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Red Cross officials have failed to secure access to Ukrainian prisoners of war held in the Russian-controlled town of Olenivka where dozens were killed in an attack in July, the head of the international aid group said on Thursday.

Weeks of exceptionally heavy seasonal rains and floods have caused havoc across Yemen, killing dozens of people and destroying homes, agricultural land, roads and vital infrastructure, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a report on Wednesday. The floods have also moved unexploded ordnance to residential and…

Ukraine's president urged civilians on Saturday to evacuate the frontline Donetsk region, the scene of fierce clashes with the Russian military, as Kyiv called on the Red Cross and UN to gain access to its soldiers being held by Moscow's forces. The eastern Donetsk region has faced the brunt of…

‘The more people leave Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill’

Wives of prisoners unsure whether loved ones survived blast in Olenivka as Russia and Ukraine blame each other

For Yemeni beekeeper Mohammed Saif, honey production used to be a lucrative business but years of war and climate change have taken the buzz out of the family hives. The business, handed down from father to son, "is slowly disappearing", Saif told AFP. "The bees are being hit by strange…

Russia and Ukraine trade accusations after dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seeking access to the site of a deadly attack on a facility holding Ukrainian prisoners of war and has offered to help evacuate the wounded, it said on Friday.

Maria and her family were given help to start a new life in safety, but she is just one of a quarter of a million people in the country internally displaced by violence