Burning trash to stay warm, displaced Syrians struggle to survive winter | Syria’s War News

Burning trash to stay warm, displaced Syrians struggle to survive winter | Syria’s War News

Kafr Yahmul, Syria – As winter sets in, the inhabitants of an informal camp just north of the city of Idlib are bracing themselves for the months ahead. Fateem al-Yousef watched the sky anxiously as clouds gathered and she thought about what she and her family will be facing once…

Israel arrests almost as many Palestinians as it has released during truce | Conflict News

Israel arrests almost as many Palestinians as it has released during truce | Conflict News

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israel has persisted with arresting dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem as it conducts a prisoner release with Hamas, the Gaza-based armed group. In the first four days of the ongoing truce between Israel and Hamas, which began on Friday,…

Baltic foreign ministers pull out of OSCE summit over Russian participation | Russia-Ukraine war News

Baltic foreign ministers pull out of OSCE summit over Russian participation | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania say presence of Sergey Lavrov risks legitimising Russian war in Ukraine. The foreign ministers of three Baltic states have announced that they will boycott a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was invited…

NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit | NATO News

NATO ministers talk Russia-Ukraine war, Kosovo unrest at Brussels summit | NATO News

NATO’s chief urges allies to continue supporting Ukraine amid funding hold-ups in the US and Europe. Foreign ministers of NATO countries have assembled in Brussels for security talks as Russia presses ahead in its war against Ukraine and Israel enters the fifth day of a fragile truce with Palestinian group…

Disease could kill more in Gaza than bombs, WHO says amid Israeli siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Disease could kill more in Gaza than bombs, WHO says amid Israeli siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Shattered healthcare and sanitation systems must be restored in Gaza, says World Health Organization. More people could die from disease than from bombings in the Gaza Strip if the health and sanitation systems are not repaired, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Critical infrastructure in the besieged territory has…

Philippine government, communist rebels to revive peace talks | Armed Groups News

Philippine government, communist rebels to revive peace talks | Armed Groups News

If negotiations succeed, the rebels will end their 50-year armed struggle and transform into a political movement. The Philippine government will resume peace talks with the country’s communist rebels, in a bid to end decades of civil strife. Authorities will re-engage with the New People’s Army (NPA), the military wing…

Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Freedom of the Press News

Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Freedom of the Press News

The Wall Street Journal has denounced the continued detention of its reporter as a ‘brazen and outrageous attack’ on free press. Russia will keep American reporter Evan Gershkovich in custody for another two months as he awaits trial for espionage, a Moscow court has ruled, heightening concerns about the fate…

Parthenon marbles row derails talks between UK’s Sunak, Greece’s Mitsotakis | History News

Parthenon marbles row derails talks between UK’s Sunak, Greece’s Mitsotakis | History News

The Greek PM expressed ‘displeasure’ that Sunak axed their meeting, saying he avoided talks on the disputed marbles. Diplomatic sparks are flying after Britain’s prime minister abruptly cancelled a meeting with his Greek counterpart in which they were due to discuss long-contested artefacts. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was scheduled…