As the war enters its 719th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, February 12, 2024. Fighting Seven people were killed, including three small children, after a Russian drone attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday hit a petrol station burning half the street to the ground. Russia launched drone attacks on Kyiv and southern Ukraine, injuring at least one civilian...

Pentagon says defence chief receiving care for ‘symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue’. United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalised for the second time in a month, the Pentagon has announced, after an earlier hospital stay that attracted criticism for lacking transparency. Austin, who underwent treatment for prostate cancer last year, was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center over “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder...

Bali, Indonesia – For the last few months, 47-year-old Erfin Dewi Sudanto has been trying to sell his kidney. One of thousands of candidates running in Indonesia’s regional legislative council elections on February 14, he had hoped to raise $20,000 to help fund his political campaign. “This is not just a sensation. I am serious. I am minus, no property. The only way [to fund my campaign] is...