Ukraine and Russia have contradicted each other over whether there had been proper notification to secure the airspace around an area where a military transport plane Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed, killing them and nine others on board. Israel and Qatar are in a major diplomatic spat over Gaza.
Read MoreIsraeli protesters reportedly broke through barricades at the prime minister’s residence in Tel Aviv. The U.S. top diplomat’s shuttle diplomacy appears to have produced few results.
Read MoreA ground invasion appears under way in Gaza as mobile phone service and internet connectivity ceases. The U.N. reiterates pleas for humanitarian aid to resume and for a ceasefire to be implemented. The wives and children of active Ukrainian servicemen plead for limits to their tours of duty on the frontlines.
Read MoreU.S. President Joe Biden returns home after a one day visit to Israel derailed by the destruction at a Gaza hospital claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians and prompting protests across the Middle East. Humanitarian aid access to Gaza still uncertain. Russian missiles continue to strike Ukrainian populated areas
Read MoreIn raids into the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces reportedly recovered bodies of kidnapped Israelis seized by Hamas last weekend. Israel later denied the report. Scores of Gazans on the move amidst an Israeli order. Australian voters defeat a move to grant Aboriginals more rights
Read MoreThe annual UNGA gets underway today in New York. Though there are some notable no-shows among the permanent members of the Security Council. In the next days the progress of achieving the Millennium Development Goals will be reviewed and climate and health will dominate side discussions.
Read MoreUkraine's military says it had repelled more than 130 enemy attacks in 24 hours and claimed to be inflicting massive Russian casualties but gave no definitive word on the fate of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were said to have nearly surrounded the devastated city.
Read MoreOn the battlefield, the fight for the eastern city of Bakhmut raged on. While in Zaporizhizhia another Russian missile strike on populated civilian targets resulted in deaths and injuries.
Read MoreA Russian strike on a city in the eastern region of Donetsk killed at least three people as Ukrainian forces engaged Russian troops in ferocious battles in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing its offensive with increased urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv.
Read MoreRussian forces appeared to be deploying additional mobilised fighters to hold ground in eastern Ukraine. A senior Ukrainian official has been arrested for embezzlement of aid meant for communities impacted by the war.
Read MoreRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee the military campaign in Ukraine, in the latest shake-up of Moscow's military leadership. The battle for Soledar in eastern Ukraine intensifies
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defence minister to impose a 36-hour ceasefire on the Ukrainian front line. However it has been rejected as a cynical move by the Ukrainian leadership. The US and Germany have agreed to send heavy armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Read MoreA fresh wave of Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine this morning, striking several major cities and interrupting critical services. EU has agreed on a fresh round of sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine after complaints from hawkish Eastern European leaders that some countries were trying to water them down.
Read MoreOne of Russia's most prominent opposition figures, Ilya Yashin, has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for spreading "fake news" about the country's military. The power deficit in Ukraine caused by Russian missile strikes expected to last through the winter
Read MoreSeveral regions of Ukraine reported interruptionsMonday to power and water supplies amid freezing temperatures after about 70 Russian missiles were fired at targets across the country in a new round of Moscow strikes. Drone explosions were reported deep inside Russia at a military air base
Read MoreTurkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu says we could have clearer picture about negotiations to end the Ukraine-Russia war by spring. Russia says the West's refusal to recognise "new territories" seized from Ukraine makes peace talks harder, after President Joe Biden indicated he would be ready to meet Vladimir Putin
Read MoreTen million Ukrainians are enduring emergency power cuts after more Russian missile attacks, just as temperatures fall to freezing and below, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Of the four men charged in the downing of MH17, one was acquitted; the three others are unlikely to show-up to serve their life sentences.
Read MoreOnce again, Ukraine was hit with a massive missile attack from Russia. A Dutch court delivers its verdict on four suspects connected with the shoot down of MH17
Read MoreRussian-occupied Melitopol was rocked by a large explosion Tuesday. President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a 10-point peace plan to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Read MoreAfter an extraordinary offensive by Ukrainian forces, Russia evacuated some 30,000 troops from the Kherson region - along with substantial amounts of fighting equipment. Residents joined soldiers in Kherson's central square Friday evening to sing patriotic songs around a large camp fire. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed it as an "historic day.”
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