Thailand: life in limbo for Myanmar refugees as aid dries up

18 Dec 2025
Refugees living in camps along the Thai–Myanmar border are facing a deepening humanitarian crisis as food and medical aid is sharply reduced, even as they gain the long-denied right to work legally outside…

Ukraine: Avdiivka close to being surrounded by Russian forces

15 Feb 2024
In a makeshift field hospital near Avdiivka, a surgeon is treating soldiers for frostbite and shrapnel wounds as the war with Russia nears its two-year anniversary. With exhaustion and frustration mounting among defenders…

Energy: significant risk of winter gas shortages

07 Oct 2022
Ofgem has said that the UK is facing ‘a significant risk’ of gas shortages this winter due to Russia's war with Ukraine. It could possibly enter a ‘gas supply emergency’, leading to supplies…