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Ukrainians signal fresh progress on southern front amid grinding counteroffensive

By Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian officials indicated Thursday that further inroads have been made on the southern front, with some units advancing “deep into the Russian defenses” – a possible sign of progress amid Kyiv’s grinding counteroffensive. Colonel Mykola Urshalovych, Deputy Director of Planning with the National Guard,

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Border Patrol agents process hundreds of migrants September 20 under the International Bridge II in Eagle Pass

More military personnel head to the US-Mexico border as officials describe an increase in migrant crossings

By Priscilla Alvarez, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department is ramping up resources at the US-Mexico border as officials describe a surge in border crossings in places including Eagle Pass, Texas, where the mayor has declared a state of emergency. Some 800 new active-duty personnel are being sent to the

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World must learn from Bosnian war in dealing with sexual violence in Ukraine conflict, report says

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The world must learn from the mistakes made after the war in Bosnia to avoid putting Ukrainian victims of rape and conflict-related sexual violence through decades of trauma, a new expert report has warned. Ukrainian prosecutors and independent investigators from the United Nations and other international organizations have said

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US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19.

UN chief warns ‘humanity has opened the gates to hell’ as he convenes world leaders for climate summit

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Secretary General António Guterres issued a stark warning as he gathered world leaders for a high-level summit on the climate crisis: “Humanity has opened the gates to hell.” “Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects. Distraught farmers watching crops carried away by floods. Sweltering temperatures spawning disease,” he

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