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“There is very little that one can say – these ruins speak for themselves. When you see children’s clothes hanging out of windows, kitchens cut in half by shells and rockets, the real lives of people interrupted by war as it was happening, I think this will weigh very heavily on the conscience of the world for generations.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is deeply worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States.

Homes across the UK will get extra support to keep warm during the colder months thanks to reforms published on 30 January. Changes to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) will make sure energy companies provide necessary support to people struggling to meet their heating bills. Plans to extend the scheme from April 2017 to September 2018 were also published on 30 January.

A new World Bank policy report urges developing countries and international development agencies to rethink their approach to governance, as a key to overcoming challenges related to security, growth, and equity.  

Displaced east Aleppo resident Omar kneels beside a stove for warmth. He is among some 50,000 residents of the ancient Syrian city’s eastern neighbourhoods displaced to west Aleppo by war.

The Hofburg in Vienna is home to the OSCE's main regular decision-making body, the Permanent Council.

The Bureau of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on January 27 agreed with the declaration by the Rules Committee, on allegations of corruption and fostering of interests made against some members or former members of PACE, and unanimously supported a three-fold approach to dealing with the matter.

President Donald Trump’s inaugural address contained a mixture of interesting promises, reminiscences of earlier periods of American history, impractical proclamations, and what is unfortunately the all-too-common notion in the United States—that there is no real world beyond the American continent, which he expressed in the slogan “America First!” It will become apparent over the next days and weeks how he intends to implement his pledge to massively boost the economy, and how foreign relations, especially with Russia and China, will take shape.

U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq on Jan. 27, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported on Jan. 28.

World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva ended a three-day visit to Pakistan on January 28 by supporting a deepening of Pakistan’s reforms for accelerating growth and saying she had “constructive discussions” with the country’s leadership on the Indus Waters Treaty.