After failing to reach besieged Mariupol, a Red Cross convoy was able to rescue hundreds of evacuees from the city who fled to other Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, @AFP journalist on the scene reports
VIDEO: A Red Cross convoy evacuating civilians from southeast Ukraine reaches Zaporizhzhia.
The ICRC has had difficulties operating in the country, with one of its teams detained for a few days after trying to get to Mariupol to help provide safe passage for civilians
VIDEO: Aerial shots show extent of destruction in Moshchun, near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
The village of Moshchun was the site of heavy fighting before Russian forces retreated on March 21. Aerial images show the extent of the destruction
#BREAKING Ukraine FM tells NATO allies to give Kyiv all the weapons 'it needs'
#UPDATE Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls on NATO to provide Kyiv with all the weaponry it needs to fight Russia.
"My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. Its weapons, weapons, and weapons," Kuleba says at NATO headquarters in Brussels
VIDEO: White House imposes sanctions on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki says US has "seen a pattern" where Putin and Russian oligarchs "stash assets and resources in the bank accounts of their family members"
#BREAKING Shell says to write off up to $5 billion on Russia exit
#UPDATE British energy giant Shell says it will write off up to $5 billion (4.6 billion euros) on its exit from Russia, following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Shell said on March 8 it will withdraw from Russian gas and oil and immediately stop purchases of its crude
#BREAKING Kyiv accuses Hungary of 'helping Putin' in war against Ukraine, 'destroying unity in the EU'
#BREAKING France summons Russian ambassador over 'obscene and provocative' Bucha tweet: foreign minister
VIDEO: 🇺🇦 Ukraine's foreign minister calls on NATO members to provide Kyiv with all the weaponry it needs to fight Russia.
"My agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. It's weapons, weapons, and weapons," Dmytro #Kuleba told journalists in Brussels Thursday
#BREAKING Ukrainian official warns residents of 'last chance' to flee Russian attacks in eastern Lugansk region
#UPDATE Ukrainian officials in the country's eastern Lugansk and Donetsk regions urged residents on Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee mounting Russian attacks, after devastation around the capital Kyiv shocked the world ▶️ u.afp.com/whSa
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#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea