Iran
Russia strikes sports school with drones while children training in Shostka, Sumy Oblast
The coaches swiftly evacuated all the children and themselves to a safe location
U.N. General Assembly demands Russia return 20,000 deported Ukrainian children as reports show transfers to North Korea
Fifty-seven states abstained from voting, including China, India, Brazil, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Qatar, and Pakistan
Ukraine closes Cuba embassy and downgrades ties over Havana’s complicity in Russian aggression
Ukraine voted against the United Nations General Assembly resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba," adding that this step has serious grounds
Feminist diplomacy: How France promotes women’s and girls’ rights in global politics
How can we unite, act and resist together in order to defend gender equality and the rights of women and girls? This will be the guiding question of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy, which France will host on 22 and 23 October 2025
Russia’s attacks extend beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe — PACE resolution
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a new resolution on Russian aggression. According to the document, Russia's attacks go beyond Ukraine and threaten all of Europe, and the Ukrainian state has the sovereign right to membership in any international organizations, including NATO
Russians kill a 32-year-old woman in Chuhuiv, five others injured across Kharkiv Oblast
Russians killed a 32-year-old woman and injured two people. They also damaged a business facility, houses and cars
Russians kill two civilians and injure three others in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, with Molniya drone
Additionally, two local women aged 53 and 72 sustained shrapnel wounds, burns and blast injuries
Russias killed in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Kryvyi Rih ten civilians on the evening of St Nicholas Day
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin does not seek real peace, but only desires the ability to inflict violence on any country through bombs, missiles, and other means
In Ukraine a purposeful campaign to discredit public activists is underway – human rights defender
Matviychuk reminder what happens when citizens' trust in public organizations is undermined
Street football banned in Crimea – and called it illegal rally
Participants of the banned match: "There are no sports events for young people in our city..."
Transit Budapest
The camp resembles a large busy hive. However, I don’t feel hopelessness despite the dirt, autumn drizzling rain and hardships.
Columns
We cannot allow war to become humanity’s everyday reality again
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a classic neo-colonial war for the enslavement of an entire people
Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
“Sharper than physical pain – the feeling of helplessness”: speech of the imprisoned journalist
