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Russian forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine, including "widespread and systematic" torture, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found. Russian forces are allegedly committing continuous war crimes in Ukraine, including rape and "widespread and systematic" torture, the latest Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found. The Russians are allegedly torturing people accused of being Ukrainian army informants in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, and in one case, the torture was so extreme that it caused a victim's death, the commission said in its latest report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. MORE: It's a kayak with a grenade launcher. And it could be game-changer in Ukraine. One torture survivor said, "Every time I answered that I didn't know or didn't remember something, they gave me electric shocks," according to the commission. A view of damaged building is seen after Russian ...

Amphibians are experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to a new study. A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are deteriorating globally, with about 40% of more than 8,000 amphibian species studied categorized as threatened -- a greater percentage than threatened mammals, reptiles or birds, a paper published in Nature on Wednesday suggests. A lemur leaf frog at the Smithsonian National Zoo, July 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, timber and plant harvesting and infrastructure development is the most common threat, affecting about 93% of threatened amphibian species, Jennifer Luedtke, manager of species partnerships for conservation nonprofit Re:wild and the global coordinator for the Amphibian Red List Authority for ...

The United States Agency for International Development is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, after assistance was halted earlier this year over a widespread scheme to steal supplies KAMPALA, Uganda -- The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, four months after assistance was halted over a widespread scheme to steal supplies. The decision was made after Ethiopia’s government agreed to remove itself from the dispatch, storage and distribution of refugee food supplies, a USAID spokesperson said. Food aid will be restored to roughly 1 million refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and elsewhere. However, food assistance has not resumed for the 20.1 million Ethiopians who rely on it as the country grapples with internal co NFL ict and drought. The agency also said it has implemented measures including biometric tests and GPS tracki...