
The UN Security Council warned Thursday that conditions in war-torn Yemen are worsening and having a “devastating” impact on civilians, with 22.2 million now in need of humanitarian assistance. The council cited attacks on densely populated areas, with large numbers of civilian casualties and damage to civilian structures. “The Security ...

Moscow on Thursday accused the British government of implicating Russia in the poisoning of an ex-spy to “deflect attention” from difficult negotiations with the EU over Brexit. Britain accused Russia of involvement in the nerve agent poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal at a time when London’s ties with ...