Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor

The Ukrainian city of Mariupol was the scene of a bitter siege until finally Russia took control of what was left of its destroyed buildings.

There has been a report published into the accusations by Israel that the UN’s Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, had been infiltrated by members of terrorist organisations in Gaza

Reports are emerging from Gaza that hundreds of bodies have been found buried in a series of mass graves in Khan Younis. More than 60 bodies were discovered today at newly located mass graves inside the courtyard of the city’s Nasser hospital. Palestinian civil defence crews have said they have recovered 210 bodies, some of…

Well the British and American governments both unveiled new packages of sanctions against Iran today, as G7 foreign ministers met in person to agree further action.

What’s happening between Israel, Iran and Hamas may be vexing the international community, but for a full year now another war has been creating what the UN Secretary General today described as a ‘nightmare of hunger and displacement’. The Sudanese civil war is only a year old today but it has already displaced over 8…

Tensions between the two countries have been growing for years.

The UK is almost doubling its aid to Sudan, to £89 million, as the humanitarian crisis there continues to escalate.

Germany called it a pseudo election while the United States claimed it was  “obviously not free nor fair”.

A top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is recovering from a hammer attack outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.

Israel’s response to the October the 7th attack has involved a huge surge in the number of Palestinians being detained – seven-thousand in the West Bank alone, according to authorities there, with an unknown number of Gazans also in custody.

Last week, President Biden said he was hoping for a Gaza ceasefire deal by today – but this morning Israeli missiles rained down on Rafah once again, as talks between Israel and Hamas seemingly hit an impasse.

The UN now says at least 10 children have starved to death.

There are growing fears that yesterday’s deadly incident in Gaza – in which more than a hundred people died trying to get food from a truck convoy – could make it even harder to deliver much-needed aid.

In Gaza, health ministry numbers show the death toll has now passed thirty thousand. And growing desperation has led to even more tragedy near Gaza City. Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd waiting for food aid, killing 112 people and injuring 760 others. It happened at around 4am local time…

One of the most well established, largest and best armed of the Iran-backed militias is Hezbollah which operates in Lebanon.