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Kurdish protesters rally in Erbil over Mahsa Amini's death

Dozens of Iraqi and Iranian Kurds rallied in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Saturday over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in the custody of Iranian police.

Reuters

North Korea missile warning: Kim Jong-un 'could be preparing test' days before US visit

A senior US administration official told a briefing on Friday that a nuclear test or other provocation was possible during Kamala Harris’ trip to the region, but that they had no predictions or announcements to make

Daily Mirror

Laos makes huge drug haul

Police in Laos have made their third-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs by netting 33 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

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Ukraine Says its Ports Have Shipped Around 4.7 Mln Tons of Food Under Grain Deal

A total of 211 ships with 4.7 million tons of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine so far under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to unblock Ukrainian sea ports, the Ukrainian infrastructure ministry said on Saturday. According to Reuters, the ministry said eight ships with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to Western military alliance

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia maps: Where is the invasion taking place?

Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ has brought bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour

The Independent UK

Sudan's Burhan Says he Won't Run in Upcoming Elections

The head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Gen Abdel-Fattah Burhan, said he would not be running in the future elections for a civilian-led government but offered no timeline on when polls might happen for him to step down. Burhan told the Associated Press on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Quad members oppose any unilateral actions that seek to change status quo in Indo-Pacific

The members intend to meet in person for the next Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi in early 2023.

The Hindu

GCC Secretary-General Affirms Support to Yemen’s PLC

The Chief of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) intensified on Friday his meetings with officials on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York. Rashad al-Alimi continued to look for political and economic support for Yemen from the international community.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine ports have shipped around 4.7 million tonnes of food under grain deal - ministry

A total of 211 ships with 4.7 million tonnes of agricultural products on board have left Ukraine so far under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to unblock Ukrainian sea ports, the Ukrainian infrastructure ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters

Iraq's Kadhimi Calls for a 3rd Round of Talks

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi emphasized that the region's stability relies on Iraq's stability, calling for the third round of national dialogue to resolve his country's political crisis. He asserted that Iraq's problems would not be solved without dialogue and that political factions have an opportunity to rebuild the country.…

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Extensive UN, Arab Support for Expanding Ceasefire in Yemen

The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the international community called on the Yemeni parties to urgently intensify, and be flexible in, the negotiations under the auspices of the UN in order to agree on an expanded truce that could be translated into a durable ceasefire. Deputy…

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Abbas Delivers Palestine's Official Request for Full UN Membership to Sec-Gen

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has submitted to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres an official request to implement Resolution 181 adopted by the General Assembly in 1947, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Abbas informed world leaders and senior officials participating in the high-level meeting of the 77th annual session…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan PM decries climate carnage: ‘Our actions did not contribute to this’

Like many nations in the Global South facing the wrath of climate change, Pakistan had little responsibility for it.

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Harry Styles, Other Stars Raising Cash for WHO in Ukraine

British music stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, US basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal and other celebrities will donate personal objects for a campaign launched Saturday to support healthcare in Ukraine. Seven months into Russia's war, the WHO Foundation -- an independent organization that works to raise funds to support the…

The Hindu

Solution to multilateralism is reformed multilateralism, says External Affairs Minister Jaishankar

Jaishankar said the international community needs to ask itself how long this is going to continue.

The Independent UK

As Ukraine worries UN, some leaders rue what's pushed aside

In speech after speech, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly are spotlighting Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Times of India

'Obfuscates misdeeds in his own country': India slams Pak PM over Kashmir remarks at UNGA

NEW YORK: India on Saturday responded strongly to Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif's statement on the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). "A country that claims to seek peace with its neighbours would never sponsor cross-border terrorism. It would also not shelter planners of the horrific Mumbai terrorist…

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The Times of India

Country that claims to seek peace with neighbours will never shelter planners of 26/11 attack: India on Pakistan's PM remark at UN

The Hindu

United Nations | India hits back at Pakistan PM Sharif’s criticism on Kashmir

Pakistan PM Sharif had said that while Pakistan looks for peace with India, “sustainable peace and stability” in the region was contingent upon the resolution of the Kashmir issue

The Independent UK

They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words

Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year.

Miami Herald

As violence worsens in Haiti, United Nations orders evacuation of non-essential staff

The United Nations is ordering the evacuation of all non-essential international workers from Haiti, citing ongoing violence that has left workers vulnerable to kidnapping and attacks last week on U.N.-backed food warehouses across the country.

ABC News

US President Joe Biden says US will never recognise annexation as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes

US President Joe Biden says Russian referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine are a sham, as UN investigators find evidence of war crimes including executions and torture.

The Independent UK

Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN's sidelines

While the coronavirus pandemic was not the main focus of the U.N. General Assembly, the conversations were still happening on the sidelines

The Independent UK

GLIMPSES: Threading the needle at the UN perimeter's edge

Every September, the New York City police barricades go up around the U.N. headquarters in midtown Manhattan

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