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Belgium seeks to curb social life to fight fourth COVID wave
Belgium brought in new restrictions on Friday such as the closure of nightclubs and an earlier end for bars and restaurants to reduce social contact...
Ukraine launches 'special operation' on Belarus border, holds Javelin...
Ukraine, which has accused Russia of massing troops nearby and says Belarus could send migrants over its borders, launched an operation on Wednesday...
South Korea to offer helicopters to UN peacekeeping ops
South Korea plans to offer helicopters to support UN peacekeeping operations (PKO) in a "substantive" contribution pledge it will make during next...
N. Korea raps UN human rights council over 'arbitrary' standards
North Korea's foreign ministry on Saturday criticised the UN Human Rights Council for adopting "arbitrary" Western standards to attack its human...
France warns Iran against "sham" nuclear negotiating stance
France's foreign minister warned Iran on Friday not to come to the next round of talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with a "sham" negotiating...
UN human rights agency condemns arbitrary detention of Tigray people
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokeswoman, Liz Throssell, condemned on Tuesday the continued extra-judicial detentions of people of Tigrayan...
UN: Ethiopian govt detains 1,000 under state of emergency
The arrests occurred in Ethiopias capital, Addis Ababa, the northern cities of Gondar and Bahir Dar, and other places, according to Liz Throssell, a...
The rich world’s climate hypocrisy
Statements by First World leaders at the COP26 summit are at odds with their climate policies, and with what they say in other settings. Their...