Russian troops committed war crimes near Kyiv: Amnesty

Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine’s capital in February and March. Civilians also…

Libya’s PM denies penning anti-Russia Times article

Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bashagha has denied writing an anti-Russia article for the British newspaper The Times, a day after the article went online. On Tuesday, The Times published an article, titled ‘Libya wants to stand with Britain ag…

Nazir Afzal and his fight against gender-based violence

Hear the town Rochdale mentioned and many will relate it to one of themost notorious child grooming cases in the UK, involving mostly British Pakistani men as the perpetrators. As difficult as it is to stomach the details that emerged of the abuse of t…

Kyrgyzstan says 3 killed after Uzbek troops open fire

Kyrgyzstan said Friday that three citizens were killed after Uzbek troops opened fire at the disputed frontier of the two Central Asian countries. Border disagreements have dogged the republics formerly controlled by Russia throughout their three-decad…

Lebanese abroad cast votes in parliamentary election

Lebanese expatriates began casting their votes on Friday for parliamentary elections, state media said, two years into an unprecedented economic crisis that spurred a mass exodus. While opposition figures have pinned their hopes on the diaspora, expert…

New effort to evacuate civilians from Mariupol under way

A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday a new attempt was under way “at the moment” to evacuate civilians trapped with Ukrainian fighters in the Azovstal steel works in the southern city of Mariupol. Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential staff…