Sweden and Finland’s prime ministers have confirmed that they are applying to join Nato.
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Plus reports grow of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians being relocated to Russia.
The Tanganyika expeditionary force in Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) during East African campaign of the first world war.
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There has been a marked difference in the coverage of Ukraine with media outlets invoking images of the world wars.
There have been calls to charge and prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine.
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Countries would likely need to set up new courts to prosecute Vladimir Putin for illegally invading Ukraine – but this isn’t a sure bet he would ever be held accountable for his crimes.
A closed Mango store in a shopping mall in St. Petersburg, Russia. The company temporarily suspended operations in Russia in March to protest the invasion of Ukraine, joining a global corporate boycott against the country.
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We should demand greater social responsibility from businesses, but pressuring them to undertake responsibilities that only governments can address is the wrong way to get there.
Turkey, who has built ties with both Russia and Ukraine, is blocking Sweden and Finland from joining Nato.
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Turkey risks losing influence by blocking Sweden and Finland’s membership of Nato, says an expert.
Room for any more at NATO? Not according to Turkey’s president.
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is against allowing two Nordic countries to join NATO over what he deems their support of ‘terrorists.’ His opposition will test the alliance’s unity.
Lebanese voters wait to enter a polling station to cast their votes in Beirut during the 2022 Lebanese parliamentary election.
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The election of independent parliamentarians in Lebanon is a move away from sectarian politics, say experts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their talks in early February 2022 in Moscow on escalating tensions with Ukraine.
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New research on diplomacy and backroom bargaining suggests diplomatic efforts are unlikely to be successful with Vladimir Putin. That’s why Emmanuel Macron’s diplomacy attempts aren’t working.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Swedish army medics simulate the evacuation of a field hospital as part of military exercise called “cold response 2022”, gathering around 30,000 troops from Nato member countries plus Finland and Sweden, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the Arctic Circle on March 25 2022.
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Sweden’s and Finland’s plans to join Nato are a symbol of a major shake-up of the European security order.
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Lend-lease is a mechanism that will help speed the delivery of military aid to the battlefields of Ukraine.
Evidence: war crimes investigators examine a mass grave in Bucha, Kyiv, April 2022.
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The first war crimes charges are being laid against Russian soldiers in Ukraine, but will the architects of the war face justice?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is introduced to the US Congress by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on March 16, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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The reasons for the prominence of the Ukraine war in the West are many – and include the Ukrainian government’s strategic efforts to tailor presentations of the conflict for Western sensibilities.
Elon Musk has indicated he might pull back on moderation of Twitter.
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Elon Musk will need to tackle false information on Twitter, say researchers.
The U.S. military released a defoliant called Agent Orange over the South Vietnam countryside to weaponize the forest during the Vietnam War as part of the Operation Ranch Hand project.
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Green spaces can be used as non-coercive modes of warfare to further social cohesion and diminish the likelihood of insurgency.
Looks formidable, but do they perform? Russia’s T-90M and T-14 Armata tanks rehearse for the Victory Day military parade.
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Intelligence reports say Russia’s latest weaponry is not as devastating as it might look.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra has made it to Eurovision’s final.
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Ukraine’s Eurovision contestant is building on a wave of support for the nation’s music in past contests.
A vendor selling cereals in Nairobi.
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The Ukraine crisis is significantly increasing political stress and potential conflict throughout Africa.
Zelensky’s speaking tour in western parliaments is a key part of Ukraine’s information operations.
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Ukraine’s savvy president is beating Putin at his own game.
People take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade, under the protection of riot police in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 19, 2021.
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While it is tempting to view the war in Ukraine as a metaphor for some larger struggle between a tolerant West and an intolerant East, the reality is inevitably far more complex.