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Thousands flee feuding Taliban in Afghanistan's north
When fighting erupted between Taliban forces and a breakaway group led by one of their former commanders in northern Afghanistan last month, Zahra and her family fled to the mountains. In Balkhab, Mujahid and his followers have fled into the mountains, according to defense ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarizmi, and fighting has stopped.
Ukraine grain deal set for signing as Russia batters Donbas
Kyiv and Moscow are set to sign a deal Friday in Istanbul to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, even as Russian forces launch deadly artillery barrages over east Ukraine. In the south, Ukraine said Russian forces were shelling villages along the frontline in the Kherson area, where Kyiv's army is trying to claw back Moscow-occupied territory.
Marshall Islands celebrate first 'Iroojlaplap' chief coronation in 50 years
Thousands participated this week in a lavish ceremony in the Marshall Islands marking the first formal coronation of a paramount chief in around 50 years. The coronation, held on the small island of Ebeye in the Kwajalein Atoll, is known as a "Kailoojoj" in Marshallese -- a ceremony reserved only for paramount chiefs.
Rhino orphans get new South African home
Moving home is stressful for anyone -- and rhinoceroses are no exception. "We can't just move them all at the same time and go 'boom, there's a new home'," said Yolande van der Merwe, who oversees their new home.
What we know about the Russia-Ukraine grain deal
Russia and Ukraine are due Friday to sign an elusive agreement designed to resume grain shipments across the Black Sea for the first time since the Kremlin's invasion in February.
Xi sends sympathy message to Biden over Covid infection
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a sympathy message to his United States counterpart Joe Biden on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid-19. "I would like to express my deep sympathies to you and wish you a speedy recovery," Xi wrote in the message, CCTV reported.
Japan regulator OKs release of treated Fukushima water
Japan's nuclear regulator on Friday formally approved a plan to release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
Kenyan poll body slams arrest of vote contractors
Kenya's electoral authority has condemned the "brazen" arrest in Nairobi of three officials from a company supplying electronic voting systems for next month's presidential. "The brazen decision of the security authorities to arrest, detain and confine in a solitary hideout the three personnel without justification, is an exhibition of intimidation," it said.
Russian air strike on Syria kills seven: monitor
A Russian air strike killed seven people, four of them children, in Syria's rebel-held Idlib region on Friday, a war monitor said. Syria's war has killed nearly half a million people and forced around half of the country's pre-war population from their homes. aya/it
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