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Return to Kyiv by night train
Return to Kyiv by night train
World
by  AFP

When the train slows to a halt just after the Polish border, Tatiana's smile lights up her moon-shaped face. No one seems to bother much about the long hours of waiting on the Polish side of the border and then again on the Ukrainian side.

'Faceless killer': Syria landmines keep sowing death
'Faceless killer': Syria landmines keep sowing death
World
by  AFP

Family members from three generations were huddled on the back of a pickup truck for what started as a joyful ride through the Syrian countryside for Abdulaziz al-Oqab and his relatives. They include the family of Zakia al-Boushi who, on a fateful day in 2017, went out with eight relatives in Aleppo province searching for the precious white truffles that grow in the desert sands in winter.