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Singapore conducts first execution since 2019 despite protests

A Singaporean drug trafficker was hanged on Wednesday in the city-state's first execution since 2019, campaigners said, despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations and rights groups.

Bangkok Post

More than 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine since invasion, says UN

Poland has welcomed about 2.3 million Ukrainians while many others are in Romania, Moldova and Hungary

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin’s aides ‘afraid to tell him truth,’ as Russian forces ‘walking away from Chernobyl’

Russian troops have reportedly begun withdrawing from Chernobyl to head towards Belarus

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China holds multinational meetings to discuss Afghanistan

Representatives from regional countries plus Extended Troika to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

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Russia Ukraine War Advisory

The United Nations said that over four million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Many more are displaced within the country. Hopes for an end to hostilities following face-to-face talks in Turkey are met with scepticism over Moscow's intentions.

The Independent UK

Over 4 million Ukrainian refugees have fled war: UN

GENEVA: More than four million Ukrainians have now fled the country to escape Russia's "senseless war", the United Nations said Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Fertility myths put millions off contraception, UN report warns

More than half of pregnancies worldwide are unintended, with stigma and misinformation leading factors in lack of family planning, says UNFPA

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U.N. names experts to probe on possible war crimes in Ukraine

The United Nations on Wednesday named three human rights experts to conduct an investigation into possible war crimes and other violations committed during the conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine, UN agency says

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

UNHCR: More Than 4 Million People Have Fled Ukraine

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 4,019,287, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. The new figure was posted on an UNHCR website. More than 2.3 million have arrived in Poland, but many have traveled onward to other countries or back into Ukraine. Aid workers say…

Asharq Al-Awsat

More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine, says UNHCR

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 4,019,287, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.

Reuters

U.N., U.S. press for broader Yemen truce after unilateral moves

United Nations and United States envoys on Wednesday welcomed unilateral truce moves by Yemen's warring sides as encouraging steps, while stressing the need for a more comprehensive ceasefire that would help alleviate a dire humanitarian crisis.

Reuters

‘Human rights crisis’: 121 million pregnancies around world each year are unintended, UN study finds

‘They may be survivors of abuse or exploitation; they may have been forced to marry early; or they may have lacked access to modern contraception,’ says campaigner

The Independent UK

Ukraine demands Russia withdraw from Chernobyl area, says ammunition could explode

Ukraine's armed forces say there is a danger of ammunition exploding at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station and that Russian forces occupying the plant must pull out of the area, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Wednesday.

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Live updates: UK says Russia's shift proves it has problems

Britain’s Ministry of Defense says Russia’s stated focus on the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine “is likely a tacit admission that it is struggling to sustain more than one significant axis of advance.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gulf-Sponsored Yemen Consultations Set to Kick Off in Riyadh

The intra-Yemeni consultations are set to kick off in the Saudi-capital Riyadh on Wednesday. Various Yemeni parties and figures are set to take part, while international and United Nations officials will also attend. The consultations are being sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and held at its Riyadh headquarters.…

Bangkok Post

UN: Half of global pregnancies unintended

Nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Wednesday, warning that the war in Ukraine could further exacerbate what it called a "human rights crisis".

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Germany could ration power if fuel standoff continues - as it happened

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UN food chief: Ukraine war's food crisis is worst since WWII

The U_N_ food chief is warning that the war in Ukraine has created “a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe” and will have a global impact “beyond anything we’ve seen since World War II.”

Reuters

Britain pledges funds to U.N. aid work in Afghanistan ahead of donor meeting

Britain on Wednesday pledged an additional 286 million pounds ($374 million) for life-saving food and other aid in Afghanistan, a day ahead of an international conference seeking $4.4 billion, even as concerns mount over Taliban rule.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia updates: Mariupol mayor's office says hundreds of children are among 5,000 people killed in Russian assault

Almost 5,000 civilians — including 210 children — have died in Mariupol since Russia's invasion began, according to a spokesman for the city's mayor, with the UN also saying there could be "thousands of deaths" in the besieged city.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: No let up in attacks on Chernihiv

Russia-Ukraine news from March 30: Ukrainian officials say attacks on Chernihiv have not eased despite Russian pledge.

Bangkok Post

Food supplies take Ukraine war hit

The war in Ukraine is causing immense, heart-wrenching human suffering. At the World Trade Organization (WTO), an institution based on the rule of law and established to help forge peace, we find the violence abhorrent to our fundamental principles. We echo UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's call for the bloodshed to…

Reuters

Thousands of civilians in Mariupol may have died in past month - UN tells Reuters

Thousands of civilians may have died in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine since bombing began four weeks ago, the head of the U.N. human rights mission told Reuters on Tuesday, providing its first estimate.

Reuters

Eight aboard U.N. helicopter that crashed in east Congo, mission says

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said that eight people were aboard a U.N. helicopter that crashed amid rebel fighting on Tuesday, including six crew members from the Pakistani military and two military personnel - one from Russia and one from Serbia.

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