War

Health & Safety

Whatever happened to ... the caring Ukrainian neurologist who didn't let war stop her

8:01am August 27, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Dr. Aleksandra Shchebet fled Kyiv but resolved to help any way she could, from virtual visits to packing medical supplies. Now she's back home, tending to patients who are deeply affected by the war.

While the U.S. military has used burn pits in other conflicts, one expert says they were exceptionally large in Iraq and Afghanistan.

What is the legacy of burn pits? For some Iraqis, it's a lifetime of problems

5:00am August 12, 2022

The PACT Act provides new access to services for American veterans struggling with the health effects of exposure to burn pits. But in Iraq, civilians who were exposed are still on their own.

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This handout image shows a Marine passing out water to evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 22.

A former Marine details the chaotic exit from Afghanistan — and how we should mark it

12:51pm August 06, 2022

by Rachel Martin

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman was frantically rebuilding a network of old allies to help desperate Afghans escape.

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Dr. Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and advocate against sexual violence in conflict zones like his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is now speaking out against the reports of rapes committed by Russian soldiers dur

Health & Safety

Fighting the horror of wartime rape, Nobel Peace Prize winner won't give up hope

3:23pm May 18, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

Dr. Denis Mukwege has spent decades treating women who have been raped in his homeland of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He's calling on the world to take action for women in Ukraine.

A huge letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, is reflected in an office building in a street in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 6, 2022.

World News

Patriotism, unease mix as Russia marks Victory Day in WWII

4:03am May 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

The pride and patriotism usually associated with Russia's most important holiday is mixed with apprehension and unease over what this year's Victory Day may bring.

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022.

World News

Inside the Azovstal factory: Ukrainians 'only hope for a miracle'

1:08pm May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The close-quarter battle inside the steel plant — the last Ukrainian stronghold of the strategic port city of Mariupol --appeared increasingly desperate.

Volunteers unload food aid in Chena, Ethiopia, one of many parts of the world where conflict has fueled hunger.

Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?

5:52pm April 18, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

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April 18: Ukrainians wait as Red Cross relief workers distribute food in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Photos: Russian airstrikes hit targets in Lviv, Kharkiv and across Ukraine

5:48pm April 18, 2022

by Marco Storel

Russia continues to work to get control of eastern Ukraine as the country's forces refuse to surrender.

Unknown, Portrait of a Civil War Veteran Wearing a Grand Army of the Republic Medal, c. 1866-1870. Tintype, 3 1/2 × 2 7/16 in.

Arts

Art bearing witness to the agonies of war

12:27pm April 15, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

An exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. shows four centuries of war images, giving powerful witness to how art forms have reflected the brutalities of war.

A shard of shrapnel protrudes from a wall. City Hospital No. 2 has routinely operated on patients who've needed shrapnel and bullets extracted from their bodies.

Health & Safety

Doctors in Chernihiv bear witness to their hospital's fate after Russian shelling

3:22pm April 07, 2022

by Ari Daniel

It was a sunny day in mid-March. The sky was blue. It felt like spring. Then the attack began on City Hospital No. 2. Doctors tell what it was like — and what's going on now.

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