The chief executive of Ukraine's cricket board says it "ticks all the boxes" to become an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and that the game would not survive if it was denied entry.

Cricket: Ukraine hopeful of ICC membership for game to survive in war-torn country

Trigger warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence, including that of sexual nature. Discretion is advised. As part of the 15-month war, dozens of women and girls were gang-raped by the tigrayan fighters in two towns in Ethiopia's Amhara region last year, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, a fresh example of the horrific toll endured by the region.

Revenge killing, gang-rapes; Amnesty international reports the horrific toll endured by Tigray

COVID-19 is a threat to Yemen's ''existence'' as it will devastate the warn torn country, said Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the head of United Nations Refugee Agency. Speaking from the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, Beuze said the number of suspected coronavirus cases in the country appears to be multiplying fast and, at the same time, international aid agencies are being forced to abandon critical programmes.

COVID-19 is a threat to warn-torn Yemen: UN Refugee Agency

Fleeing the violence in their war-torn country, more and more Afghan refugees are choosing to settle down in Turkey, including businessmen and entrepreneurs who have made significant investments in the economy, thanks in part to new incentives.

Afghan refugee entrepreneurs thrive in Turkey