World Feb 11 Survivors still being found as earthquake death toll tops 28,000 in Turkey, Syria Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins — one of them just 7 months old.
World Feb 10 Rescue of survivors in Turkey offer moments of reprieve from devastating quake Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria.
World Oct 18 Ukrainians prepare for winter amid Russian strikes on power plants As temperatures drop below freezing in eastern Ukraine, those who haven’t already fled from the heavy fighting and months of Russian occupation are now facing a brutal winter.
World Oct 09 Putin accuses Kyiv of ‘terrorist act’ in response to Crimea bridge blast Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday called the attack that damaged the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea “a terrorist act” masterminded by Ukrainian special services.
World Oct 09 More Russian missiles slam Ukrainian apartments, killing 13 in Zaporizhzhia The overnight Russian missile strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia brought down part of a large apartment building, leaving at least a dozen people dead.
World Sep 22 Hungary creates public poll to gauge support of EU sanctions on Russia BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s governing party says it wants to poll the country’s citizens on whether they support European Union sanctions imposed against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
World Sep 17 Hungary faces financial reckoning with EU over corruption charges Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on his government over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy.
World Apr 03 Hungarians hold national vote in the shadow of Ukraine’s war Hungarians flocked to polling places on Sunday as voters in the Central European country faced a choice: take a chance on a diverse, Western-looking coalition of opposition parties, or grant nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban a fourth consecutive term in…
World Mar 14 ‘All day crying from the pain’: number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war hits 2.8 million More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine have entered neighboring countries since the invasion began 19 days ago.
World Mar 09 1 million children, nearly half of all refugees, leave behind life in Ukraine Children make up around half of the 2 million refugees who have fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine. For many of the older children, the experience could put them at risk of suffering the psychological trauma of war and seeking refuge.