Essay: Poland has opened its arms to nearly a million Ukrainian refugees, but will they be able to stay for the long term?
KATE GOLEBIOWSKA, MARTA PACHOKA and SABINA KUBICIEL-LODZIŃSKA, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the links between Ukraine and Poland and what the future may hold for Ukrainian refugees…
Five countries pledge personnel for Haiti security mission, UN says
United Nations Reuters The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad have formally notified the United Nations of their intent to contribute personnel to an international force to help Haitian national police fight armed gangs, a UN spokesman said on Thursday. Contributions of $US10.8 million have also been deposited into a trust fund to support the […]
Sight-Seeing: Poverty, potatoes and peace – timely lessons from Ireland’s turbulent history?
HEATHER KEITH, a writer with Baptist World Aid Australia, looks at what experience has taught her about praying and hoping for peace in our conflicted world…
Church hosting Navalny’s funeral is steeped in the war he opposed
Reuters Alexei Navalny was a Christian who condemned the invasion of Ukraine as a crazy enterprise built on lies. But the church that was designated to host his funeral has donated to the Russian army and enthusiastically advertised its backing for the war. Navalny, Russia’s best known opposition politician, died suddenly on 16th February in […]
Ukraine says it identified 511 war crime suspects, convicted 81
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine has identified 511 people suspected of war crimes since Russia’s February, 2022, invasion and has already handed down 81 convictions, its prosecutor general said in Kyiv on Thursday. Andriy Kostin was speaking at a war crimes conference alongside the chief prosecutors of Poland, Lithuania, Romania and the President of the EU […]
Bangladesh building fire kills 46, injures dozens
Last updated: 8:20am, 4th March, 2024(AEDT) Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, the health minister said on Friday. Fire authorities said a gas leak or a stove could […]
Nicaragua accused of violations “tantamount to crimes against humanity” by UN experts
San Jose, Costa Rica Reuters Nicaragua’s government committed human rights violations that amount to “crimes against humanity”, a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thursday. The report called for President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President, Rosario Murillo, to be “held accountable by the international community” for […]
Putin warns West of risk of nuclear war, says Moscow can strike Western targets
Moscow, Russia Reuters President Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West since the 1962 […]
Dozens killed waiting for aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel challenged the death toll and said many of the victims were run over by aid trucks. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the […]