At the
Munich Security Conference, a truce between
Russian-backed separatists and the
Ukrainian army, per the
Minsk Protocol, takes effect Monday. Pending a permanent political agreement, Russian President
Vladimir Putin orders that civil registration documents issued in separatist-held areas of
Donetsk and
Luhansk in eastern Ukraine be temporarily recognized. Ukrainian authorities say this violates provisions in the Minsk agreement. This is the third such agreement because the previous two in 2014 and 2015 were violated. Low-level fighting and artillery fire never fully stopped.
(Al Jazeera)(CNN)
Law and crime
According to the
United Nations, as many as 96 families have been displaced by criminal gangs who are filling the vacuum left by
FARC rebels in
Colombia after the latter signed a peace deal with the government last year.
(BBC)
At the
Munich Security Conference, a truce between
Russian-backed separatists and the
Ukrainian army, per the
Minsk Protocol, takes effect Monday. Pending a permanent political agreement, Russian President
Vladimir Putin orders that civil registration documents issued in separatist-held areas of
Donetsk and
Luhansk in eastern Ukraine be temporarily recognized. Ukrainian authorities say this violates provisions in the Minsk agreement. This is the third such agreement because the previous two in 2014 and 2015 were violated. Low-level fighting and artillery fire never fully stopped.
(Al Jazeera)(CNN)
Law and crime
According to the
United Nations, as many as 96 families have been displaced by criminal gangs who are filling the vacuum left by
FARC rebels in
Colombia after the latter signed a peace deal with the government last year.
(BBC)