Ukrainian truce comes to deadly end
At least 75 people were killed in Kiev as the truce declared on Feb. 19 came to a violent end. Meanwhile, unconfirmed sources say the number of dead may reach up to 100. Eyewitnesses reported police […]
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Imprisoned journalists must wait for freedom
Eight journalists imprisoned in Egypt will be kept behind bars until at least March 5 when their trial is set to resume. The Egyptian court made the ruling Feb. 20 after the journalists — who […]
Korean family reunions begin
For the first time in 64 years, Lee Du-young will reunite with his long-lost brother Feb. 20, reports BBC News. Du-young is one of more than 100 South Koreans traveling to North Korea to embrace […]
South Sudan oil town divided by fresh fighting
A city essential to oil production in South Sudan has become divided between the army and rebel forces amid fresh fighting in the African nation. A representative from the South Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) […]
Ukraine fights for freedom, not for economic unions
ANALYSIS For a long time now the protests in Ukraine have not been about a wish to be a part of either the European Union or the Custom Union; it is the desire of an […]
Putin supports military leader as Egypt’s next president
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will back Egypt’s military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi if he runs for president. Sisi has not officially declared himself a candidate in Egypt’s 2014 presidential election, but BBC News reports he’s […]
Al Shabaab car bomb kills seven near Somali airport
A car bomb killed seven people in a terrorist attack near the gated entrance to a fortified international airport in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Feb. 13. Witnesses told the BBC that the seven victims […]
African peacekeepers find mass grave
African Union peacekeepers have discovered a mass grave at a military camp used by Seleka rebels in the capital city of Bangui in the Central African Republic. A witness told Reuters he saw four shallow graves […]
Second Denmark zoo plans to euthanize giraffe
Zoos in Denmark are being heavily criticized for its treatment of two healthy giraffes. Just over a week after Copenhagen Zoo euthanized a healthy giraffe named Marius, a second Danish zoo, Jyllands Park Zoo, is […]
Russian mother decapitated in front of son
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into the death of a 20-year old mother who was trapped in the doors of an elevator and decapitated in front of her two-year old son. The Independent […]