The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says the war in Ukraine has created immense human suffering, but it is also putting the fragile recovery of global trade at risk, and the impact will be felt across the planet.

Gazprom, Russia’s majority state-owned multinational gas company, says it planned to transmit nearly 108.3 million cubic metres of gas to Western Europe on Monday.

UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday launched a plan to provide immediate economic help and longer-term assistance to the millions left struggling to meet basic needs, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a teacher, Herry Wirawan to death for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school.

The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings of civilians in Ukraine.

Sweden’s pandemic law has expired as of Friday, meaning the Government no longer has the power to impose a range of legally binding restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has accused Russian troops of the massacre of civilians in the town of Bucha, as 340 bodies have been recovered, according to Ukrainian media reports.

Russia is conscripting 134,500 men between the ages of 18 and 27, according to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reported by several Russian news agencies.