The Myanmar civil war has killed more than 100,000 people since the February 2021 coup, the monitor ACLED says — a grim milestone in what analysts call Asia's deadliest active conflict, even as the junta entrenches its rule.
As Turkey readies to host NATO's leaders in Ankara on 7-8 July, it has detained more than 200 critics and banned all protests, drawing condemnation from rights groups and renewed questions over its EU candidacy.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for independent investigations into a rising toll of deaths in US immigration detention, putting the system's compliance with international human-rights norms under scrutiny.
Luxembourg's Anne Brasseur led the Council of Europe's toughest verdict on FIFA governance under Gianni Infantino — a 2018 report adopted 131–5 whose questions echo as the 2026 World Cup plays out.
At the 14th Luxembourg Peace Prize in Kirchberg, the Schengen Peace Foundation honoured five international peacebuilders against a backdrop of the highest number of active conflicts since 1945.
The European Commission hosted a Taliban delegation in Brussels on 23 June 2026 to discuss returning rejected Afghan asylum seekers, the first time the EU has met the unrecognised government since 2021. Around 20 member states back the push; Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch warn it breaches the EU's non-refoulement obligations. As an EU member, Luxembourg is bound by the bloc's new common returns policy.