Apr 23 Diplomats, foreign nationals flee violence in Sudan as citizens struggle to escape By Associated Press While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to seek safer spots or crossed the northern border into Egypt. Continue reading
Apr 11 Military airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100 By Grant Peck, Associated Press Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. Continue reading
Jan 15 Rescuers search for survivors after deadliest Russian attack on Ukraine civilians in months By Vasilisa Stepanenko, Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 30 Sunday, the national emergencies service reported as rescue workers scrambled to reach survivors in the rubble. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 12:39 Missile strikes across Ukraine heighten concerns of Russia’s escalation of its war By Nick Schifrin Russian missiles and drones rained down on cities across Ukraine for the second day. The renewed Russian campaign largely targeted civilians and drew condemnation from the G7 nations led by the U.S. Andrea Kendall-Taylor of the Center for a New… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 9:12 Dozens of Russian missiles strike civilian targets in Ukrainian cities By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda In one of the largest attacks across Ukraine since the beginning of the war, dozens of Russian missiles struck civilian targets in many cities. Ukraine says at least 14 people were killed and more than 100 wounded. The Kremlin called… Continue watching
Jun 20 Mali government says jihadi rebels killed 132 civilians over the weekend By Baba Ahmed, Associated Press The killings happened when several villages in the Bankass area were attacked on Saturday and Sunday, the government said in a statement Monday. Continue reading
Mar 06 Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate Ukrainian civilians By Associated Press Russian forces stepped up overnight shelling of Ukrainian cities in the center, north and south of the country late Sunday, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich said. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 8:19 Myanmar military ‘fighting for its life’ in face of ‘unprecedented’ resistance to coup By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran It has been more than 10 months since Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup. Its soldiers have since fought with urban protestors and rural militias using brutal violence. Activists accuse the military of killing more than 1300, and detaining… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 8:24 How negligence, systemic issues lead to civilian casualties from U.S. airstrikes By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin The last known airstrike conducted before U.S. troops left Afghanistan did not kill its intended ISIS target. The drone killed 10 civilians — including 7 children — leading to growing questions over how the U.S. military prevents and reports civilian… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 5:57 What we know about a 2019 U.S. airstrike in Syria and its alleged cover-up By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn This weekend, The New York Times published a story about what it describes as a cover-up by the U.S. military of an airstrike that killed as many as 80 civilians. It took place in Syria in 2019, and The Times… Continue watching