Not for the faint-hearted, Taliban embrace buzkashi in new Afghanistan
KABUL - The announcer roared over the public address system as a lone rider separated from a melee of horses and galloped towards a...
Displaced Ukrainians pack trains to western border
DNIPRO (UKRAINE) - Thousands of people queued for hours on Saturday in Dnipro, a city on the edge of eastern Ukraine, trying to catch...
Snares which leave their mark
Paula White, a wildlife biologist, was examining lion skulls to estimate the animals' ages when she noticed something strange about their teeth. Instead of...
City of the dead inspires the living
Vines crawl up headstones, tipping them on their side. Roots overtake tombs as if reclaiming them for the earth. On one toppled cross, a...
Ukrainians run for their lives from Russian bombs
IRPIN (UKRAINE) - Exploding shells blew apart roadsides Saturday and Russian warplanes bombed stretches of the horizon as thousands of Ukrainians scrambled to escape...
Russia’s war on Ukraine – latest
A summary of the latest developments in Russia's war on Ukraine:
Blasts in Kyiv: Several explosions were heard in quick succession in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv...
Russians pack trains into Finland as sanctions bite
HELSINKI: It's one of the few remaining routes from Russia to the EU - trains to Finland are packed with Russians fearful that now...
Lions, tigers evacuated from Ukraine to Poland
POZNAN (POLAND) - Six lions and six tigers evacuated from near Kyiv arrived at a zoo in Poland on Thursday following a two-day odyssey...
Saudi crown prince says Israel ‘potential ally’
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Israel a "potential ally" and said in a wide-ranging interview published on Thursday that he wants...
Million refugees fled Ukraine in one week, says UNHCR
GENEVA: One million refugees have fled Ukraine in the week since Russia's invasion, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that unless the conflict ended...
