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Azerbaijan to UN court: Armenia must stop sowing land mines

Azerbaijan is appealing to the United Nations’ highest court to urgently order Armenia to stop the laying of land mines and booby traps on Azerbaijani territory and disclose the location of such explosives that already have been placed

The Independent UK

Plastic pollution in Nigeria: whose job is it to clean up the mess?

Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic. Nigeria is estimated to generate about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Plastic accounts for 15% of the…

The Conversation

Rights groups say Myanmar military is increasing air attacks

Human rights monitoring groups say Myanmar’s military is increasingly turning to airstrikes with deadly results to try to crush stiff armed resistance, two years after it seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil war

The Independent UK

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‘Monster from the sky’: two years on from coup, Myanmar junta increases airstrikes on civilians

People across the country now live under constant threat of attacks from the skies

The Guardian - UK

Death toll from Pakistan mosque bombing rises to 100

Most of those killed in the suicide bombing in Peshawar were police. More than 225 people were injured.

Al Jazeera

AI is predicting the world is likely to hit a key warming threshold in 10-12 years

The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that's more pessimistic than previous modeling.

WEKU

Morocco: Solution to Libyan Crisis Only Possible Through Int’l Support, Elections

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Monday that resolving the Libyan crisis cannot be achieved without international support through the United Nations. Bourita held talks in Rabat with Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily. Following the talks, he told a press conference that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Pope Francis to spotlight conflicts ‘world has tired of’ on trip to DR Congo, South Sudan

Pope Francis arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday for a six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, two fragile African nations where protracted conflicts have displaced millions of civilians, sowing death, hunger and despair.

France 24

Extreme adventure from Afghanistan to Ecuador: the Banff Mountain Film Festival returns

Shortly to tour the UK, this festival of exhilarating documentaries expands our notions of human possibility – and focuses attention on inequality and the environment

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan Buries Mosque Blast Victims as Death Toll Passes 90

Distraught relatives thronged hospitals in Pakistan's Peshawar on Tuesday to look for their kin a day after a suicide bombing ripped through a crowded mosque in a heavily fortified area of the city, killing more than 90 people, mostly policemen. The attack, in the Police Lines district follows a surge…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drought Threatens 22 Mln People in the Horn of Africa

From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger as the worst drought in four decades grips the Horn of Africa. The overall figure has almost doubled from 13 million at the start of 2022, the UN's World Food Programme said in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rishi Sunak’s migration plan ‘would have left 45,000 in permanent limbo last year’

Refugee Council warns tens of thousands who crossed Channel to UK in 2022 would have been detained indefinitely under proposals

The Guardian - UK

Environmentalists blast Government’s roadmap for a cleaner, greener country

Plans to restore nature, improve environmental quality, and increase the prosperity of the country are to be set out by the Government on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

UN: Taliban ban on women aid workers is potential death blow

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the Taliban's ban on women aid workers in Afghanistan is “a potential death blow” to many important humanitarian programs

The Independent UK

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South Africa: Judge in Zuma graft trial recuses himself

The arms corruption trial of former South African leader Jacob Zuma could be in for further delays, two decades after the murky dealings that sparked the charges, as the presiding judge steps aside. Also, as Germany expresses uncertainty about its troops' long-term participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali,…

The Guardian - UK

Thirty-year-old collaboration between Paul McCartney and Jeff Beck unearthed

The track, titled Why Are They Cutting Down the Rainforest?, is being shared as part of McCartney’s Meat Free Monday campaign to encourage vegetarianism

Reuters

Germany considering earlier exit from Mali mission - newspaper

Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is considering withdrawing Germany's troops from the U.N. stabilisation mission in Mali earlier than planned, since under current conditions they cannot fulfill their mandate, he told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in comments published on Monday.

The Guardian - AU

Australia vows to keep raising human rights concerns with China despite ambassador’s warning

Xiao Qian implies resumption of dialogue conditional on Australia taking a ‘constructive attitude’ and not ‘trying to smear China’

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The Independent UK

Tories call for Sturgeon statement on trans prisoners

The issue has been in the spotlight in the past week after a double rapist was sent to a segregation unit in a women-only prison.

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

Armenia urges UN court to order Azerbaijan to end road block

Armenia is pleading with judges of the United Nations’ highest court on Monday to order Azerbaijan to break up a road blockade that is isolating the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, calling the action part of an act of “ethnic cleansing.”

Reuters

Under-funded WHO seeks 'reinforced' role in global health at key meeting

The World Health Organization will push at its board meeting this week for an expanded role in tackling the next global health emergency after COVID-19, but is still seeking answers on how to fund it, according to health policy experts.

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Here’s How One Young Aussie Is Working With The UN To Fight Global Food Waste Climate Change

Griffith University graduate, Jeawon Kim, works at the United Nations Climate Technology Center and Network in South Korea.

Bangkok Post

Prospects await in 'land of diversity'

India is set to become the world's most populous nation this year, overtaking China, according to the latest UN report on the global population.

The Independent UK

Nikki Haley calls for ‘new generation’ of leaders in move away from Trump

Ex-ambassador has tried to distance herself from administration she once resigned as governor to join

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