The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is set to be formally adopted at the UN conference in Marrakesh, Morocco on December 10-11. In October, Austria and several other EU countries including the Czech Republic and Croatia also announced that they would not be part of the UN global pact on migration. Source: Sputnik
IAEA confirms Tehran’s announcement last week that it began refining uranium, while EU considers reimposing sanctions.Source Al Jazeera
Kyiv has pulled out troops from the area near the village of Petrivske, paving a way for a new top level peace summit. Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Germany’s Angela Merkel spoke about granting Donbass a special status. Source Deutsche Welle
Scores of protesters cut off a major highway at the French-Spanish border on Monday, stopping traffic moving in both directions. Some 80 people blocked the road at La Jonquera on both the French and Spanish sides — after a call to gather there by campaign group Democratic Tsunami. Source Deutsche Welle
