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16/02/2023

‘Life is over’: A newspaper’s death near Turkey quake epicentre

Suat Yenipınar was in his fifth-floor apartment with his grandson, when last week’s earthquake woke him up. “When the earthquake happened I…

16/02/2023

Will bird flu spark the next pandemic?

It is a bloody trail: Avian flu has killed 15 million domestic birds and led to the culling of an…

16/02/2023

Russia surrounds Bakhmut as Ukraine sends in troops

Ukraine faced its toughest week so far this year on the eastern front, where its defenders lost more ground to Russian forces but committed…

16/02/2023

Belarus threatens to join war if attacked

President Alexander Lukashenko warns Belarus will fight alongside Russia in Ukraine if his country is attacked. During a visit to Turkey, NATO chief Jens…

15/02/2023

What’s behind the recent flare-up between Moldova and Russia?

Russia-Moldova ties appear increasingly strained after President Maia Sandu blamed Moscow for plotting to overthrow her country’s government by force…

15/02/2023

UN says 73 people presumed dead in shipwreck off Libya

At least 73 Europe-bound migrants and refugees are missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the coast of Libya,…

15/02/2023

Infographic: How much have NATO members spent on Ukraine?

Just days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there are growing signs that a major new Russian…

15/02/2023

Turkey earthquake: How are people reacting to state response?

When Halil Ibrahim Çalışkan looks at his ruined supermarket on the ground floor of an earthquake-shattered building, he does not blame his…

15/02/2023

Ukrainian troops ‘firmly holding’ Bakhmut: Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday the situation near the east town of Bakhmut was the “most difficult” on the front…

15/02/2023

Germany to send ‘half battalion’ of tanks to Ukraine

Germany on Wednesday said it has “half a battalion” of Leopard 2 tanks to send to Ukraine, as NATO allies…