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Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond to next emergency

A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands flee camp in Sudan after attacks by RSF paramilitaries

Concerns grow that Darfur is facing another genocide as Rapid Support Forces besiege city of El Fasher

The Guardian - UK

Rights groups demand Biden halt Israel arms transfers after ICJ ruling

Court order for immediate halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive is latest opportunity for Biden to take stand, observers say.

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Haiti: first Kenyan police arrive to help tackle gang violence – but the prospects for success are slim

An advance team of Kenyan special forces police have arrived in the troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti. They are part of a larger UN-backed “support” mission tasked with establishing order, pushing back the advances of criminal gangs and allowing the freshly appointed interim government to function effectively.

The Conversation

ICJ ruling underlines risks for Israel as its isolation grows

Court order is a warning that Israel’s offensive in Gaza risks creating conditions that could be framed as potentially genocidal

The Guardian - UK

UN Security Council passes motion denouncing attacks on aid workers

Resolution comes as record number of UN personnel and aid workers killed since October in Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt Rafah offensive

ICJ president says humanitarian situation in Gaza’s southernmost city is now classified as ‘disastrous’

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UN Court Orders Israel To Halt Military Operations In Gaza

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza conflict, sparking international tensions.

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ICJ orders Israel to halt its offensive on Rafah, Gaza in new ruling

Judges at the top United Nations court order Israel to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city.

Al Jazeera

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it

The Independent UK

UN’s top court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Gaza’s Rafah

Israel says it has a right to defend itself against Hamas and vehemently denies allegations from South Africa – who have brought the case – of genocide inside Gaza

The Independent UK

Celebrations As New Biopiracy Treaty Agreed At UN

Representatives of Indigenous peoples celebrated Friday at the United Nations following the agreement of a treaty against the pillaging of their traditional knowledge and genetic resources, like those from medicinal plants.

International Business Times

UN countries adopt treaty to better trace origins of genetic resources under global patent system

U.N. member countries have concluded a new treaty to help ensure that traditional knowledge about genetic resources — like medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains — is properly traced

The Independent UK

First Thing: Senate investigates Trump’s reported ‘deal’ with oil companies

Two Senate committee chairs sent letters to eight oil companies after Trump reportedly requested $1bn in contributions to his campaign. Plus, ICJ set to rule on Israel’s Gaza offensive

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It’s an open secret: the UAE is fuelling Sudan’s war – and there’ll be no peace until we call it out

The Emirates is arming and supporting one side in the conflict, but UK and US officials have shied from confronting it, writes Husam Mahjoub, co-founder of the Sudan Bukra TV channel

The Guardian - UK

Creating water from thin air? The university helping to decarbonise our future

Experts at Northumbria University are winning millions in funding to find new ways to tackle the climate crisis, including using solar power to create water, and to train the next generation of carbon champions

Al Jazeera

US pressure could derail ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

Court faces pressure after chief prosecutor announces he is seeking to arrest Israeli leaders for actions in Gaza.

The Independent UK

The Latest | Israel finds 3 hostages' bodies in Gaza as it braces for UN court ruling

Israel is bracing for the top United Nations court to rule Friday on whether it must halt its military operations and withdraw from Gaza

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Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu rejects genocide claims as ‘false and outrageous’; Palestinian Authority welcomes ICJ ruling – as it happened

UN’s top court orders halt to Rafah offensive, saying it is ‘not convinced’ evacuation and other measures are alleviating Palestinians’ suffering

International Business Times

Israel Strikes Gaza As World Court Orders Ceasefire

Israeli forces struck the Gaza Strip on Friday, as the UN's top court ruled on a plea to halt the military offensive over accusations of "genocide".

The Independent UK

The top UN court is set to rule on a request for it to order Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza

The top United Nations court is set to rule on an urgent plea by South Africa for judges to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave

The Independent UK

Security Council to vote on resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers, demanding protection

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a resolution that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers to be challenged in human rights court over protest injunctions

Friends of the Earth will argue private companies are allowed to create their own public order laws that stifle demonstrations

International Business Times

Mines, Unexploded Ordnance A Daily Menace For Afghanistan's Children

The black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge of the crater created by the mine, one of the devices that kills a child every other day in Afghanistan.

International Business Times

Top UN Court To Rule On S. Africa Gaza Ceasefire Bid

The top United Nations court on Friday will rule on a plea by South Africa to order a halt to the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, with Pretoria accusing Israel of "genocide".

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