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Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives.

Reuters

UK’s goal to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030 'at risk', warns charity

Sahir House claims the two biggest threats the UK faces to achieving its goal are “complacency and funding cuts”

Liverpool Echo

Indian police launch criminal investigation into mysterious death of Russian oligarch

Pavel Antov — a Russian politician and businessman who made his fortune in the sausage industry — died suddenly during a holiday in India this week.

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Hezbollah fighters now admit being at scene where Irish soldier Sean Rooney was murdered

Investigators have consistently suspected that Hezbollah fighters were involved in the ambush that left Private Rooney dead and his colleague Trooper Shane Kearney seriously injured – but this is the first confirmation that members of the organisation were present

Irish Mirror

Father-of-eight fears for life after Saudi Arabia abandons ‘moratorium’ on executing drug offenders

United Nations has accused regime of using torture to extract false confession from Hussain Abu al-Khair

The Independent UK

U.N. halts some programs in Afghanistan after ban on women aid workers

The United Nations said on Wednesday that some "time-critical" programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women aid workers.

Reuters

French Defense Chief Visits Ukraine, Pledges More Support

France's defense minister on Wednesday pledged further military support for Ukraine insisting his government's backing is unflagging while efforts are also being made with Moscow to reach an eventual negotiated end to Russia's invasion. French Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu said his trip to Kyiv was important to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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2022 review: Visualising how the Russia-Ukraine war unfolded

Al Jazeera looks at how the conflict unfolded on the ground, the human costs of 10 months of war and the global response

Al Jazeera

Unionist politicians divided on Scottish gender reform amid independence concerns

A SERIES of Unionist politicians have lined up to intervene after the Scottish parliament voted for gender reform, with a key divide emerging on how…

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine: A classic "security dilemma"

Both sides have fueled a grueling conflict with no way out — but there's no moral high ground in endless slaughter

Salon

Why aren't children allowed to vote? An expert debunks the arguments against

Most people think democracy is something that adults do and regard the prospect of children voting as too silly to even contemplate. In the early 20th century, many democracies began (ostensibly) operating with universal suffrage, ensuring voting rights were no longer withheld from adults on the basis of wealth or…

The Conversation

How 2022 showcased Modi govt’s diplomatic clarity in response to global affairs, regional thrust

As 2022 nears its end, the national capital’s public transport lifeline, the Delhi Metro, has its advertising space replete with the government showcasing India’s year of the G-20 presidency. But the lead role of the multilateral group, and the entailing 200 meets and the pageantry of the summit to be…

Newslaundry

Iran Protests: Regime Challenged by Push for Change

More than 100 days of protests in Iran have shattered taboos and shaken the ideological pillars of the Iranian republic in a push for change that has defied a fierce crackdown. The demonstrations, which erupted in mid-September following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, are a reflection of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Free vs hate speech as world changes

While the Asia-Pacific region is home to a wealth of constructive traditions and practices, it is also confronted with the conundrum of how to protect freedom of expression at the same time as tackling hate speech which is rampant today. A morass of laws of a prohibitive and inhibitive kind…

Bangkok Post

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UN Urges Taliban to End ‘Terrible’ Restrictions on Women

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences. "No country can develop -- indeed survive -- socially and economically with half its population excluded," Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

The Independent UK

UN rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately

Irish Mirror

Varadkar to put visit to Irish troops in Lebanon near the top of his agenda in 2023

"I hope that can be done"

Reuters

Rohingya recount stories of hunger and desperation in escape to Indonesia

Rohingya Muslims who survived a harrowing 40 days on a boat across the Indian Ocean to end up in Indonesia have recounted stories of hunger and desperation, saying more than 20 of those on board died on the way.

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Suspect Arrested in Killing of UN Peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a peacekeeper in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from Ireland who died when his convoy was shot at in southern Lebanon, officials said Tuesday. The area of the Dec. 14 shooting attack, near…

The Independent UK

Suspect arrested in killing of UN peacekeeper in Lebanon

The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a U.N. peacekeeper from Ireland who died when his convoy was shot at in southern Lebanon

The Independent UK

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN

The accounts are haunting

Evening Standard

At least 20 Rohingya Muslim refugees dead after weeks at sea

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh

WEKU

U.N. warns that more Rohingya refugees are likely to wash ashore in Indonesia

A United Nations agency is seeking information about the voyage of over 100 Rohingya Muslim refugees who landed on an Indonesian beach this week, and warned Tuesday that there will likely be more.

Miami Herald

Editorial: Spy who helped Cuba fight Miami exiles to be freed. Once she’s out, banish her there

Cuba’s top spy in the United States will be freed from prison on Jan. 8 after serving just 20 years in a federal prison in Texas. She is said to be coming to Miami, briefly. If she comes, she should keep on moving for the repressive regime for which she…

Al Jazeera

Second boat with 185 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia’s Aceh

The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya landed in another part of Aceh.

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