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War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

The Independent UK

Bangladeshi children leaving school to work due to climate crisis

As families migrate after climate-related disasters, UNICEF says 1.7 million of country’s children are now labourers.

Al Jazeera

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

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VIDEO: Field Of Fire: Russian Tank Blasts Unseen Targets In Ukrainian Field

The Kremlin now says the operation's aim is to "protect Donbass".

Zenger

Early voting begins ahead of Australia's May 21 election

Early voting has begun in Australia’s election with the opposition party hoping the first ballots will reflect its lead over the government in opinion polls

The Independent UK

77% of the Displaced in Yemen Are Women, Children

An estimated 77 percent of the 4.3 million people displaced in Yemen are women and children, according to factsheets released by UNDP. Marib hosts over 60 percent of all Yemeni refugees and asylum-seekers who escaped the hell of Houthi militias that turned the country to one of the world’s largest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Readies Victory Day Parade as Fight for East Ukraine Rages

Russia will celebrate its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a show of military might as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. President Vladimir Putin is set to flaunt Russia's power…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Live updates | Japan joins G-7 effort to quit Russian oil

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan will slowly phase out Russian oil imports in unity with the Group of Seven’s effort against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Canada to help Ukraine find options to export grain to ease supply worries -Trudeau

Canada will help Ukraine work out options on how to export stored grain to uphold global food security that has been shaken by Russia's invasion of the country, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late on Sunday.

Reuters

Head of UN agency resigns after questions arise about loans

NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres asked a top official at a U.N. agency to resign Saturday, shortly after The New York Times published an article describing how the agency had given out $61 million in loans and grant money to a single British family, according to a senior…

Bangkok Post

Live: Putin says Russian troops ‘fighting for the Motherland’ in Ukraine

Russia celebrated its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on Monday with a show of military might even as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. All times…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 75 of the invasion

Putin makes no major policy announcement about Ukraine in Victory Day speech; Zelenskiy says country will win war with Russia and not cede any territory

The Guardian - AU

"Everything shook": Last civilians leave Ukraine steel mill

Pale and drawn, the last civilians sheltering in the bunkers beneath the sprawling steel mill in the decimated Ukrainian port city of Mariupol arrived late Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontline

The Independent UK

Evacuees from Azovstal plant arrive in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, including some 40 civilians who had been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, a U.N. official said.

Reuters

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The dripping tap of indigenous rights

Analysis: Aaron Smale examines political attitudes towards the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Guardian - UK

UK urged to act after UN panel rules detention of Briton in India ‘arbitrary’

Jagtar Singh Johal has been detained since 2017 and allegedly tortured, accused of helping to fund assassination plot

The Independent UK

Live updates | Canada's Trudeau in Ukraine to offer support

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise visit to Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country

Asharq Al-Awsat

$100 Billion Needed Annually to Sustain Infrastructure in MENA Region

Navid Hanif, Director of Financing for Sustainable Development Office at the United Nations, said that the Middle East and North Africa region would need to spend at least 8.2 percent of GDP to achieve infrastructure goals by 2030. “With the population of the Middle East and North Africa expected to…

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The Guardian - UK

Surrendering land is not the same as defeat – if a stronger Ukraine emerges from the ruins

At the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Putin will doubtless claim Russian dominance. But what would victory now look like for Zelenskiy?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Borrell: Russia Not Invited to Syria Brussels Conference Because of Aggression on Ukraine

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview that the European Union holds onto its three “red lines” which involve not contributing to Syria’s reconstruction, not removing sanctions and not re-establishing full diplomatic ties with Damascus “until a genuine and comprehensive political transition is firmly under…

The Independent UK

Syrians in desperate need of aid hit hard by Ukraine fallout

Fallout from the 2-month-old war in Ukraine is worsening long-term humanitarian crises elsewhere, including in Syria

The Guardian - UK

UN leads £65m plan to stop huge oil spill off Yemen during first ceasefire in six years

Decrepit tanker at risk of disaster worse than Exxon Valdez in 1989

Los Angeles Times

Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant; Ukraine says it’s mounting a counteroffensive elsewhere

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine announced Saturday that all women, children and older adults had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, the last sliver of Ukrainian-held territory in the shattered southern port city of Mariupol, as Ukrainian towns and cities remained on edge for a major Russian holiday dedicated to…

Los Angeles Times

Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant; Ukraine says it’s mounting counteroffensive elsewhere

The Independent UK

Ricardo Alarcón: Castro confidant and powerful Cuban diplomat

As well as being a major player in the 1959 Cuban revolution, he was also key in thawing relations with the US at the end of the 20th century

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