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U.S. urges Yemen's Houthis to release embassy, U.N. staff

Yemen's Houthi movement continues to hold 12 current and former employees of the United States and United Nations, a U.S. official said on Thursday, calling on the group to release them in "a demonstration of good faith".

Reuters · Aug 4, 2022

Rwanda backing M23 rebels in DRC: UN experts

A UN group of experts finds ‘solid evidence’ that Kigali is supporting M23 fighters despite repeated denials.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2022

Ukraine Recap: grain and gas were problems the west should have seen coming

There was a perceptible sense of relief on Monday when the Razoni, a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel, left the port of Odesa with 26,000 tons of grain bound for Tripoli in Lebanon. This was the first ship out of the port city since Vladimir Putin sent his military machine into Ukraine…

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2022

Russia Shows Off Its Mi-28 Helicopters Attacking Targets In Ukraine

The footage was obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, August 3.

Zenger · Aug 4, 2022

Mass graves still being discovered eight years on from horrific ISIS genocide

Eight years to the day on Wednesday since blood-thirsty militants rounded up their relatives, Yazidis are desperate for identification to happen so they can finally mourn for the missing in Iraq

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

US-Made Phoenix Ghost Kamikaze Drone Blows Up Russian Trench Troops

The footage was obtained from the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.

Zenger · Aug 4, 2022

Ukrainian Artillerymen Destroy Russian Tank, Two Armored Personnel Carriers And Headquarters

The footage was obtained from the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade on Tuesday, August 2.

Zenger · Aug 4, 2022

DRC expels Monusco spokesman over deadly anti-UN protests in eastern Kivu provinces

Kinshasa has asked the UN peacekeeping mission, Monusco, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillman over "indelicate and inappropriate remarks" he made in the wake of deadly mass protests in the eastern DRC, in which at least 36 people have died.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 4, 2022

First shipment of Ukrainian grain since war began ‘to arrive in UK in 10 days’

The Malta-flagged Rojen is due to arrive in the UK on August 14.

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

China has a new global development initiative, but who will actually benefit from it?

China’s well-publicized Belt and Road Initiative to invest in infrastructure projects in other countries has helped it expand its political influence around the world. But a newer, lesser-known development program has launched with apparently similar objectives.

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2022