Defense
European Union and Sweden Discuss Ukraine Support, Defence, and Climate Change
President von der Leyen welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Kristersson in Brussels, emphasizing support for Ukraine, defense cooperation, and climate action.
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Human Rights
World News in Brief: Papua New Guinea violence, Ukraine’s displaced, $2.6 billion DR Congo appeal
Authorities are urged to engage with provincial and local leaders in a dialogue to achieve durable peace and respect for human rights in the remote Highlands region.The appeal follows the...
Europe
Support to Ukraine, response to farmer’s concerns: MEPs review latest EU summits | News
“Determination, unity and leadership” is the message, European Council President Charles Michel said, sent by the EU with its latest decisions on Ukraine to open accession talks and endorse a...
Human Rights
World News in Brief: Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’, Ukraine update, civilian protection in DR Congo, Haiti human rights
The alleged massacre happened in Welingara village in the Nara region of central Mali on 26 January. Some 30 civilians were also reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen in the Bandiagara...
United Nations
No respite to Ukraine -‘No end in sight’ to war, UN political chief warns
The new year has brought no respite to Ukraine, with recent weeks seeing some of the worst attacks of the nearly three-year war
Europe
Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orban’s Secretive Negotiations on EU Aid for Ukraine
According to an article by Bloomberg, there have been reports of secretive negotiations between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. It is said that Meloni...
International
World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest
World News: the international community must take “decisive and immediate action” to bring nearly nine months of brutal civil war in Sudan to an end
United Nations
Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount as war enters second winter
The Monitoring Mission stated that the casualty figure represents deaths verified according to its methodology, cautioning that the actual figure may be significantly higher given the challenges and time required...
Human Rights
In Russia, two poets heavily sentenced for a text hostile to the offensive in Ukraine
The repression of dissenting voices in Russia continues unabated as the year draws to a close. According to the Russian NGO OVD-Info, nearly 20,000 Russians have been arrested since the...
Human Rights
World News in Brief: Wave of ‘fear and dread’ in Ukraine, UN expert slams Navalny disappearance, youth leaders for nuclear disarmament meet
That’s according to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director Regina De Dominicis who said in a statement on Monday that bombardment was “particularly unrelenting” in the east and south of...