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Assad regime’s grip on aid agencies in Syria must be addressed, says report

Resurgent Syria government forces control distribution and one militia has contract to rebuild city it destroyed, claims thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Nations to Review Harrowing Catalogue of Climate Impacts

Nearly 200 nations kick off a virtual UN meeting Monday to finalize what is sure to be a harrowing catalogue of climate change impacts -- past, present and future. Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, mosquito-borne disease, deadly heat, water shortages, and reduced crop yields are already measurably worse due to global…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Can the U.N. do more than just talk about Russia, Ukraine crisis?

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy on Russia's troop build-up near Ukraine as Washington warns Moscow could invade at any time.

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Exclusive-U.S. envoy to U.N. cancels Liberia trip to focus on Russia

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy over Russia's troop build-up near Ukraine, the U.S mission to the United Nations said.

Reuters

Man wants to apologise to police officer who shot him

The 51-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of having an imitation firearm

Liverpool Echo

Hamas Calls on Britain to End Free Trade Agreement with Israel

The Palestinian Hamas movement condemned the signing of a free trade agreement between Britain and the "Zionist Occupation State," the German News Agency reported. The movement said the agreement confirms that the UK continues to support the Israeli occupation and "its criminal and racist policies against the Palestinian people." In…

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Five UN staff abducted in southern Yemen while returning after field mission

‘United Nations is in close contact with the authorities to secure their release’

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Ukraine crisis live: Kyiv creates $592m fund to keep airspace open; UK defence secretary cuts short holiday – as it happened

Latest updates: Move comes as some airlines scrap flights amid tensions; Ben Wallace returning to UK due to situation

The Guardian - UK

Armed men kidnap five UN staff in southern Yemen

UN official says the organisation is working on releasing the staff, who were abducted on Friday in Abyan governorate.

Al Jazeera

Once Lebanon’s Center of Glamor, Hamra Street Goes Dark

From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years. Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamor in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses…

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Tunisia President Names New Temporary Supreme Judiciary Council

Tunisia's president issued a decree on Saturday to establish a provisional Supreme Judiciary Council, effectively replacing the present council, the Tunisian presidency announced on Facebook. Late last week President Kais Saied said he would issue a decree effectively dissolving the Supreme Judiciary Council, one of the last remaining institutions in…

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The Observer view on how Europe can step back from the brink of war

A united diplomatic front is the best weapon to persuade Vladimir Putin against invading Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Five U.N. staff abducted in southern Yemen

Five United Nations staff have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission, the United Nations said on Saturday.

Reuters

Taliban have detained 29 women and their families in Kabul, says US envoy

Report by senior diplomat Rina Amiri raises concerns about number of ‘unjust detentions’ in Afghanistan

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Afghans Protest US Order to Give $3.5B to 9/11 Victims

Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the US for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans. Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the…

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Armed Convoy Moves into Tripoli to Shore up Dbeibah

A convoy of fighters moved into Tripoli from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to shore up the interim prime minister amid a push by the parliament to oust him in favor of its own candidate. Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has sworn he will hand over power only…

Radio France Internationale

UN court orders Uganda to pay DR Congo €285 million in war damages

The UN's top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo 285 million euros over a war two decades ago. The sum represents just a fraction of what Kinshasa originally demanded.

Financial Times

What next after COP26? Gas crisis shadows the road from Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh

Energy price rises may work against climate leaders in delivering the green policies in time for COP27 in Egypt

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Lebanon: Int’l Pressure to Hold Parliamentary Elections on Time

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) has openly joined forces to push the Lebanese authorities to hold the parliamentary elections on their scheduled date on May 15. The ISG met in Beirut on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming polls. Echoing the recent Security Council press statement on…

The Guardian - AU

NSW byelections: ‘disappointing across the board’, Perrottet says after Coalition suffers double-digit swings

Labor and Coalition likely to win two super Saturday contests each, but final result unlikely to be known for at least a week

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Myanmar Junta Says to Free over 800 Prisoners

Myanmar's junta on Saturday announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners to mark the country's Union Day, as it held a parade and show of force in the capital. The country has been in turmoil since last year's coup, with mass protests and a subsequent military crackdown that has…

Radio France Internationale

World Radio Day and you!

This week The Sound Kitchen is offering up a delicious community meal: listeners from all over the world sent in their recorded World Radio Day greetings, and you sure don’t want to miss out on that. You’ll hear the answer to the question about the official working languages at the…

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UNIFIL Commander Urges Lebanon, Israel to Resume Talks on Blue Line

The head of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon has called on the Lebanese authorities and Israel to resume talks on the technical Blue Line to find agreements on a number of the contentious points along the Line. Major General Stefano Del Col chaired on Friday this year’s first Tripartite meeting with…

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Guterres Calls on 'All Parties' to 'Preserve Stability' in Libya

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Friday on "all parties to continue to preserve stability in Libya as a top priority," after the country found itself with two competing prime ministers, raising the specter of renewed violence. The secretary-general reminded "all institutions of the primary goal of holding national elections as…

The Independent UK

British journalist detained in Afghanistan released by Taliban

Former BBC South Asia correspondent Andrew North has been released, the PA news agency understands.

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