WHO member states slam Russian attacks on Ukraine health sites
The WHO resolution states the war has seriously impeded access to healthcare in Ukraine, and has regional implications.
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Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
President Putin says to be ready to overcome the food crisis if 'politically motivated' restrictions are lifted.
US calls on Yemen’s Houthis to release its local embassy staff
US calls on Yemeni rebels to 'end injustice' and free current and former employees of the US embassy in Sanaa.
Pro-Russian ex-president of Moldova placed under house arrest
Arrest of ex-President Igor Dodon comes at a time when relations between Moscow and Chisinau are increasingly strained.
Texas shooting: Videos show parents pleading with police to act
One video shows parents breaking through yellow police tape and yelling at officers to go into Uvalde primary school.
Ray Liotta, star of Goodfellas, dies aged 67
Liotta's most iconic role, as real-life mobster Henry Hill in director Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, came in 1990.
Italian energy giant Eni signs deal to boost Algerian gas supply
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Italy has been pushing to cut its reliance on Russian gas supplies.
UK prosecutors charge actor Kevin Spacey with sexual assault
Oscar winner and former Old Vic artistic director faces series of charges related to alleged offences in 2005-13.
Germany’s Scholz says Russia will not win the war in Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Putin has failed in all his strategic aims and will not dictate terms of peace.
UN envoy tells of serious concern at Taliban’s ‘erasure of women’
UN envoy Richard Bennett is concerned over deteriorating human rights situation, attacks on religious minorities.
New spinning wheel may boost India’s hand-woven pashmina business
Poor wages, competition from cheap shawls from mechanised mills have dealt severe blow to real pashminas for many years.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 92
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 92nd day, we take a look at the main developments.
Iran state media says diplomat jailed with insufficient evidence
State media says Belgium has sentenced Asadollah Assadi to a 20-year prison sentence in a politicised case.
‘Never going to happen’: Ukraine blasts trading land for peace
Ukrainian officials angrily rebuff suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory to Russia in an effort to secure peace.
Senegal hospital fire: 11 newborn babies die in Tivaouane
Blaze in neonatal unit of Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital triggered by short circuit, health minister says.
Translating India’s constitution into a tribal language
Sripati Tudu's translation of document into Santali marks a milestone in preservation of Indigenous Indian languages.
Former NATO general says Putin has 9-month window to win war
Russia gains ground as it focuses its military offensive and Moscow's vast resources of men and material exact a toll.
Timeline: Week 13 of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 13 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Pakistan: Khan gives six-day deadline to gov’t to announce polls
Imran Khan warns government to set new polls in six days or he will again march on the capital with millions of people.
Shock, horror as Uvalde mourns children killed in school shooting
Community of 16,000 deeply shaken after gunman killed 19 children at the Robb Elementary School.