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Exclusive-Three migrants were kidnapped in Mexico. The U.S. had vowed to protect them

Three asylum seekers were kidnapped in April while in a U.S. migration program that had placed them in the care of Mexican officials in the city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, one of the victims and the U.N. migration agency said.

Reuters

Human rights body finds no 'concrete' concerns over GRA reform impact

Witnesses to a Holyrood committee told MSPs that the proposed reforms will not impact the rights of women and girls in areas such as single sex…

The National (Scotland)

UK work visa for elite graduates is exclusive and based on flawed assumptions

The UK government’s announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla Quinlan, Director of Internationalisation at Rhodes University in…

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No time for complacency: Somalia's unfolding famine catastrophe

Somalia is on the brink of catastrophe. A recent assessment suggests that 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now, a similar number to those affected by the Ethiopian famine in 1984, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history. About one million people died then.

The Conversation

East African leaders agree on regional force to tackle rise of militias in DRC

East African leaders agreed Monday to send in a regional force to try to end fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and called for an immediate ceasefire.

Radio France Internationale

Fighting rages in Ukraine’s east; Russia warns Lithuania over blocked transit of goods

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Tensions rose Tuesday over Russia’s threats against Lithuania, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, over the small Baltic state’s moves to enforce Western sanctions against Moscow. At the same time, Ukraine’s president said the Kremlin was “very nervous” over gathering momentum for his country’s bid to eventually…

Los Angeles Times

EU pledges $630m to Africa, Caribbean and others for food crisis

War in Ukraine has pushed the most vulnerable countries to food security crisis as grain exports blocked.

Al Jazeera

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What is the latest conflict in the DR Congo about?

The Norwegian Refugee Council has declared the situation in DR Congo to be the world’s most neglected refugee crisis.

Al Jazeera

AP PHOTOS: India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives

Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies.

The Independent UK

Mali in national mourning over civilian massacres in Sahel

Suspected jihadists massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in neighbouring central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the Sahel region. Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita has decreed three days of national mourning.

Radio France Internationale

Floods Swamp More of Bangladesh and India, Millions Marooned

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5 million people stranded with little food and drinking water after days of intense rain. Particularly heavy monsoon rain has brought the worst floods in more than a century in some…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods

Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh are crowding makeshift refugee centers and scrambling to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as massive floods, which have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands there and in neighboring India, continue to wreak havoc

The Independent UK

Montreal to host delayed Cop15 summit to halt ‘alarming’ global biodiversity loss

Experts warn ambitious targets for nature must be agreed at UN meeting, moved from China to Canada after two-year wait

The Guardian - UK

UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy

A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Guterres Says Syrians Living on Brink, Calls for Extending Aid Delivery

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented on Monday “stark figures” on millions of Syrians who are in dire need for humanitarian aid. This came in his remarks to the UN Security Council in New York on the humanitarian situation in Syria. He said 90% of the population live below the…

Reuters

Floods swamp more of Bangladesh and India, millions marooned

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Revokes Travel Privileges for Two Taliban Education Officials

The United Nations on Monday banned two Taliban officials from traveling in response to the heavy restrictions the hardliners have imposed on Afghan women, diplomats told AFP. Travel exemptions permitting 15 Taliban officials to go abroad for negotiations were set to expire Monday. For thirteen officials, the travel exemptions were…

Reuters

U.N. says global biodiversity talks to move from China's Kunming to Montreal

The United Nations said on Tuesday it would move talks to secure a global post-2020 biodiversity agreement from Kunming in China to Montreal, Canada, following multiple pandemic-related delays.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Houthi Network Loots Humanitarian Aid Sent to Devastated Yemenis

The Iran-backed Houthi militias have set new conditions for international humanitarian aid agencies and UN programs operating in Yemeni areas under their control, forcing the relief organizations to give up the personal data of aid beneficiaries. In the meantime, Asharq Al-Awsat uncovered documents and information from judiciary sources showing how…

The Independent UK

S. Korea launches homegrown space rocket in 2nd such attempt

South Korea has launched its first domestically built space rocket in the second attempt after an earlier liftoff failed to place the payload into orbit

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Myanmar Executions Could Be War Crimes

The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in…

The Guardian - UK

Gangsters killed Maria’s sister in Honduras. A note on the door told her she was next …

Maria and her family were given help to start a new life in safety, but she is just one of a quarter of a million people in the country internally displaced by violence

Asharq Al-Awsat

Around 800 Syrians Return from Turkey Weekly, Says UN Refugee Agency

About 800 Syrian refugees are returning to their country from Turkey every week but conditions are not suitable for a large number of voluntary returns, an official from the United Nations refugee agency said. Turkey hosts around 3.7 million Syrians, the largest refugee population in the world, but worsening public…

Reuters

Around 800 Syrians return from Turkey weekly -UN refugee agency official

Dynamite News

International Yoga Day: PM Modi leads Yoga Day celebrations from Mysuru, says yoga brings peace to society

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings on the eighth International Day of Yoga and said that yoga brings peace to the society. Read more on Dynamite News:

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