KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine called on China on Saturday to join the West in condemning "Russian barbarism", as Moscow claimed it had struck a Ukrainian arms depot with hypersonic missiles in what would be the first use in combat of the next-generation weapons. That attack, not far from the...
Parishes in the Archdiocese of Manila were urged to join Pope Francis in the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25 by organizing a Mass. Photo RCAM In a circular letter, Fr. Carmelo Arada, the vice chancellor of the archdiocese, said parishes are encouraged...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Nations and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the war-torn country. Overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine,...
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky made a fresh appeal for talks with Moscow Saturday, while Russia said its soldiers had entered the centre of besieged port city Mariupol. As bitter fighting between local forces and Russian troops rages across the country more than three...
Oksana Shvets (Facebook) Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets was killed during a Russian shelling in Kyiv, according to a local theater group, on March 17. On Facebook March 19, Young Theater posted: "Unreparable grief in the family of Young Theater. During the rocket shelling of a residential building...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused Ukrainian authorities of stalling talks, but added that Moscow was ready to search for solutions as he spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. "It was noted that the Kyiv regime is trying in every possible way to stall...
WARSAW, Poland – Poland's border guards said Friday that more than two million refugees had crossed into the EU member from neighbouring Ukraine since the February 24 Russian invasion. "At 9:00 am the number of refugees from Ukraine exceeded two million. It is mainly women with children,"...
MONTREAL, Canada – Ottawa announced Thursday it is establishing a new immigration program that will offer Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion a temporary Canadian residence permit for up to three years. Canada, which has a large Ukrainian diaspora, especially in the center and west of...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Bloody new attacks on civilians fuelled accusations Thursday that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, as the United States warned it will make China pay for any support given to Moscow's assault. Three weeks into Russia's devastating invasion, the harsh tally of assaults on...
WASHINGTON, United States – US President Joe Biden will warn his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday that he will face "costs" if Beijing rescues fellow authoritarian ally Russia from intense Western sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The two leaders' first phone...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Russia canceled a UN Security Council vote on a "humanitarian" resolution on Ukraine, scheduled for Friday, due to a lack of support from its closest allies, diplomats said. Moscow failed to secure co-sponsorship of the draft text from China and India, suggesting...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union condemns the "serious violations and war crimes" committed by Russia in Ukraine, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday. "The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian Armed Forces and their proxies' continued...
