A Press TV correspondent says it is only a matter of time until Russian forces take Ukraine's strategic city of Lysychansk, the twin city of Severodonetsk in the Donbass, as Moscow pushes ahead to capture the entire eastern Ukrainian region.

Russia says the strategic northeastern town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine has fallen under its full control.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kiev is determined to reclaim control over the country’s southern cities that have been captured by Russia.

The Taliban have captured another provincial capital in the northern Afghanistan, taking the number of cities they have seized since Friday to nine.

With Haiti politically polarized and facing growing hunger, there are fears of a breakdown in order

Rebel forces seize the city of Bangassou in the Central African Republic, following a fierce gun battle.

Syria’s army and its allies seize a strategic town in the northwestern province of Idlib, which contains the largest concentration of remaining militants in the Arab country.