Headlines- After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
- On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
- At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
- Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
- The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
- Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
- To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
- In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
- Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.
Tag: Ukraine Crisis
From Poland-Ukraine Border
Myroslava Gongadze, VOA’s Eastern Europe Bureau Chief, reports from a refugee relief facility on the Poland-Ukraine border
Ukraine’s Economy During Russian Invasion
During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government is doing everything it can to keep the economy functioning. Its funds, however, are rapidly dwindling
‘We’re Encircled’: Residents in Southeast Ukraine...
RFE/RL spoke with evacuees fleeing Russian soldiers in southeast Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya area. On March 11, nine buses and 150 cars were utilised to transport residents from regions such as Dniprorudne, which is near the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station, which Russian soldiers captured on March 4. Residents stated the city was still in Ukrainian hands, but that Russian troops were encircling it
From the Frontline Irpin
Yan Boechat of VOA reports from Irpin, roughly 25 kilometres north of Kyiv, where Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting
“Home Is Home”: A Ukrainian Grandmother...
Celia Mendoza of VOA went to the Polish village of Medyka, which has become one of the busiest border crossings since Russia invaded Ukraine and sent this report
For the Second Time, Afghans in...
Thousands of Afghans have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For many of those now coming into Poland, conflict has uprooted their lives for the second time.
Refugees From Ukraine Pour into Poland,...
More than 1.2 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Poland since the Russian incursion began, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. They’ve been welcomed into Poland
Volunteers From Kramatorsk Are Doing Everything...
The resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes in many different of forms. For some residents in the Donetsk region, this means flooding their local volunteer centre with supplies for Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russian forces
Residents of Irpin, Ukraine, Are Fleeing...
Thousands of people are attempting to flee Irpin, Ukraine’s second largest city, to Kyiv, the country’s capital, which is nearly 25 kilometres distant. To halt oncoming Russian tanks, Ukrainian forces blew up bridges near the city
Thousands Detained in Russia During Anti-War...
On March 6, police detained tens of thousands of anti-war protesters across Russia during protests against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Over 4,800 people were held in at least 59 different Russian cities, according to the independent protest-monitoring organisation OVD-Info