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Areas previously designated as safe in Gaza are now being forcefully evacuated by Israel as it continues heavy bombardment

Ukraine’s deputy prime minister on Saturday said authorities will investigate video footage that Moscow says shows Ukrainian forces killing Russian troops. Olha Stefanishyna said it is “very unlikely” the footage actually depicts what Moscow describes, but that “of course Ukrainian authorities will investigate this video.” Russia says the footage shows Ukrainian forces attacking soldiers who…

The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a vital system for cross-border aid to war-ravaged Syria by six months, the length of time wanted by Russia, diplomats told AFP Monday.Western nations had demanded a year-long extension, but a vote by the 15 members on half that is expected either later in the day or Tuesday."Russia forced the hand of everyone. Either close the mechanism or only six months. We cannot let people die," one ambassador told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The agreement breaks an impasse that had threatened to derail the life-saving supplies for the more than 2.4 million people in the northwestern Idlib region of Syria.

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The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a vital system for cross-border aid to war-ravaged Syria by six months, the length of time wanted by Russia, diplomats told AFP Monday.Western nations had demanded a year-long extension, but a vote by the 15 members on half that is expected either later in the day or Tuesday."Russia forced the hand of everyone. Either close the mechanism or only six months. We cannot let people die," one ambassador told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The UN Security Council has agreed to extend a vital system for cross-border aid to war-ravaged Syria by six months, the length of time wanted by Russia, diplomats told AFP Monday.

Russian and China are doubling down on claims that the United States is conducting biological weapons research in “biolabs” across war-torn Ukraine – assertions that leaders in Washington and Kyiv have called absurd.

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