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Greenpeace Suggests Floating Barriers to Mitigate Expected Catastrophe Off Yemen’s Coast

An environmental organization has called on the United Nations and the international community to act swiftly to prevent an environmental catastrophe as a result of the possible explosion of the floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) SAFER off the coast of Yemen. Without a swift resolution, an explosion or leak…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Effort under way to challenge Russia’s right to seat on UN security council

In wake of Ukraine invasion, diplomats consider if Russia can be removed as one of five permanent security council members

The Guardian - US

Libya Parliament to Vote on New Government Next Week

Libya's parliament said on Thursday it will hold a session next week in which it is likely to vote on confirming a new interim government though the incumbent administration has vowed it will not hand over power. A year after a unity government was installed in Tripoli and two months…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Australia Slams China 'Lifeline' to Russia

Australia on Friday pilloried China's failure to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as Beijing's "unacceptable" decision to ease restrictions on a key Russian export in the face of Western sanctions. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the world must unite to condemn Russia, voicing particular concern "at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Plastic summit could be most important green deal since Paris accords, says UN

World leaders to gather in Nairobi next week to discuss first global treaty to combat plastic waste

The Guardian - UK

EU decides to impose additional sanctions on Russia: European Council President

President of the European Council Charles Michel on Friday said that the European Union has made a political decision to impose additional sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine.

Dynamite News

Fighting reaches Kyiv as Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies

Air raid sirens wail over capital and heavy gunfire and explosions heard in residential district

The Guardian - UK

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Scott Morrison denounces China for offering Russia trade ‘lifeline’

Australian government working with Nato to send nonlethal military equipment and medical supplies to Ukraine and will continue ‘rolling wave of sanctions’

The Guardian - AU

Is international law powerless against Russian aggression in Ukraine? No, but it's complicated

The world was treated to a grotesque spectacle this week. Russia, the current president of the UN Security Council, launched an invasion of Ukraine while the Security Council was holding an urgent meeting to try to resolve the crisis.

The Conversation

Day Two of Russian attack on Ukraine: What we know so far

Ukraine leader says at least 137 killed in Russian attack as Western powers announce series of sanctions against Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine president orders full military mobilisation to counter Russia

Volodymyr Zelensky has also said 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed so far in the invasion of his country

Wales Online

The Russia-Ukraine crisis explained: How the invasion unfolded

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of eastern Donbas is finally underway after diplomatic efforts fail

The Independent UK

UN gives $20 million to scale up Ukraine humanitarian aid

The United Nations says it is immediately allocating $20 million to scale up U.N. humanitarian operations in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

Trudy Rubin: What the UN should do about Russia

How does the world confront a Russian leader who is acting like Hitler?

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France 24

Kyiv under threat as Russian forces ramp up assault on Ukraine's capital

Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, put the Ukrainian capital on a "defensive phase" Friday as Russian forces pressed on with a full-scale invasion. The attack on Kyiv is part of what Western officials suspect is a brazen attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to dismantle the Ukrainian government and replace it…

Al Jazeera

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: US to impose sanctions on Putin

Ukraine news from February 25: Biden plans move to freeze assets of Putin and Russian foreign minister.

Al Jazeera

Putin shatters peace in Europe as Russia invades Ukraine

Russia launches an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea despite international condemnation.

Reuters

Ukraine requested urgent debate at Human Rights Council, UN says

Ukraine has requested an urgent debate be held at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the situation stemming from the 'Russian aggression', the United Nations said on Thursday.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Putin’s war in Ukraine: a bleak new beginning

Editorial: The unprovoked Russian invasion is a disaster for the country; it also unleashes a new age of fear and uncertainty across Europe

Reuters

U.N., Red Cross call for protecting civilians, vital structures in Ukraine

Civilians and critical infrastructure such as water and power systems in Ukraine must be protected from attacks in line with the rules of war, United Nations and Red Cross officials said on Thursday as aid agencies struggled to assess damage from Russia's attack.

Reuters

U.N. chief says it is scaling up Ukraine aid operations

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the world body was scaling up its humanitarian operations in Ukraine and the protection of civilians must be the top priority.

The Independent UK

Ukrainians flee the country as Russian invasion triggers warning of major refugee crisis

Countries are being urged to pledge support for Ukrainian refugees as thousands flee to central Europe

The Independent UK

‘Stop Russian Hitler!’ Ukrainians gather in New York’s Times Square to protest invasion

‘Putin needs to be stopped right now otherwise everybody will pay the price’

The Conversation

Ukraine invasion: should Russia lose its seat on the UN Security Council?

It’s ironic that Russia holds the presidency of the Security Council, the UN’s body delegated to make peace, just as Russia is perceived by many to be the greatest threat to that peace. Ukraine’s ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, has even suggested that Russia should be removed from the Security Council. But…

France 24

Ukraine residents recount Russian attacks: ‘We realised we had nowhere to go’

In the early morning hours of Thursday, February 24, Russian troops launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that any countries who dared to interfere would face “consequences you have never seen”. Videos shared on social networks showed heavy missile attacks as well as Russian…

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