Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Europe should have no role in peace negotiations on Ukraine, even as European leaders urged security guarantees and a stronger collective response.
Rwandan-backed M23 fighters reached the centre of Bukavu on 2025-02-16, prompting fears of a deeper collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Marco Rubio is heading to Saudi Arabia with Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff for direct talks with Russian officials as Washington tests a new diplomatic channel on Ukraine.
Panic swept through Bukavu on the event date as Congolese forces withdrew south and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels expanded their advance into eastern Congo’s second-largest city.
A knife attack in Villach, Austria, left a 14-year-old dead and five other people injured on February 15, 2025, prompting officials to describe the suspect as an Islamist attacker with links to Islamic State.
2025-02-12 event: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces were accused of storming the Zamzam displacement camp, burning homes and leaving the hospital overwhelmed.
The UN human rights chief said former Bangladeshi officials and security forces systematically repressed protests, with up to 1,400 people possibly killed.
Police in northern Afghanistan said a suicide bomber killed five people and injured seven more outside a bank in Kunduz, where people were lining up for salaries.