At least 30 people are reportedly killed and over 700 wounded in clashes in Baghdad following the retirement from politics of a leading Shia cleric - who opposes US influence in Iraq.
More than 1,200 Ukrainian troops are killed in a botched offensive ordered by President Zelensky in the country's south - according to Russia.
The UN says 6 million Afghans are on the verge of famine as Washington refuses to release more than 3 billion dollars of Afghanistan's frozen assets.
