The United Nations on Wednesday started pulling peacekeepers out of Democratic Republic of the Congo, moving to end a 25-year presence amid rising violence in the east of the long-troubled African nation. The withdrawal of the UN forces comes as thousands of civilians have been displaced by heavy fighting between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 rebel group in …
NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough, Indian and Chinese troops on Thursday began disengagement from the Gogra-Hotsprings general area in the Ladakh sector "in a coordinated and planned way" after nearly 28 months of military stand-off, joint statement issued by both the countries said on Thursday. "On 8th September 2022, according to the consensus reached in the 16th round of …
Russian forces have launched a huge bombardment and infantry assault against the Mariupol steelworks in which Ukrainian soldiers have resisted their attacks for weeks. Ukrainian and Russian sources said the assault was one of the biggest against the Azovstal steelworks, now a besieged fortress for 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers and around 1,000 civilians. Two civilian women died, and now they are …