Israeli field hospital in Ukraine readies to launch operations
The "Kohav Meir" (Shining Star) field hospital, operated by Sheba Medical Center, is expected to begin operations on Tuesday, March 22.
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Russians push deeper into Mariupol; Zelenskyy calls for peace talks with Moscow
"To do this to a peaceful city, what the occupiers did, is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come," says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russian invasion has "stalled on a number of fronts," says US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Missiles hitting closer to central Lviv, Poland backs NATO peacekeeping mission
Poland to make formal proposal at next NATO summit, while German Chancellor Olaf Sholz urges ceasefire in phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian FM: Moscow has lost "all illusions" about the West.
Schwarzenegger to Russian troops: Don't repeat mistakes my father made in Nazi army
In nine-minute Twitter video, "Terminator" star and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks to dispel Kremlin propaganda and tells Putin: You started this war, you can end it.
Pro-BDS faculty members contribute to campus antisemitism, study finds
Boycotts are "directly linked to behavior that harms Jewish and pro-Israel students, and were the apparent motivation for the vast majority of the incidents involving the harassment of Jewish and pro-Israel students."
With attention on Ukraine, Yemen humanitarian drive 'disappointing'
Aid agencies have already been forced to cut back or stop food, health, and other vital assistance in Yemen where the economy and basic services have collapsed.
Ukraine war already impacting food security, UN agency warns
United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development warns that hikes are set to cause escalating hunger and poverty, with dire implications for global stability.
Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says
Allowing girls and women into schools and colleges has been one of the key demands the international community has made of the hard-line Islamist movement since it toppled the Western-backed government last August.
Kyiv auto repair shop adapts Russian weapons for Ukrainian fighters
"We collected a team of welders, engineers. We gave them drafts, we familiarized ourselves with the drafts. We made a prototype model and it worked," says Oleksandr Fedchenko.
4 Ukrainians killed, 21 wounded as Russian shelling continues
Ukrainian authorities claim over 14,000 Russian soldiers killed since Feb. 24. Kyiv holds as world leaders demand probe into Russian attacks on civilians, which Russia denies. In Moscow, Kremlin official calls Russians leaving the country "scum and traitors."