Crises unfolding in Ukraine ripple throughout Europe, Security Council hears
Addressing the Council, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi highlighted that despite the evolving situation in Ukraine, UN humanitarian organizations and NGO partners have...
‘Street Fight’: Russia’s Block-by-Block Warfare in Ukraine
If Ukraine wants to fend off the Russian invasion, one of the foremost U.S. experts on urban combat has some advice: Turn the battle into...
Concern for women and children caught up in Ukraine conflict
Catherine Russell, the newly appointed Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said on Monday that the situation for boys and girls caught up...
Washington and Brussels Let Slip the Dollars of War
Unprecedented economic sanctions have sent shock waves through the Russian economy as the ruble fell 30 percent to an all-time low against the dollar on...
U.S. Shutters Embassy in Minsk as Belarus Backs Putin’s War
The United States is trimming its diplomatic ties with Russia and Belarus as Moscow continues its all-out assault on Ukraine, triggering massive Western sanctions and...
Syria: Use of chemical weapons ‘blight’ on international community’s conscience
“Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable and the absence of accountability for the past use of such weapons remains a blight on the conscience...
Former energy deputy minister Thembisile Majola appointed SSA Director-General | News24
Pictured in Thembisile Majola, center, 2019. The state security agency finally has a permanent director general after Arthur Fraser left in 2018.President Cyril Ramaphosa has...
UN Human Rights Council pauses session to consider ‘urgent debate’ on Ukraine crisis
The development in Geneva echoed the concern of the Security Council, which on Sunday called for an emergency session of the General Assembly on the crisis. Addressing the Human Rights Council,...
General Assembly holds emergency special session on Ukraine
Assembly President Abdulla Shahid underscored that the military offensive launched by Russia five days ago was a violation of the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. ...
Putin Just Pushed the World Into an Even Bigger Energy Crisis
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the 1973 global oil crisis, international energy markets and the global economy are about to receive a similar...