Russian-born photographer Pavel Oskin enlisted some friends to help him house Ukrainians
‘It definitely goes down smooth,’ one drinker says
Court directs government to ensure sex worker who is victim of sexual assault gets all facilities available to other survivors
Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer said on Thursday, the latest incident of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern Donbas region, where the city of Severodonetsk is under heavy Russian shelling. COMPLETES VID32B89EH_EN
The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions over North Korea's missile launches, including on two Russian banks, after Russia and China blocked action by the UN Security Council.
Iranian police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan where a tower block collapse killed 28 people, local media reported on Saturday.
The Public Prosecutor of Thies in Senegal, Abdoulaye Ba promises to be unrelenting with whomever is found responsible for a fire which caused the death of eleven newborn babies in a hospital in Senegal's western city of Tivaouane. The fire, caused by a short circut, is the latest in a series of hospital deaths that have exposed the weaknesses of the nation's healthcare system.
"We put a cross for every day spent here alive," says Nadia Ryjkova, 76, in a dark underground shelter in the northeastern Ukrainian village of Kutuzivka, where she lives with about 50 people.
The UN rights envoy on Saturday defended her contentious visit to China, but urged authorities to avoid "arbitrary and indiscriminate" measures in Xinjiang, a region where Beijing is accused of widespread human rights abuses.
Enea Bastianini will hope to crown the return of spectators to his home Italian MotoGP on Sunday with victory and potentially go past defending champion and series leader Fabio Quartararo in the standings.
Back in Colombia, Luis Diaz's family are dreaming of Champions League glory. His club, Liverpool, face Real Madrid in the final on Saturday May 28. As the country's first indigenous football star, his rise to the top is an inspiration to those following in his barefoot footsteps on the dirt pitches of Barrancas.
As the world faces a growing food crisis provoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many have looked to South America's "breadbasket" -- major wheat producers Brazil and Argentina, along with Uruguay and Paraguay -- as a possible solution.
Fusako Shigenobu, the 76-year-old female founder of the once-feared Japanese Red Army, walked free from prison Saturday after completing a 20-year sentence for a 1974 embassy siege.
Remaining 17 passengers reportedly saved by passing tugboats
Her novel Tomb of Sand follows the story of an 80-year-old woman after the death of her husband.
Moscow-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine say they have captured Lyman, a strategic town between the city of Severodonetsk and Kramatorsk
After a tycoon bromance, Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is struggling to break up with Russia's Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war -- like many in his country, where ties with Moscow run deep.
The National Rifle Association is the central and fiercest promoter of gun rights in America, and is again holding its annual convention days after a mass school shooting.
Samoa signed a bilateral agreement with China on Saturday, promising "greater collaboration" as Beijing's foreign minister continues a tour of the South Pacific that has sparked concern among Western allies.
Two former mayors -- a leftist and a right-wing conservative -- are projected to emerge as the last men standing in a high-stakes race for the Colombian presidency after a first round of voting on Sunday.
