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More than eight million refugees will flee Ukraine this year, says UN refugee agency

More than eight million Ukrainians are expected to flee the war-torn country this year, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR).

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022

Government asks Drax to keep coal on the back burner as energy crisis continues

North Yorkshire energy giant intends to close two remaining units in September but 'remains committed to supporting security of supply in the UK'

Birmingham Post · Apr 27, 2022

Is India’s food security scheme discriminating against Dalits?

Dalit activists say government’s Public Distribution System of food grains often excludes the marginalised community.

Al Jazeera · Apr 27, 2022

Two Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Suicide Bombing North of Baghdad

Two Iraqi soldiers, including a major, were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up during an army raid targeting ISIS militants north of Baghdad. The two soldiers belonged to a joint force of the 6th Division of the Baghdad Operations Command and the Iraqi National Security Service, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 27, 2022

Live updates | Russia cuts gas supply to Poland, Bulgaria

Russia’s state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom says it has cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after they have refused to pay for the shipments in rubles

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Donors Pledge $1.39 Bn for Horn of Africa Humanitarian Aid

A donor conference organized in Geneva has raised $1.39 billion for the Horn of Africa, where an ongoing drought threatens millions of people with severe food insecurity, the UN announced Tuesday. The money raised will go towards humanitarian and development projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, as the region experiences…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 27, 2022

Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 76, had denied the allegation she had accepted gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars given to her as a bribe by a top political colleague

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022

Wednesday briefing: The siege of Mariupol was meant to be over. Why isn’t it?

In today’s newsletter: what’s at stake in the long battle for the port city at the heart of Ukraine’s defence

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022

India’s designation by the USCIRF

What is the USCIRF? Which other countries have been labelled as a ‘Country of particular Concern’?

The Hindu · Apr 27, 2022

Myanmar junta court sentences Suu Kyi to five years for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.

France 24 · Apr 27, 2022