GENEVA, Switzerland, July 26 (TNSrep) -- The United Nations International Organization for Migration issued the following news release: * * * 3.9 Million People Displaced in Ukraine as Families Struggle to Cope, IOM Report Finds * Kyiv/Geneva, 27 July 2026 - An estimated 3.9 million people remained internally displaced in Ukraine as of June 2026, according to a new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). While the number of internally displaced people has stayed at around 12 per cent of the population since 2023, the r more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Kate Foster, British charge d'affaires to the United Nations, addressed a United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N. headquarters urging Russia to heed global demands for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. Reaffirming the United Kingdom's unwavering commitment to Kyiv, Foster highlighted rising civilian casualties caused by escalated Russian missile strikes against civilian and commercial infrastructure. She rejected attempts to draw equivalence between Russia's sustained bombardment of Ukrain more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 27, 2026, Benjamin L. Schmitt, senior fellow at the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, and Erin Bailey, intern at the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program: * * * Spoofing and Spillover: Russia Targets NATO Russia is using electronic warfare as another technique in its shadow war against NATO. - Russian shadow warfare is a many-headed hydra. Its efforts can ris more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by analyst Maksym Beznosiuk and Globsec associate fellow William Dixon. Dixon is also a senior associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute. * * * Ukraine's Defense Crisis Isn't Over Yet For years, Ukraine's reformers have diagnosed the army's structural flaws from the sidelines. Now, they own the battle space. - It is tempting, but wrong, to see the crisis in Ukraine's war leadership as a simplified tale of personal more PR

NAPLES, Italy, July 24 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: * * * Exercise Sea Breeze 2026 Concludes in Portland, England * PORTLAND, England - Exercise Sea Breeze 2026 concluded July 24, marking the successful completion of the 26th iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise co-hosted by the United States and Ukraine. Conducted in two iterations across Romania, the United Kingdom, and Latvia, Sea Breeze 2026 brought together Allied and partner forces to strengthen interoperability more PR

PARIS, France, July 27 -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization issued the following news release: * * * Facing major threats, six new sites join UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger, three of them on an emergency basis UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in Busan (Republic of Korea), decided to inscribe three sites on the World Heritage List following an emergency procedure: the Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape (South Sudan), Mount Amel Castles (Lebanon), and Sebastia (State of Palestine). The ap more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, July 28 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary by Claudia Ascensao Nunes, president of Ladies of Liberty Alliance-Portugal: * * * How Net Zero Helped Bring Down British Steel Nationalization shifts risk to taxpayers. - The UK government has completed the forced nationalization of British Steel, the company that owns the Scunthorpe plant in Lincolnshire, the last facility in the United Kingdom capable of producing virgin steel in traditional blast furnaces. Celebrated by sectors on both t more PR

ISPRA, Italy, July 27 -- The European Commission Joint Research Center posted the following news: * * * Heatwaves impact summer and winter crops * Repeated heatwaves shortened the grain-filling phase of winter crops and brought forward the harvest, which has already been completed in the south and is progressing elsewhere. EU yield forecasts for winter crops have been revised downwards by 1-4 %, leaving the outlook for total cereals at 1 % below the five-year average. For summer crops, exceptional heat and limited rainfall across western a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by senior fellow John Lee to Foreign Affairs: * * * How Asia Learned to Live with "America First" And What Europe Should Understand About Handling Trump - Western Europe is reeling in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's transactionalism, unilateralism, and unpredictability. U.S. allies on the continent have bristled at an American president unsent more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow Nick Snyder to Fox News: * * * Rule Japanica: America and Japan Are Building the Alliance China Fears We are truly in a golden moment with Japan, where we stand shoulder to shoulder to protect our shared interests - These days, nobody does it better than Japan -- especially from an American alliance perspective. From standin more PR

VIENNA, Austria, July 23 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency posted the following statement by Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi: * * * IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine Continued military activity in the area surrounding the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), especially in the nearby city of Enerhodar where many plant staff live, is further affecting the work and living conditions of people at the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rounds Discusses Funding for Iran Conflict with DoD Officials at Appropriations Committee Hearing * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) discussed the President's supplemental funding request of $87.6 billion for national defense with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. "I had the opportunity to serve as governor o more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by analyst Kassie Corelli in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * First Mobilization Wave Ongoing as Second Wave Discussion Intensifies Executive Summary: * The Russian-language information space has widely discussed the possibility of a second mobilization wave in autumn over recent weeks. This assessment is supported by Russia's front line personnel shortages and new measures meant to improve military recruitment. * Growing evidence more PR

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on July 27, 2026, by Pavel K. Baev, senior researcher at the International Peace Research Institute Oslo, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Only Moscow Lacks New Ideas for Ending War Against Ukraine Executive Summary: * The July 23 Manila meeting between United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov produced no breakthrough. Rubio admitted that old peace parameters are obsolete, and Lavrov insisted on outd more PR

LEICESTER, England, July 27 -- The University of Leicester posted the following news: * * * Leicester joins universities acting to create opportunities for students shut out by visa brake * The University of Leicester is one of nine UK universities who have jointly committed funded postgraduate places for students from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan and Cameroon, after the Home Office's decision in March to suspend study visa applications from those countries closed off access to UK campus scholarships, including Chevening, through which appro more PR

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 28 -- Philips, a health technology company, issued the following news release: * * * Philips delivers solid comparable sales growth and margin in Q2; reiterates full year comparable sales growth outlook; Adjusted EBITA and free cash flow outlook increased to reflect US tariff refund Q2 2026 Group performance - Comparable order intake declined 1%, due to timing of certain large orders - Group sales of EUR 4.4 billion, reflecting 4% comparable sales growth - Income from operations of EUR 609 million, including  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Ben Black, CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, from a July 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships": * * * Thank you, Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of the committee for this opportunity to discuss DFC's efforts to end supply chain dependency. I'm proud to be here today to represent the hundreds of committed professionals at DFC who work every  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Thomas R. Hardy, deputy director and chief operating officer, performing the duties of the director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, from a July 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and distinguished Members, thank you for the invitation to testify before you today. I welcome this opportunity to share my views and experience on how  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 27 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * WCC to enter Dialogue on Displacement and Shared Sacred Flourishing * Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, will participate in a Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Displacement and Shared Sacred Flourishing on 28 July, organized by Religions for Peace and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Also attending will be H. E. Metropolitan Emmanuel, Elder  more PR