Britain will use all the means it has at its disposal to hold the Taliban to account in Afghanistan, Raab said when asked about possible sanctions against the country. Read more here. The post Reuters: Global reaction to Taliban takeover of Afghanist...

Germany and other western countries should provide aid to countries neighboring Afghanistan to help them deal with an influx of Afghans fleeing the Taliban or risk a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on August 16. Read ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Anzhelika Konoplianko as deputy head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. Read more here. The post UkrInform: President appoints Konoplianko as deputy head of Antimonopoly Committee appeared first on Ky...

In occupied Crimea, Russian special services are conducting searches in five houses of Tatar activists, Verkhovna Rada human rights commissioner Liudmyla Denisova said. “In five houses of the Crimean Tatars, searches are taking place in Simfero...

The number of political prisoners in Russia has increased to at least 410, the Moscow-based Memorial Human Rights Center said. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Russian rights group Memorial documents 410 political prisoners appeared first on KyivPost...

A special flight from Athens landed at Kyiv International Airport, which returned home Ukrainian firefighters who took part in containing massive forest wildfires in the Hellenic Republic, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine press service said on ...

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) recorded 225 ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region and 287 in the Luhansk region between the evenings of 13 and 15 August, according to an OSCE SMM report. Read more here. The post UkrInform: ...

As of Monday, August 16, more than 90% of health workers and more than half of teachers have been vaccinated in the Kharkiv region, Deputy Head of the Regional State Administration Mykhailo Cherniak said. “Today, more than 92% of medical worker...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation with President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda on August 16 evening, according to the Ukrainian President’s Office. Read more here.   The post UkrInform: Ukrainian, Lithuanian pre...

Over the past day, Russian-occupation forces violated the ceasefire five times in Donbas, one soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died, the press center of the Joint Force Operation (JFO) headquarters said on August 17 morning. “As a result ...