Russia calls on remaining Mariupol defenders to surrender as evacuation convoy heads to city
Kyiv’s besieged troops in Azovstal steelworks hold out despite ‘bloody fighting’
Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine escalating as peace talks fail to progress
US vice-president Kamala Harris backs calls for war crimes investigation over invasion
Russia blamed for bomb strike that gutted a maternity hospital in Ukrainian port
West seeks to avoid clash with Russia as two weeks of war drive 2.2m Ukrainians abroad
Aid reaches Tonga as telephone lines restored after devastating volcano
Restoration of drinking water ‘extremely high priority’ amid clean-up operation
Tonga confirms three deaths and homes destroyed after volcanic eruption
Severe damage to small outer islands hit by tsunami waves in the Haapia island group
Myanmar soldiers accused of killing 11 after charred remains found
Victims allegedly ‘lashed together, tortured and ultimately burned alive’
West says new Sudan army-led council breaches democracy transition
Army chief appoints himself head of new ruling body ahead of anti-coup protests
Israel to resist escalation after exchange of fire
Lebanese Hizbullah militia send 19 rockets into northern Israel and Golan Heights
Afghanistan carries out air strikes against Taliban positions in south
Fighting forces thousands of people from Kandahar and Helmand provinces to seek refuge
UN body says 350,000 people facing famine in Tigray region
Thousands killed in months of tension between government and regional leaders
Netanyahu rules out immediate truce as Gaza death toll nears 200
Ten children among 42 Palestinians reported killed in Israeli air strikes on Sunday
Myanmar military cuts wireless internet amid coup protests
Protesters continue to defy threat of lethal violence to oppose junta’s takeover
Sanctions loom for Myanmar’s generals as US declares military takeover a coup
US unable to contact country’s leaders since their arrests on Monday, says official
Pope Francis backs civil unions for same-sex couples in documentary
Traditional church teaching considers homosexual acts ‘intrinsically disordered’
Deadly fighting breaks out in Idlib but Russia-Turkey ceasefire largely holds
Clashes between Syrian army and jihadis puncture uneasy truce after Putin-Erdogan deal
Turkey plans presence across northeast Syria, Erdogan says
Kurds accuse Ankara of violating five-day ceasefire as shelling heard near Ras al Ain
Twenty reported dead in Sudan anti-government protests
Clashes since Saturday expose fissures in African country’s security apparatus
Guatemala expels UN-backed corruption commission
Commission had been investigating president Jimmy Morales and his family
UN environment chief quits following travel expense report
Erik Solheim spent more than €400,000 on trips, according to ‘Guardian’ report
Conditions ‘not yet conducive’ for return of Rohingya, says UNHCR
UN says it was not consulted over refugee deal agreed between Myanmar and Bangladesh
Indonesia tsunami: Death toll ‘could rise into thousands’
President Michael D Higgins sends condolences as over 400 people confirmed dead
US pulls out of ‘hypocritical’ UN Human Rights Council
Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley criticises members for not joining ‘fight’ to reform group
Syria and Russia accused of blocking access to ‘chemical attack’ site
Chemical weapons inspectors yet to be allowed inspect location of attack near Damascus
Fighting resumes in eastern Ghouta despite ‘humanitarian pause’
Air strikes and mortar attacks continue in Syrian enclave day after Russia declares daily truces
Senior UN official visits North Korea in fresh push to curb crisis
Political chief Jeffrey Feltman's visit follows Pyongyang's test of most powerful missile yet
US denies it has declared war on North Korea as tensions rise
Pyongyang says it has a right to shoot down US jets amid war of words with Trump
Author of controversial UN report to address Cork talk on Israel
Richard Falk accused country of running apartheid-like regime towards Palestinians
Leonardo DiCaprio to return funds linked to Malaysian scandal
US justice department investigating wealth fund 1MDB on money laundering allegations
Scenes of desperation as aid convoys enter Syrian towns
Delivery of food packages follows international outcry over deaths from malnutrition
UN announces review of how it handled abuse claims in Africa
Ban Ki-moon ‘disturbed’ by alleged sexual abuse of children by soldiers in Bangui
Suspect in Copenhagen shootings freed from prison two weeks ago
Danish-born gunman shot dead by police after killing two people in Copenhagen
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