremlin says 'premature' to discuss Putin-Biden summit over Ukraine
The White House said that the meeting, brokered by France's Emmanuel Macron, would only proceed as long as Russia holds off on launching an assault in Ukraine.
Tigray forces say Ethiopian airstrike kills 56 civilians
An airstrike in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has killed at least 56 people at a camp for displaced people, a spokesman for the Tigray forces said.
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Yemeni children return to school amid war and pandemic
As the new academic year begins, dozens of students sit on the ground of a house that has been converted into a school in war-torn Taiz, Yemen. In this poverty-stricken country, millions of children rarely get to sit in a chair or at a desk, or even go to school.
Gino Strada: Italian surgeon and Emergency NGO founder dies aged 73
The Milan-born medic's humanitarian agency has treated more than 11 million people in 19 war-torn countries since it was founded in 1994.
More than 1,000 killed or injured in Afghanistan violence, says UN
It comes as the Taliban continue to advance, seizing control of its sixth city on August 9.
Taliban kill media chief in Kabul as they make territorial gains
The slaying comes amid Taliban advances and battles for more territory as American and NATO forces complete their final pullout from Afghanistan by the end of the month.
Armenia says 3 soldiers killed in border clashes with Azerbaijan
It's the deadliest clash since the end of last year's war between the two countries in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray region
The cease-fire could calm an eight-month war that has caused suffering to hundreds of thousands and destabilized Africa's second most populous country.
Ukraine wants to speed up joining NATO to send 'real signal to Russia'
It comes amid rising tensions in eastern Ukraine.
COVID-19 impact 'increases risk of children being recruited into war'
According to the UN, in 2019 alone, more than 7,740 children, some as young as six, were recruited and used as soldiers around the world.
Hospitals struck by artillery in Ethiopia's Tigray region, says report
The report, compiled by the Ethiopian government, the UN and NGOs on the ground in Tigray, has laid bare the scale of the damage inflicted on the region.
Afghanistan: 'Rickshaw bomb' kills children in eastern Gilan district
At least 15 children were killed and 20 others wounded by a bomb attached to a rickshaw, according to a provincial government official.
UN, Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray
This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the region of 6 million people that has seen rising hunger during the fighting between the federal and Tigray regional governments.
Ethiopian government begins offensive in Tigray capital of Mekelle
The Ethiopian military has begun an offensive in Tigray's capital city of Mekelle, according to reports from the region.
People go hungry in Ethiopia's Tigray as conflict marches on
Trucks laden with food, fuel and medical supplies have been stuck outside the region’s borders.
Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea
The confirmation marks a huge escalation as the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region now spills across an international border.
India, Pakistan clash over Kashmir, leaving at least 13 dead
Artillery and machine gun clashes were reported along the 740-kilometre ceasefire line that has separated India and Pakistan for seven decades.
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