Tag: Belarus

India abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution calling for Russia to be held accountable for violations of international law by its invasion of Ukraine and requiring Moscow to pay reparations to Kyiv for damages, loss and injury resulting from the war. The draft ...

Abuja, Nigeria – The February 24 invasion of Ukraine by Russia has upset geopolitical and trade relations across the world, from matters of buying military equipment to increasingly expensive wheat and oil. But for Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, there is an added dimension given its military relationships with ...

Britain will send £1.3billion in aid to countries that won't join us in condemning Vladimir Putin's invasion of UkraineBritain will send over £1billion in aid to countries who have not criticised PutinChina and India will receive millions despite abstaining from condemning RussiaTory MP said foreign aid policy should be reviewed ...

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir order probe into deadly police encounter NEW DELHI: The administration of Indian-controlled Kashmir ordered a probe on Thursday into a controversial operation in which security forces killed four people earlier this week.  Two civilians and two suspected rebels died on Monday in a ...

Officials in Warsaw have warned hundreds of migrants have continued to flock to the EU’s external border after recent footage showed Poland's border force had been preventing those trying to cross over from Belarus.Between 3,000 and 4,000 people are believed to have settled at a makeshift migrant camp opposite ...

Source link www.rferl.org German Chancellor Angela Merkel has telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to ask him to get Belarus to stop the "inhumane" instrumentalization of migrants, as Polish authorities say they have detained dozens who forced their way across its eastern border with Belarus.Merkel "underlined that the instrumentalization of ...

The EU said Tuesday it is pressing more than a dozen countries to prevent their nationals leaving for Belarus on a perilous attempt to get into the bloc.The effort is part of Brussels’ reaction to what it says is an orchestrated campaign by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to destabilize ...

Outgoing German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday that Berlin did not intend to introduce controls on the border to Poland despite a growing number of migrants entering via Belarus, a phenomenon he ultimately blamed on Russia. What did Seehofer say? Speaking at a press conference after reporting to the ...

Germany remains the top destination for people seeking protection in Europe, with the number of asylum applications filed in the country already exceeding the 100,000 mark in 2021. Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) said that by the end of September it had received 100,278 initial applications from asylum-seekers. This is ...

The annual Nobel Peace Prize shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace. But guessing who it will be is just a stab in the dark. That's because the secretive Norwegian Nobel Committee never drops ...