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Italy

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.

Afghanistan

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.

Afghanistan

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

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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Podcast | The women who redefined the frontline in Liberia's civil war

Liberia had been in a spiral of violence, hunger and death for more than a decade when the country's women said enough was enough and united to end the war. #CryLikeaBoy

Ethiopia

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

Ukraine wants to speed up joining NATO to send 'real signal to Russia'

It comes amid rising tensions in eastern Ukraine.

World News

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.

Ethiopia

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

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.

Ethiopia

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.

Ethiopia

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.

Ethiopia

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

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.

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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.

World News

Azerbaijan claims it has seized key city in Nagorno-Karabakh

In a televised address to the nation, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said “Shusha is ours” but Armenia says that fighting in and around Shusha/Shushi was continuing.

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Armenians receive guns to defend town badly hit by shelling

People in Martuni, Armenia have been issued guns to defend their town as skirmishes between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue.

World News

Armenia and Azerbaijan attend Moscow talks on Nagorno-Karabakh

The meeting marks the first breakthrough in international efforts to try and broker a ceasefire between the two sides.

World News

Watch: Azerbaijan & Armenia leaders speak exclusively to Euronews

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan talked exclusively to Euronews on Wednesday about the flare-up of deadly violence in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

World News

Baku demands Armenia withdraw as conflict rages in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenian officials on Sunday accused Azerbaijan of carrying out strikes on Stepanakert.