Russia said falling wreckage from a Ukrainian drone had killed three servicemen at the base, some 300 miles from Ukraine, which would be the third such long-range attack this month.
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Aid Groups in Afghanistan Suspend Work After Taliban Bar Female Staff
The government’s decree, barring women from work in local and international relief organizations, threatens critical assistance for millions of people.
U.N. Fears 180 Rohingya Refugees in Stranded Boat Are Dead
Families lost contact weeks ago with their relatives on the boat, the U.N. refugee agency says, while at least some of those on another boat adrift for weeks appear to have been rescued.
Taliban Bar Women From NGOs, Threatening to Worsen Crisis
A letter from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Economy warned that it would revoke the operating licenses of any organizations that defied the decree.
Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa
As Moscow wages war in Ukraine, its mercenaries have already established control in the Central African Republic — with scant Western reaction.
Boat With at Least 160 Rohingya Refugees Is Stranded at Sea
The U.N. called on countries in South Asia to rescue those on the vessel, who have been without food for weeks after leaving Bangladesh.
UN Peacekeeper Killed in Southern Lebanon
An Irish peacekeeper deployed along the Lebanese border with Israel was shot and killed, and three others were injured. The attack is being investigated.
Iran Ousted From UN Women’s Rights Agency in US-Backed Vote
The resolution was the strongest symbolic gesture so far by the U.N. in response to Iran’s efforts to crack down on a women-led uprising now in its third month.
Somalis Are Dying of Hunger. Officials Say It’s Not a Famine. Why?
An official declaration of famine would unleash aid and attention. Some experts say Somalia shows that the international system for making the judgment is broken.
The World Comes to Montreal to Reverse a Rise in Species Extinction
A conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations’ biodiversity negotiations in Montreal.