Around 100 civilians have been evacuated from the besieged steel plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, after the United Nations and the International Red Cross brokered a deal to extract non-combatants from the site of the most destructive siege of the war in […]
Opposition leaders in Guinea have roundly condemned the announcement by the leader of the military junta that they would press for a 39-month transition period to civilian rule. The party of the ousted president Alpha Conde and opposition groups that had opposed him united in […]
Saudi Arabia will discuss the option of extending the terms of its $3bn deposit in Pakistan’s central bank to help Islamabad’s faltering economy, according to a joint statement. In recent years, Saudi Arabia has provided Pakistan with $4.2bn of support in the form of a […]
Saudi Arabia’s economy has registered a nearly 10 percent rise in its first quarter compared to the same period last year thanks to high global crude prices. The world’s largest oil exporter reported its fastest economic growth rate in a decade, as a booming oil […]
For the past two years, the world has focused its attention on battling COVID-19. But that’s disrupted prevention and treatment programmes for other diseases. Millions of children have missed out on crucial vaccinations for preventable illnesses, including measles, polio and yellow fever. The World Health […]
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine caused many Ukrainians to leave their homes. As reported by Vindobona.org, the UN estimates that 5 million people fled Ukraine and another 7 million are internally displaced. As reported by Vindobona.org, the many Ukrainian protection seekers who have […]
Troops participating in a West African joint military force claim to have killed an estimated 20 rebel fighters in the Lake Chad basin. Between April 27 and 29, “at least 20 terrorists were neutralised” despite “strong resistance”, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF), a coalition […]
Thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in the Armenian capital Yerevan to warn the government against concessions to arch-foe Azerbaijan over the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Opposition parties have accused Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of plans to give away all of Karabakh to Azerbaijan after […]
Denmark and Sweden are summoning Russia’s ambassadors to their countries after a Russian spy plane violated their airspace. Authorities from both Denmark and Sweden reported that the Russian plane entered Danish airspace on Friday evening east of the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm then entered […]
People across Afghanistan celebrated Eid on Sunday, but for millions of Afghans, it was yet another day of struggle to bring food to the table. More than 90 percent of Afghans have been facing a shortage of food, according to the United Nations. Jamal, who […]
