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Russia says it's 'funny' that U.S. warned against using Ukraine in talks on Syria aid

Russia's U.N. envoy said on Friday he is willing to meet his U.S. counterpart to discuss aid deliveries into Syria from Turkey, but that it was "a bit funny" that she warned him about leveraging Russia's war in Ukraine during talks on Syria.

Reuters

Two U.N. peacekeepers killed in Mali on Friday - U.N. spokesman

Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed in Mali on Friday and two more injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Reuters

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | India’s engagement with the Taliban: what’s next?

In this episode, we examine the latest meeting of senior M.E.A. officials with the Taliban in Kabul and what this engagement means for the two countries.

The Hindu

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Fears Russia snatched 200,000 Ukrainian kids as investigators launch 'genocide' case

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said the investigations were focusing on the regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson on the southern coast but gathering evidence was complicated by war

Daily Mirror

Zelensky vows ‘victory will be ours’ in video address marking 100 days since Russian invasion

It comes after the Ukrainian President revealed that Russian forces have seized one-fifth of the country’s territory

Evening Standard

Sudanese call for justice three years after Khartoum massacre

Three years after Sudanese security forces attacked a pro-democracy sit-in outside the army's headquarters in Khartoum, killing 130 people, Sudanese protesters are still searching for answers. A promised transition to democracy has still not materialised.

Radio France Internationale

Russian troops pound Donbas as Ukraine war enters 100th day

Moscow has seized about a fifth of Ukrainian territory since its invasion and vows to continue ‘until all goals are achieved’

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Myanmar court says Suu Kyi election fraud trial can continue

A court in Myanmar has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the trial of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on an election fraud charge to continue

The Independent UK

Canada says ‘unprofessional’ China is buzzing its military aircraft in international airspace

Chinese aircraft reportedly approached those of Canada several times between 26 April and 26 May when it was monitoring North Korea sanction evasions

The Independent UK

Iran vows 'immediate response' to any Western move against it at IAEA

Iran vowed on Friday to show an "immediate response" to any move against it by the United States and European countries at the U.N. nuclear watchdog IAEA, Iranian state media reported.

Reuters

100 days in, UN says Russia-Ukraine war ‘will have no winner’

The UN crisis coordinator for Ukraine says war is costly for both Kyiv and Moscow and calls for an end to hostilities.

Al Jazeera

Turkey officially changes its name to Türkiye at United Nations

Turkey will henceforth be known as Türkiye at the United Nations, following a formal request from Ankara. President Erdogan has long pushed for using the Turkish language name rather than the English one associated with a bird and failure.

Radio France Internationale

China ‘one of the worst abusers of religious freedom in the world’, says US

China has been designated ‘country of particular concern’ regarding religious rights every year since 1999

The Independent UK

Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns

Intelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terrorists

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Starmer urges PM to request India release UK citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

Labour leader writes to Boris Johnson after UN working group declared Johal’s five-year detention arbitrary

Reuters

No end to Ukraine war in sight, hunger crisis looms - UN

United Nations officials warned on Friday that a protracted war in Ukraine threatened a hunger crisis in the country and around the world.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Raises Iran Concerns with Visiting UN Nuclear Chief

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Iran of deceiving the international community about its atomic activities as he met with the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Friday. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, paid a brief visit to Israel, which has long accused Iran…

Daily Record

Turkey officially changes name and rebrands to move away from 'negative meaning'

The country wants to move away from 'negative meaning' from the bird and other connotations.

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The Independent UK

Israel raises Iran concerns with visiting UN nuclear chief

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has accused Iran of deceiving the international community about its atomic activities

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: Taliban Faces Threat from ISIS, New Resistance

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaeda as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the ISIS extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel, UN experts said in a new report. The experts said in the report…

Reuters

Food prices dip in May, cereal output set to decline, U.N. agency says

World food prices dipped in May for a second consecutive month after hitting a record high in March, although the cost of cereals and meat both rose, the United Nations' food agency said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Three years on, still no justice for Sudan ‘massacre’ victims

Families ask for accountability after at least 120 people were killed at a sit-in protest by security forces in 2019.

Reuters

Exclusive-Ukraine investigates deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide

Prosecutors investigating war crimes cases in Ukraine are examining allegations of the forcible deportation of children to Russia since the invasion as they seek to build a genocide indictment, the country’s top prosecutor said in an interview.

Asharq Al-Awsat

At 100 Days, Russia-Ukraine War by the Numbers

One hundred days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought the world a near-daily drumbeat of gut wrenching scenes: Civilian corpses in the streets of Bucha; a blown-up theater in Mariupol; the chaos at a Kramatorsk train station in the wake of a Russian missile strike. Those images…

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

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