Year: 2021

Europe

Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border 

At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have been stranded for weeks in increasingly dire conditions. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, appealed for…

22 October 2021 · 3 min read

Charities

Legal win offers hope of new era for beavers and farmers

European Beaver (Castor fiber) eating Lilly roots amongst lilies in flower (Scotland the Big Picture) Trees for Life’s successful court challenge to the Scottish Government’s beaver killing policy offers hope…

22 October 2021 · 4 min read

Defense

Turkey arrests 15 Mossad secret agents

Turkey has arrested 15 suspects who allegedly worked for Israel's Mossad special service on its territory, the Turkish daily Sabah reported. The suspects were reportedly arrested a month ago and…

22 October 2021 · 2 min read

Books

An interfaith theological dictionary was presented in Rome

An interfaith dictionary that clarifies basic theological terms in terms of the three main Christian denominations: Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism. The purpose of the book is "to be a…

22 October 2021 · 2 min read

Defense

Russia closes its permanent representation in NATO

Russia will close its permanent representation in NATO, as well as the Alliance's representation in Moscow, on November 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference. According to…

22 October 2021 · 3 min read