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Ukraine
Russia's latest attack on Ukrainians is a warning to the West
Though many have found it convenient to forget, the war between Russia and Ukraine still rumbles on. The only surprise is the timing of the latest scuffle. Why now?
- by Anne Applebaum
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Russia probe
Sea of Azov: Russia and Ukraine face off as EU pleads for calm
Sunday's incident in the Sea of Azov has everyone worked up about a potential flare up in Europe.
South Korea
South Korea orders Mitsubishi company to compensate forced labourers
South Korea's top court has ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate 10 Koreans for forced labour during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
Yemen
US Senate defies Trump on Saudi Arabia, backs effort to end support for war in Yemen
The US Senate has delivered a historic rebuke of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump's handling of the fallout over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing last month.
- by Karoun Demirjian
Gaza Strip
It survived three wars, now Gaza's only grand piano makes public debut
A Belgian charity, Music Fund, sent in experts to restore the piano after it was discovered abandoned in a destroyed theatre.
War
Syrian ceasefire at risk as Russian planes attack rebel positions
Russian warplanes have attacked rebel-held areas in northern Syria for the first time in weeks following an alleged gas attack.
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Syria
Syria accuses rebels of poison gas attack in Aleppo
Doctors told Syrian state TV that most of those admitted to hospitals were suffering from breathing problems and blurred vision, consistent with gas poisoning.
- by Albert Aji
Yemen
Yemen’s Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi coalition
International pressure has mounted on Yemen's warring parties to end the war that has killed more than 10,000 people and pushed the country to starvation
- by Aziz El Yaakoubi
United Nations
Life in South Sudan, where a chicken costs more than two months' wages
Five years of civil war have decimated South Sudan's economy and killed 380,000 people. Hundreds of thousands more are at risk of starving to death.
- by Carolyn Thompson
Remembrance Day
How the world marked the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI
From Canberra to Paris and London, events to mark the end of the Great War have taken place around the world.
France
Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism: France's president lectures the powerful
US President Donald Trump was one of the last to applaud President Emmanuel Macron's forceful defence of global unity.
- by Nick Miller