A truce in Yemen came into effect on Sunday, April 3rd. For two months, the parties involved in the war are expected to silence their weapons. The ceasefire comes following a UN proposal: it is the first since 2016,...
By Camilla Ballerini
The Gulf Center For Human Rights organization has published its 14th periodic report on human rights violations taking place during popular protests in the country. The report aims to highlight the issues of persecution and arrests against...
By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
International arms transfers fell by 4.6% between 2012-16 and 2017-21, although this "masks large variations between regional trends". This is according to a new report by Sipri (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) published on 14 March 2022.
Despite the small...
By Stella Levantesi - Othernews
When Russia invaded Crimea, the EU and United States issued a joint statement stressing the importance of promoting U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports for Europe. It was 2014 and “American gas” would save Europe...
By Francesca Romana
Social media for peace: this is the name of the UNESCO project involving Bosnia and Herzegvina among three pilot countries for its trial run until 2023. As can be seen from the project's web page, its objectives...
By our envoy to the negotiations, Filippo Rossi
Yesterday at around two o'clock in the afternoon, the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, organised by Turkey and opened by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, came to an end in Istanbul. He...
By Raffaele Crocco
A month after its beginning, the war seems to be stretching into infinity. From a military point of view, Russia has failed in its objectives, all observers agree. The assessment on the eve of the invasion was...
By Maurizio Sacchi
The Department of Correction, South Carolina's prison authority, announced last Friday that it was preparing to carry out death sentences by firing squad. The decision and the measure were taken in order to circumvent the obstacles that...
In the past 72 years, 71 peacekeeping missions have been deployed by the United Nations. As of March 2022, the UN has 12 active operations, employing more than 90,000 military personnel from national armies around the world, UN police...
