International Committee of the Red Cross

In March 2022, Tatiana had to leave everything behind, as hostilities broke out in her hometown close to Luhansk. “At first, we thought it would be just on the outskirts, like in 2014” she recalls. “Unfortunately, throughout the entire month,...

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to urge Senate passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. The...

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks ahead of Senate passage of The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which would impose...

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Senate passed the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026:...

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON – In the days since the U.S. Senate advanced the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (S. 5025) by an overwhelming 86-12 procedural vote, the legislation has drawn a groundswell of public support from former U.S....

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Image: Nabi Amini By Wiebke Judith Five years after the Islamist Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the German government is their closest partner for co-operation in the EU. Germany’s main goal: increasing deportations regardless of human...