Residents of Kherson queue up to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after the liberation of the city in November 2022.
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Venturing out onto the city’s streets carries danger. But there is little reason to go out anyway. Few shops and still fewer places of entertainment are open.
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Ukraine’s successes against Russia’s Black Sea fleet have increased confidence in its ability to protect shipping in and out of its ports.
The exterior of Shifa hospital in Gaza City is seen on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas near the facility.
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The Taliban and the Islamic State group are among the militant groups that have been known to use civilians as human shields in the past, in order to try to shift their opponents’ war calculations.
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Since 1947 the clock’s hand have been set at the beginning of every year.
Breaking up is hard to do.
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Hawkish foreign policy wonks have called for a breakup of Russia. But would that fall into Beijing’s hands?
Presidents Xi and Biden meet at the G20 summit.
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US president Joe Biden is facing difficult talks with China’s president, but needs a good result to give him a bump in the polls.
Preparing for battle: a Ukrainian soldier engages in a training drill before being deployed to the frontline, October 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Moscow has pulled the plug on yet another safety valve preventing conflict with the west.
People holding signs calling for an end to genocide in the Gaza Strip have been a common occurrence at pro-Palestinian protests.
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People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
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Ukraine needs some successes on the battlefield if it is to maintain international support.
A worker rakes wheat in a granary on a farm near Kyiv in August 2023, a month after Russia pulled out of a deal aimed at protecting ships carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
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The Ukraine war’s impact on food insecurity is critical, but there is more to the picture. The main problem is that capitalism allows food and other basic needs to become precarious commodities.
Ukrainian military will have to adapt their camouflage as part of preparations for the upcoming winter war.
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Harsh winter conditions will affect equipment and morale in Ukraine.
Friendly relations: Vladimir Putin with the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas in 2021.
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Russia has strong ties with Israel as well as many Arab states, so it is well placed as a mediator. But does war in the Middle East suit Moscow’s priorities?
Away from the fighting, information warfare is proving to be an active front in the Ukraine war.
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The use of deepfake videos seems to undermine people’s trust in all types of media.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey walks a fine line between NATO commitments and Western alliances and its dependence on Russia for financial resources and trade.
President Biden is seeking to push through more funding for the Ukraine war, but is being stymied by the House speaker election not being resolved.
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The newly appointed speaker in the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has opposed funding the Ukraine war.
Sevastopol: Russia’s naval base in Crimea has suffered several major attacks in recent months.
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Russia has lost control of the Black Sea, which will have major implications for the war on land.
The Ukraine government is using cyber-attacks as part of its response to the invasion.
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The use of cyber-attacks in Ukraine could have long-term implications for the way wars are carried out.
Family members at the Kyiv memorial of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the country’s war against Russia.
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Ad-hoc crowdsourcing efforts amid the Ukraine war, initially intended as stop-gap measures to support an underfunded Ukrainian military, have since coalesced into major global fundraising campaigns.
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Russia’s casualty count in Ukraine is high, but the country has a national mythology built on loss and sacrifice.