Explainer – Sudan’s conflict and what worries neighbours, the US and others
Reuters A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, is no stranger to conflict. But […]
Updated: Ukraine accuses Russia of war crimes after bodies found bound, shot
Updated: 12.15pm (AEST) Bucha, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin forces withdrew to refocus their attacks in other parts of the country. In the town of Bucha, 37 kilometres north-west of […]
Biden says Russian attack on Ukraine “very much a possibility”
Moscow, Russia/Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden urged Russia to step back from the brink of war on Tuesday and said reports that Russia has withdrawn some forces from the Ukraine border have not been verified. “To the citizens of Russia: you are not our enemy, and I don’t believe you want a bloody, […]