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Aid Convoy Enters Syrian Opposition Area Ahead of Key UN Vote

A humanitarian convoy on Sunday delivered urgently needed supplies to Syria's last opposition stronghold, a day before the UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution that would determine whether aid deliveries to the war-stricken territory can continue. Syria’s conflict has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced half…

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The absolute disarray in the sale of the Pakistan Sindh government’s subsidised flour to the people resulted in the death of a man, a father of seven, in Mirpurkhas district during a stampede. The death occurred near the commissioner’s office where two mini-trucks carrying 200 bags each were selling flour.

The Times of India

Global food prices in 2022 hit a record high amid drought and war

Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said.

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Another Jain Monk On Indefinite Hunger Strike Dies Amid Protest Against Declaration Of Shri Sammed Shikharji Tourist Place

Another Jain Monk who was sitting on an indefinite hunger strike, died in Rajasthan's Jaipur, protesting against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare 'sacred' Shri Sammed Shikharji a tourist place. Read on for details:

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UN envoy calls for release of jailed journalist on hunger strike in Senegal

Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government information

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Aid Workers in Syria Fear Cholera Spread If Cross-Border Support Halted

Humanitarian workers operating in the last opposition-held part of Syria fear a cholera outbreak sweeping the region will deepen further if the United Nations is forced to stop aid deliveries across the border from Türkiye. The area's 4 million people live in dire conditions and rely heavily on the food…

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Aid workers in Syria fear cholera spread if cross-border support halted

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US, UN Envoys Seeking to Revive Stalled Yemen Peace Efforts

The US and United Nations envoys to Yemen kicked off on Thursday a visit to Riyadh to revive the stalled peace efforts in the war-torn country. US envoy Tim Lenderking and UN envoy Hans Grundberg held separate meetings with Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Dr.

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Manchester's Iranian protesters suffer wave of chest infections as they enter 30th night sleeping on street

"If we were British we wouldn’t be ignored"

Manchester Evening News

Ethiopia sets out on long road to peace after two years of war

A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world's deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray after a November ceasefire agreement.

Reuters

Young men are not finding brides because of unemployment: Sharad Pawar

PUNE: Criticising the BJP governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra over unemployment, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday that it is creating social issues as young men of marriageable age are not finding brides.

The Times of India

War accelerating clean energy adoption

Call it the Putin effect: Russia’s war is speeding up the global shift away from fossil fuels

Salon

UN Officials Call for Extending Resolution Allowing Aid Access to Syria

Six senior international officials in humanitarian affairs signed a joint statement calling for extending the United Nations Security Council resolution 2642 which allows for life-saving humanitarian aid to be delivered to north-west Syria from across the Turkish border. The resolution is set to expire in eight days. “If the Council…

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Septuagenarian Jain priest on hunger strike dies in Jaipur

JAIPUR: A 72-year-old, Jain priest who was on hunger strike for the past nine days to protest Jharkhand government’s decision for declaring Shri Sammed Shikharji a tourist place, passed away in Jaipur on Tuesday.

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Looming Catastrophe in North Syria After Suspension of Int’l Aid

Local humanitarian organizations in northwest Syria warned Monday of “catastrophic consequences” resulting from the closure of Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border with Türkiye, which allows access for medical assistance to millions of citizens, including 2.5 million displaced persons. The Syria Response Team, an organization concerned with monitoring the humanitarian…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s suffering: the war against women

Editorial: Families are in desperate straits, the security situation is worsening – but the Taliban’s priority is punishing half the population

The Guardian - UK

‘This nightmare is over’: Lula vows to pull Brazil out of Bolsonaro’s era of ‘devastation’

Leftwinger promises environmental protections and social progress as he’s sworn in as president

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A U.N. official met with a Taliban leader over a ban on women working for NGOs

Major international aid agencies suspended operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned women from working for nongovernmental organizations in a series of measures rolling back women's rights.

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Nicola Sturgeon 'let down' Scots children over free schools meals pledge, says rival MSP

Labour's Monica Lennon says the buck stops with the First Minister, branding the failure to deliver on the promise of free school meals "unforgivable".

Reuters

Eritrean soldiers pull out of major Tigray towns, eyewitnesses say

Eritrean soldiers have pulled out of the towns of Shire and Axum in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region, three eyewitnesses told Reuters.

Reuters

U.N. aid chief to visit Afghanistan over female aid worker ban

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths will visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks and seek to meet the highest possible officials within the Taliban-led administration after it banned female aid workers, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Sudanese general leads mission to South Darfur after violent clashes

The deputy head of Sudan's sovereign council led a mission to the city of Nyala in South Darfur on Thursday to assess the security situation following another spate of violence there, the council said.

Daily Mirror

Doctors forced to reuse surgical equipment as medical supplies run short in country

Doctors have shared their heartbreak at having to turn away patients and reuse medical equipment in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

Asharq Al-Awsat

30,000 Flee Ethnic Violence in South Sudan, Says UN

Armed raids in a region of South Sudan plagued by ethnic clashes have forced around 30,000 civilians to flee their homes, the UN's emergency response agency said Thursday as international partners demanded an end to the violence. On December 24, armed men from Jonglei state, an eastern region beset by…

Reuters

Mediators meet to bolster Ethiopia truce amid signs of detente

Mediators between Ethiopia's federal government and authorities in the Tigray region, embroiled until last month in a brutal war, are stepping up efforts to enforce a truce as relations between the two sides inch closer towards normality.

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