KIEV, Ukraine -- The death toll from a road accident in Ukraine's western Rivne region has risen to 26, the interior ministry said Wednesday. In a Telegram post, the ministry said 12 other people were injured in the Tuesday collision on the Kiev-Chop highway near the village of Sytne, where a...
President Duterte said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might just end up in the same jail cell due to the accusations of human rights violations hurled at them. File photo of President Duterte greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin before their bilateral meeting at the Vinpearl Da...
UNHCR Angelina Jolie at the Central Railway Station (People)Â United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lviv, Ukraine over the weekend. In Lviv, Ã…ngelina went to a coffee shop accompanied by an unidentified man. "The Eternals" star drew attention...
Smoke rises from the grounds of the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol on April 29, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. Andrey BORODULIN / AFP KYIV, Ukraine -- At least 20 civilians including several children were able to leave a badly battered steel plant in the...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces bombarded Ukraine's capital late Thursday during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who decried the "absurdity" of war in the 21st century, as US President Joe Biden asked for $33 billion more to support Kyiv. At least three people were wounded in the...
BORODIANKA, Ukraine -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described war as "evil" and absurd during a visit to Borodianka outside Kyiv, where Moscow's troops are accused of killing civilians during their occupation. "I imagine my family in one of those houses that is now destroyed...
AFP File Photo Ukrainian football clubs decided Tuesday to put an end to the season that has been suspended since the start of Russia's invasion in February, without awarding the title.  "The standings as of February 24, 2022 will be the final standings of the 2021/22 season, with no...
The ongoing geopolitical conflict in Eastern Europe would further complicate the lingering effects of the African Swine Fever (ASF) on consumer prices, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a DOF Economic Bulletin released on Sunday, April 24, Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said that the...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- Kyiv prepared on Saturday for its first wartime visit from two top US officials, as Ukraine accused Russia of killing eight people, including an infant, in a strike on the southern city of Odessa that all but buried hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter. The Sunday visit by...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 26 and 28 respectively, a UN spokesman said Friday. Guterres will visit Moscow on April 26 and have "a working meeting and lunch"...
KIEV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted to extend the martial law in the country for another 30 days, until May 25, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said. The presidential proposal on the prolongation of the martial law was supported by 300 lawmakers in the 450-seat assembly,...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the "liberation" of the flattened city of Mariupol after nearly two months of fighting, demanding its trapped Ukrainian defenders be sealed into their underground last stand. The fate of the besieged port has become...
