World Apr 23 Diplomats, foreign nationals flee violence in Sudan as citizens struggle to escape By Associated Press
Politics Nov 03 How Russian soldiers ran a ‘cleansing’ operation in Bucha, Ukraine It was a cold, gray morning, March 4 in Bucha, Ukraine. By nightfall, at least nine men would walk to their deaths at 144 Yablunska street, the nerve center of Russian violence that would shock the world. By Erika Kinetz, Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press
World Aug 27 Deadly clashes kill 13 civilians in Libya’s capital Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya's capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate. By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Mar 01 Zelensky calls Russia’s deadly strike on center of Kharkiv a ‘war crime’ A Russia military strike on Tuesday hit the center of Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least six people as it badly damaged the symbolic Soviet-era regional administration building. By Associated Press
Politics Sep 17 Kabul air strike killed 10 civilians including up to 7 children, Pentagon admits The Pentagon announced Friday that an internal review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed. By Robert Burns, Associated Press
Oct 06 Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Increasing civilian deaths in stepped-up U.S. airstrikes and operations by Afghan forces highlight the conundrum the U.S. military and its Afghan allies face, 18 years into the war: How to hunt down their Islamic State group and Taliban enemies, while… Continue reading
Feb 24 UN: 3,804 Afghan civilians died last year, highest count ever By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spike in deaths on increased suicide bombings by the… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 7:16 ‘Systemic shortfalls’ obscure true civilian cost of U.S. airstrikes against ISIS The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria released its latest estimate of civilians killed by U.S. airstrikes since 2014. Over the past four years, 1,139 civilians were killed by accident. But how was this figure calculated, and is… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 8:01 Obama order looks to curb civilian deaths in U.S. airstrikes and drone attacks By PBS NewsHour For the first time, the Obama administration has released the number of enemy combatants and civilians killed in drone attacks and airstrikes in some countries. The President also issued an executive order aimed at reducing civilian casualties. John Yang talks… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch News Wrap: UN reports sharp rise of Iraq civilian deaths By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the United Nations reported that between January and June, nearly 5,600 civilians were killed in Iraq. Sunni extremists have stepped up their fight against the Iraqi government since the beginning of the year. Also, the… Continue watching