U.S. To Provide Poland With $2 Billion In Foreign Military Financing
The State Department on Monday said that U.S. has agreed to provide Poland $2 billion in direct loans to help the NATO ally purchase new defense items to continue to […]
International
Young people take European nations to court over climate failures
Six young European people will bring 32 countries before the European Court of Human Rights for failing to do their part to avert climate catastrophe. The unprecedented hearing, to be held this week, is the world’s largest climate legal action to date…
India freezes visas for Canadians amid row over murder of Sikh separatist
India has suspended visa services in Canada citing security threats and asked Ottawa to prune its diplomats in Delhi, further escalating a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.
Unesco declares WWI memorials in France and Belgium world heritage sites
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has added more than 130 World War I cemeteries and memorials across what was once the Western Front to its list of World Heritage sites.
Spectre of 1915 Armenian genocide looms over Nagorno-Karabakh
Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, Armenia’s ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan said that his country had previously warned of “looming ethnic cleansing” in Nagorno-Karabakh, stressing it was now “in progress”. For Armenian…
U.S. OKs $325 Million In New Weapons For Ukraine, As Some GOP Lawmakers Reject To More Aid
The U.S. has approved $325 million in new weapons aid for Ukraine, which arrives as a group of Republican lawmakers affirmed their opposition to further security assistance funding for Kyiv. […]
India’s lower house of parliament votes to reserve a third of seats for women
Indian MPs have voted to guarantee that a third of seats in parliament’s lower house and in state assemblies go to women, a move that would more than double the number of female lawmakers in the world’s biggest democracy.
Brazil court rules for indigenous land rights in key case
A lopsided majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an effort to restrict native peoples’ rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for indigenous activists and climate campaigners.
U.S.’ New Weapons Aid Package For Ukraine Won’t Have ATACMS, As Zelenskyy Visits D.C.
The Biden administration is set to announce new security assistance for Ukraine later on Thursday, coinciding with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington D.C., while the new package won’t include […]
ITAR Reform Requires Both Legal And Culture Changes For AUKUS Cooperation, Chief Defense Scientist of Australia Says
The Chief Defense Scientist of Australia’s Department of Defense this week said while legislative changes to U.S. restrictions on sharing certain technologies would be “the biggest shift” for the AUKUS […]