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Russia strikes hit Ukraine overnight as it marks 2nd anniversary of invasion
fhm/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia, as it does many nights, has launched airstrikes on Ukraine overnight into Saturday morning, the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion in 2022. A barrage of Russian drones and [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel says it agrees to cease-fire, hostage release
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]

US imposes ‘crushing’ sanctions on Russia 2 years after Ukraine invasion
President Joe Biden meets with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya on Feb. 22, 2022. — @POTUS/X (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Friday announced more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its “enablers,” and its “war machine” [Read More…]

Two years into war, Russian forces make offensive gains as Ukrainian weapons dwindle
belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — Instead of sending a deluge of troops into Avdiivka to overpower the Ukrainians holding the frontline city, Russian forces earlier this month instead began sending in just a few soldiers at [Read More…]

Ukrainian chat helps Russian families find soldiers who were captured or killed
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Almost two years into Russia’s invasion, with Moscow’s losses estimated by Kyiv at more than 300,000 soldiers, the Ukrainian authorities launched a project called “Want To Find” to help Russian [Read More…]

US imposes ‘crushing’ sanctions on Russia two years after Ukraine invasion
President Joe Biden meets with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya on Feb. 22, 2022. — @POTUS/X (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has announced more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its enablers, and its war machine on Friday [Read More…]

Scientists announce discovery of ‘very strange’ 240 million-year-old ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. — National Museums Scotland (LONDON) — Scientists in Scotland have revealed a remarkable discovery of a “very strange” 240 million-year-old “Chinese dragon” fossil. The international team from National Museums Scotland revealed their discovery [Read More…]

Alexei Navalny’s death listed as ‘natural,’ mother says, accusing Russia of blackmail
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Alexei Navalny’s cause of death has been listed as “natural” on his medical report, according to Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, who was relayed the information on the death [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Over 85,000 in Gaza could die in next 6 months if war escalates, report finds
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]

Sudan faces ‘perfect storm’ as civil war sparks humanitarian crisis, aid groups warn
Belongings at Malakal transit site in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State. CREDIT: Jadwiga Figula/Getty Images (LONDON AND NEW YORK) — After a missile struck her home in Khartoum, Sudan, last April, Dallia Mohamed Abdelmoniem said [Read More…]

Alexei Navalny’s death listed as ‘natural,’ mother says, accusing Russia of blackmail
belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Alexei Navalny’s cause of death has been listed as “natural” on his medical report, according to Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, who was relayed the information on the death certificate by [Read More…]

US estimates Ukraine military shortages could grow catastrophic by late March
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — By spring, Ukraine faces a potentially catastrophic shortage of ammunition and air defenses that could effectively turn the tide of the war and lend Russian President Vladimir Putin a significant [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: One dead, several injured in shooting near Jerusalem
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]

Russia denies US access to American-Russian former ballerina accused of treason
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moscow’s arrest of a Los Angeles woman on charges of high treason has cast a new spotlight on the steep challenges imposed by Russia’s refusal to recognize almost all [Read More…]

Uncertain future for Ukrainian refugees as war enters third year
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Mariya Grigoryeva found out she was pregnant with her second child days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, she prepared to flee. She and her young daughter left for Moldova [Read More…]

Decrease in aid trucks entering Gaza as access to food dwindles, agencies say
Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL-AVIV, Israel) — The number of humanitarian aid trucks entering the war-torn Gaza Strip has decreased over the past few weeks, with the delivery of food aid to the [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: UN food agency pauses deliveries to northern Gaza
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]

Scientists discover how whales can sing under water and how shipping noise can disrupt communication
George Karbus Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A discovery on how baleen whales are able to sing under water is giving scientists a better understanding on how noise pollution from shipping activity can alter marine [Read More…]

‘My son is not a doll’: The story of Gaza’s baby Muhammad as his family grieves amid misinformation
ABC News (NEW YORK) — An image of a mother holding her dead infant in her arms outside a hospital in Gaza went viral last year but it was denied in online posts viewed millions [Read More…]

Eleven lions rescued from conflict-hit Sudan arrive in South Africa
Hristo Vladev/Four Paws (LONDON) — Eleven lions rescued from conflict-hit Sudan have found a new home in South Africa, animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced. The lions — rescued among a total of 48 [Read More…]