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Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official U.N. death toll of 3,381, the head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country said on Tuesday. The U.N. team,…

Ukraine and the EU have discussed taking "immediate measures to unblock Ukraine's ports for grain exports" after Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports has forced its grain exporters to look for alternatives to move their cargo.…

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has approved financial assistance for Mozambique, the first such aid by the fund to the country after a six-year suspension. The suspension was imposed after the country was found to have…

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister's comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told Bennett in a phonecall that Russia…

The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people all over the world, the World Health Organization, WHO, estimates. That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years. In India, there were 4.7 million…

India published on Thursday a new list of redrawn political constituencies for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, J&K, giving greater representation to the Muslim-majority region's Hindu areas and paving the way for fresh elections.…

Ukraine donors' conference takes place in Poland An international donors' conference to raise money for Ukraine is taking place in the Polish capital, Warsaw. The event is 'co-hosted' by Poland and Sweden in co-operation with the EU,…

Voters in Britain went to the polls in local government elections on Thursday where they are expected to punish Prime Minister Boris Johnson over a cost-of-living crisis and fines for breaking his own COVID-19 lockdown rules. The…

Beijing returned to work on Thursday after a five-day Labour Day holiday devoid of the usual trips across the country or lavish family dinners, as China's capital tried to eradicate a COVID outbreak of dozens of new cases a day. The long…

Taiwan signalled on Thursday that it had abandoned a plan to buy advanced new anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the United States, saying they were too expensive. Taiwan had earlier said it was planning to buy 12 MH-60R…