Nikolaj Nielsen

Egypt says it plans to adopt a law to register refugees on its home turf, a task that has traditionally been delegated to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), amid reports of mass arrests and deportation of Sudanese fleeing war.

One can no longer seriously take the European Commission's claims to defend human rights on migration.

The UN refugee agency says EU 'return hubs' in foreign countries may work as an incentive for rejected asylum seekers in Europe to go home.

The EU is mulling new efforts to step up humanitarian relief to Lebanon amid an exodus of Syrian refugees, following a barrage of Israel airstrikes. At least three flights full of aid, including food, shelter and water, have landed in Lebanon so far.

The EU wants "next level" security and defence cooperation with South Korea, following the deployment of North Korean troops near Ukraine's border.

How did the EU commissioner grillings go so far?

The imminent ban by Israel on the UN relief agency in Gaza leaves it with no contingency plan to help the entrapped two million people under Israeli siege, according to the organisation's director of affairs.

Some €300m of EU money is going towards helping 20 member states procure air defence systems, armoured vehicles, and ammunition.

The European Commission says it remains ready to send more money into Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — to shore up the borders with Belarus and Russia.

Azerbaijan has been further emboldened to crack down on opposition since hosting the UN climate summit COP29, says the son of a dissident under house arrest.