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Nearly 40 percent of Tigrayans face 'extreme lack...
Nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia's Tigray are suffering "an extreme lack of food" in the face of an extended de-facto block...
![Nord Stream 2 pipeline: key card in West's hand against Russia](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/fe/8f/c5/Nord-Stream-2-pipeline--key-card-in-132361_small.jpg)
Nord Stream 2 pipeline: key card in West's hand ag...
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, set to double natural gas supplies from Russia to Germany, has become a key bargaining chip for the We...
![New Le Pen family feud looms ahead of French election](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/83/9c/b0/New-Le-Pen-family-feud-looms-ahead--466017_small.jpg)
New Le Pen family feud looms ahead of French elect...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen spoke of her shock and pain on Friday after her niece suggested she would back a rival in th...
![Serbians and Albanians kick aside differences on football pitch](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/8d/7b/db/Serbians-and-Albanians-kick-aside-d-366342_small.jpg)
Serbians and Albanians kick aside differences on f...
Relations have rarely been good between Albania and Serbia. But for Serbian footballers playing in the land of their erstwhile foe...
![Six rockets target Baghdad airport, damaging plane: sources](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/43/ac/dd/Six-rockets-target-Baghdad-airport--911516_small.jpg)
Six rockets target Baghdad airport, damaging plane...
Six rockets were fired Friday at the Iraqi capital's airport, causing damage but no casualties, security sources said, the latest...
![Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree ceasefire after clashes kill two](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/cc/9e/b5/Kyrgyzstan--Tajikistan-agree-ceasef-410554_small.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree ceasefire after clash...
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan said Friday they had agreed a ceasefire after shootouts at their contested border left two Tajik citizen...
![Rattled by Russia, Finland and Sweden revisit NATO debate](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1c/1e/d6/Rattled-by-Russia--Finland-and-Swed-545534_small.jpg)
Rattled by Russia, Finland and Sweden revisit NATO...
The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has reignited debate in Finland and Sweden over whether they should join NATO to fend...
![Tajikistan says two dead after clashes with Kyrgyzstan](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/cc/9e/b5/Tajikistan-says-two-dead-after-clas-836460_small.jpg)
Tajikistan says two dead after clashes with Kyrgyz...
Tajikistan said Friday that two of its citizens were killed and 10 injured during overnight clashes at its contested border with K...
![Hong Kong outbreak exposes flaws in 21-day quarantine policy](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/ef/03/c0/Hong-Kong-outbreak-exposes-flaws-in-433463_small.jpg)
Hong Kong outbreak exposes flaws in 21-day quarant...
Hong Kong's U-turn on its mandatory three-week quarantine for arrivals follows growing scrutiny of the strict policy after a coron...
![Kyrgyzstan says ceasefire reached with Tajikistan after lethal clashes](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/cc/9e/b5/Kyrgyzstan-says-ceasefire-reached-w-354534_small.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan says ceasefire reached with Tajikistan...
Kyrgyzstan said it had reached a ceasefire with Central Asian neighbour Tajikistan on Friday following the latest lethal flare up...
![Myanmar's Suu Kyi: Prisoner of generals](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/37/2d/d6/Myanmar-s-Suu-Kyi--Prisoner-of-gene-395463_small.jpg)
Myanmar's Suu Kyi: Prisoner of generals
Myanmar's latest democracy struggle enters its second year with its best-known figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi isolated from the fight...
![The Myanmar nun who faced down a junta](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/39/75/5e/The-Myanmar-nun-who-faced-down-a-ju-432464_small.jpg)
The Myanmar nun who faced down a junta
Almost a year after she knelt in the dust to beg Myanmar police not to shoot anti-coup demonstrators, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng sti...
!['Living in a dark era': one year since Myanmar's coup](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2e/76/dd/-Living-in-a-dark-era---one-year-si-116335_small.jpg)
'Living in a dark era': one year since Myanmar's c...
Hours before Myanmar's new parliament was due to convene last February, troops rounded up lawmakers in dawn raids, ending a brief...
![Asian markets mixed as torrid week draws to close](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/75/7c/71/Asian-markets-mixed-as-torrid-week--343313_small.jpg)
Asian markets mixed as torrid week draws to close
Asian markets were mixed on Friday, at the end of a broadly damaging week for global investors as the Federal Reserve gave notice...
![North Korea confirms missile tests as Kim inspects 'important' munitions factory](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/38/b8/87/North-Korea-confirms-missile-tests--638441_small.jpg)
North Korea confirms missile tests as Kim inspects...
North Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, part of a record-breaking streak of launc...
![Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian deaths](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1c/9b/00/Pentagon-chief-orders-reforms-to-re-244137_small.jpg)
Pentagon chief orders reforms to reduce civilian d...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered Pentagon officials Thursday to undertake reforms to reduce the number of civilian deaths...
![Global stocks mixed as markets digest Fed, dollar surges](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/ec/fc/eb/Global-stocks-mixed-as-markets-dige-204446_small.jpg)
Global stocks mixed as markets digest Fed, dollar...
Global stocks ended trading mixed Thursday as markets weighed strong US economic data against concerns about tightening monetary p...
![US, Germany step up pipeline warnings if Russia invades Ukraine](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e0/fb/ee/US--Germany-step-up-pipeline-warnin-434414_small.jpg)
US, Germany step up pipeline warnings if Russia in...
The United States and Germany on Thursday warned Russia that a major gas pipeline was at stake if it invades Ukraine as Washington...
![Ukraine crisis reveals growing Republican rift on Russia](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3a/85/19/Ukraine-crisis-reveals-growing-Repu-044112_small.jpg)
Ukraine crisis reveals growing Republican rift on...
As Washington rallies the international community against Russian aggression in Ukraine, conflict has broken out back home between...
!['Nightmare': Ukrainians in Canada worry for their home country](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/dc/e0/30/-Nightmare---Ukrainians-in-Canada-w-266111_small.jpg)
'Nightmare': Ukrainians in Canada worry for their...
Worried and helpless, members of the Ukrainian community in Canada are closely following the crisis involving their home country f...
![Xiomara Castro: from first lady to Honduras's first woman president](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/8d/5f/42/Xiomara-Castro--from-first-lady-to--134121_small.jpg)
Xiomara Castro: from first lady to Honduras's firs...
Honduras's former first lady Xiomara Castro forged her political career at the head of protests against the coup d'etat that ouste...
![US school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/68/ce/e9/US-school-board-bans-Holocaust-grap-116411_small.jpg)
US school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus...
A school board in Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove the award-winning 1986 grap...
![Syria Kurds hunt down jihadists after prison attack](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f5/e0/07/Syria-Kurds-hunt-down-jihadists-aft-533851_small.jpg)
Syria Kurds hunt down jihadists after prison attac...
Kurdish-led forces on Thursday found dozens of jihadists holed up in a Syrian prison during mop-up operations after recapturing th...
![Xiomara Castro becomes first woman president of Honduras](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/g0/17/ab/Xiomara-Castro-becomes-first-woman--928389_small.jpg)
Xiomara Castro becomes first woman president of Ho...
Leftist Xiomara Castro was sworn in Thursday as the first woman president of Honduras after seemingly resolving a rebellion in her...
![Zambia's leader says turning around economy, despite empty coffers](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/75/5f/1c/Zambia-s-leader-says-turning-around-641633_small.jpg)
Zambia's leader says turning around economy, despi...
President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday said his new government was on the fast track to restoring Zambia's credibility and credi...
![Denmark to pull troops out of Mali after junta demands](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/28/f2/8e/Denmark-to-pull-troops-out-of-Mali--400311_small.jpg)
Denmark to pull troops out of Mali after junta dem...
Denmark announced Thursday it would withdraw a newly deployed contingent of 100 troops from Mali after repeated demands, which Cop...
![With Fed set to hike US rates, 'ultra-cheap money' era nears end](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/15/5a/d0/With-Fed-set-to-hike-US-rates---ult-233888_small.jpg)
With Fed set to hike US rates, 'ultra-cheap money'...
Consumers, companies and financial markets are bound to see borrowing costs rise as the Federal Reserve gets ready to hike rates a...
![Stocks rise as US economy posts decades-high growth](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/ac/47/09/Stocks-rise-as-US-economy-posts-dec-293831_small.jpg)
Stocks rise as US economy posts decades-high growt...
US and European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors put aside rate hike fears and focused on data showing the US economy g...
![US economy grew 5.7% in 2021, but Omicron hit looms](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/4c/79/47/US-economy-grew-5-7--in-2021--but-O-620393_small.jpg)
US economy grew 5.7% in 2021, but Omicron hit loom...
The world's largest economy staged a solid recovery last year as it grew at the fastest pace since 1984, but damage from the Omicr...
![Princess Charlene recovery 'several' weeks away: Monaco palace](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/c2/0c/f1/Princess-Charlene-recovery--several-303480_small.jpg)
Princess Charlene recovery 'several' weeks away: M...
Princess Charlene of Monaco, who is being treated for extreme fatigue, is still several weeks away from a recovery, the palace sai...
![Media under watch on EU's frozen eastern frontier](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/69/cb/06/Media-under-watch-on-EU-s-frozen-ea-208443_small.jpg)
Media under watch on EU's frozen eastern frontier
Squeezed into the back of a military jeep driving along frozen unpaved roads on the Poland-Belarus border, a group of journalists...
![Haunted by Holocaust, Israeli group helps fleeing Afghans](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/fd/6e/c5/Haunted-by-Holocaust--Israeli-group-264421_small.jpg)
Haunted by Holocaust, Israeli group helps fleeing...
When Israeli lawyer Inbar Nacht saw pictures last year of Afghans desperately trying to escape their homeland, she thought of her...
![Burkina's new junta holds talks on eve of key summit](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/45/31/1e/Burkina-s-new-junta-holds-talks-on--436026_small.jpg)
Burkina's new junta holds talks on eve of key summ...
Burkina Faso's new ruling junta held talks with union leaders on Thursday on the eve of a regional summit that could slap sanction...
![Ukraine leader orders probe after conscript shoots five dead](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5e/c5/2a/Ukraine-leader-orders-probe-after-c-822677_small.jpg)
Ukraine leader orders probe after conscript shoots...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday ordered police to investigate a mass shooting carried out by a member of the na...
![Holocaust survivor urges Germany to fight 'cancer' of hatred](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/77/ed/41/Holocaust-survivor-urges-Germany-to-637218_small.jpg)
Holocaust survivor urges Germany to fight 'cancer'...
In what was expected to be one of the last addresses by a Holocaust survivor to the German parliament, Inge Auerbacher appealed Th...
![Minimum wage in focus as Portugal heads to polls](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e6/2a/5e/Minimum-wage-in-focus-as-Portugal-h-618881_small.jpg)
Minimum wage in focus as Portugal heads to polls
Like nearly one in four workers in Portugal, Fernanda Moreira, a food services worker at a hospital in a Lisbon suburb, earns the...
Russia says US failing on Ukraine but more talks p...
Russia said Thursday that the United States was failing to address its main security concerns over Ukraine but left the door open...
![China warns US over 'interfering' in Winter Olympics](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5c/07/16/China-warns-US-over--interfering--i-526342_small.jpg)
China warns US over 'interfering' in Winter Olympi...
China warned the United States to "stop interfering" in the Winter Olympics on Thursday, a week before the controversy-hit Games a...
![China hails WTO green light on US import duties](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0e/07/a5/China-hails-WTO-green-light-on-US-i-222763_small.jpg)
China hails WTO green light on US import duties
China on Thursday hailed a WTO decision allowing it to slap duties on $645 million worth of US imports each year, calling on Washi...