Bloomberg Ceasefire violations are steadily intensifying in war-ravaged eastern Ukraine as reports increase that Russia is building up its military forces across the border of the former Soviet satellite nation. There were almost 1,000 violations of the agreement to cease hostilities in Ukraine’s Donetsk region between the evenings of October 29 and October 31, according to the Organisation for Security ...

Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government urged residents of its capital to arm themselves and protect their neighbourhoods, after rebel fighters in the north of the country captured two key towns on a main route into the city. The call came as the US expressed alarm at the situation in Ethiopia, which on Wednesday marks a year since conflict erupted in the Horn ...

Bloomberg Unknown gunmen stormed Afghanistan’s main military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday and battled with Taliban fighters after setting off explosives at the entrance gate in the latest eruption of violence since the US withdrew from the country more than two months ago. A second blast struck near the hospital located in an upscale area of Kabul and appeared to ...