Russian and Turkish military will escort ships carrying Ukrainian grain in Black Sea, Lavrov says

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, left, receives Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, at the organization’s headquarters in the Cairo, on July 24. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images) Russia and Turkey will use “military naval forces” to escort vessels carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea into the Bosporus once transport restarts, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei … Read more

Failure to open ports in Ukraine a “declaration of war” on global food security, says WFP chief

A farmer wears a bulletproof vest during crop sowing which takes place 30 km from the front line in the Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine, on April 8. (Dmytro Smoliyenko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images) A failure to open closed ports in Ukraine to ship grains out will bring millions of people to the brink of starvation, said the … Read more

UK sanctions could lead to “final destruction of bilateral ties,” Russia warns British ambassador

The United Kingdom announced Saturday it will bolster its humanitarian aid to Ukraine by sending more essential equipment to relief centers and hospitals. In a statement, the British government said it will deliver an extra 287 generators that will help to run relief centers, hospitals, phone masts and water pumping stations. The new generators are … Read more

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

Yuliya Nogovitsyna, director of program development at children’s cancer foundation Tabletochki, speaks with CNN from Poland on Wednesday. (CNN) The director of the largest children’s cancer foundation in Ukraine says an all-hands-on-deck effort from volunteers, doctors and officials in Ukraine and abroad has been needed to get children undergoing cancer treatment out of harm’s way during … Read more