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Solomons 'unfairly targeted' since recognizing China, its president tells U.N

The prime minister of the Solomon Islands complained on Friday that his country had been subjected to "a barrage of unwarranted and misplaced criticisms, misinformation and intimidation" since formalizing diplomatic relations with China in 2019.

Reuters

'Time is up': Countries trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at UN

Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up.

Reuters

Abbas demands US seek justice over Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, the Palestinian president accused the UN and the US of double standards.

Al Jazeera

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Biden administration pushing for tough UN sanctions against Haiti gang leaders

WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to circulate a resolution at the U.N. Security Council on Monday that would establish a new framework for sanctioning Haiti’s gang leaders, and is not taking international intervention off the table as the country spirals into lawlessness, a senior State Department official told…

Miami Herald

Pakistan's prime minister talks Kashmir, floods at UN

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability

The Independent UK

HIV crashed her life. She found her way back to joy — and spoke at the U.N. this week

Diagnosed with HIV before her wedding, Bupe Sinkala didn't tell her husband and saw her marriage — and life — crumble. Now she's a community health worker advocating for her unsung profession.

WEKU

Iran marchers call for execution of anti-government protesters

Army signals it is prepared to crush dissent after unrest over death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

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Abbas: Lapid's UN remarks "positive," but Israel "destroying" two-state solution

“We have no partner in Israel we can talk to," he said at the UN General Assembly.

Axios

Thousands call for ‘climate reparations and justice’ in global protests

Fridays for Future ‘strikes’ in about 450 places demanded rich countries pay for damage from global heating

The Guardian - UK

Iran in New Internet Crackdown to Thwart Protesters

Iran has imposed tough and targeted restrictions on internet use to try to prevent protests and stop images of crackdowns on their demonstrations reaching the outside world, observers say. Activists have expressed alarm that the restrictions could allow the authorities to carry out repression "under the cover of darkness". The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.N. chief met Iran's president, raised human rights issues, spokesman says

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York on Thursday and raised human rights issues, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.

Reuters

UN Chief Meets Iran’s President, Raises Human Rights Issues

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York on Thursday and raised human rights issues, a UN spokesman said on Friday. The UN is concerned "about reports of peaceful protests being met with excessive use of force leading to dozens of deaths and injuries,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

ECOWAS sanctions Guinea, condemns Mali over Ivorian troops

West Africa regional bloc announces new sanctions over Guinea’s schedule for a transition to democracy.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Delegation to UN in Geneva Celebrates 92nd National Day

The permanent delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in Geneva, the Kingdom's mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Kingdom's Consulate General in Geneva celebrated the 92nd National Day on Friday, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine war – live: Nato to step up support for Kyiv after Russian ‘sham’ referendums

Moscow to ‘use sham votes to further escalate war’, warns Jens Stoltenberg

Reuters

Mexico foreign minister meets Russia's Lavrov to discuss Ukraine peace plan

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday he met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss a Mexican peace plan for the Ukraine conflict that he presented to the U.N. General Assembly this week.

France 24

'A suicidal war against nature': Europe's climate ambitions under the microscope

Earlier this week, the United Nations General Assembly opened with a warning from the UN Secretary General that we are in a "suicidal war against nature". The European Union’s leaders have made it clear that they want the bloc to be a champion for climate. But given these words by…

Al Jazeera

Palestinians in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta decry settler attacks

Palestinians in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank denounce attacks by Israeli settlers.

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Vladimir Putin 'will be killed by own allies' if he tries to use nuclear weapons - expert

In a televised address earlier this week, the Russian leader appeared to suggest that conflict in Ukraine could spiral into a nuclear crisis - he also announced a partial military mobilisation, with 300,000 reservists set to be called up

The Independent UK

Burkina Faso coup-leader defends his military takeover to UN

Burkina Faso’s coup leader-turned-president has defended his military takeover

France 24

Moscow's proxies hold annexation polls in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Voting on whether Russia should annex Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine opened Friday as the West denounced the referendum that has dramatically raised the stakes of Moscow's seven-month invasion.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Reuters

Global climate change protests demand compensation ahead of COP27

Young activists rallied for climate action on Friday, staging protests from New Zealand and Japan to Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo to demand that rich countries pay for the damage global warming is inflicting upon the poor.

Reuters

West African bloc sanctions Guinea, condemns Mali for detaining Ivorian troops

West Africa's main political and economic bloc imposed more sanctions on Guinea's ruling junta on Thursday for failing to establish a new schedule for a transition to democracy, the bloc said in a press release.

Reuters

France and international partners announce plans to aid food production hit by Ukraine war

France this week convened a meeting with partners including African nations, United Nations bodies and the European Union to urgently address the international food crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine, said the French Elysee presidential palace.

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