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U.S. asks U.N. Security Council to meet on Russia, Ukraine

The United States has asked that the United Nations Security Council meet publicly on Monday to discuss Russia's "threatening behavior" against Ukraine and its troop build-up on Ukraine's borders and in Belarus, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said on Thursday.

Reuters

Sanctions: a brief history from Ancient Greece to Vladimir Putin's Russia

Faced with the imminent possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and what appears to be a deteriorating diplomatic stand-off, NATO and other western allies are again turning to sanctions in the absense of other viable options. Since the second world war governments around the world have turned to sanctions…

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European Mali mission sets 2-week deadline for new plan - Danish defence minister

The European military mission fighting Islamist militants in Mali will forge a new plan of action within two weeks after the country's ruling military junta demanded the withdrawal of Danish special forces, Denmark's defence minister said on Friday.

Reuters

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‘We just sleep and hope we don’t perish’: 2m in Tigray in urgent need of food – UN

Aid workers call for ‘humanitarian pause’ so crucial supplies can be delivered, after first assessment of hunger in the region since war broke out

The Guardian - UK

Almost 40% of Tigrayans suffer ‘extreme lack of food’, WFP warns

Agency sounds alarm about record 9 million people in need of food aid across northern Ethiopia’s 3 conflict-hit regions.

Al Jazeera

Japan to Nominate Mines for UNESCO List despite South Korean Protest

Japan is set to nominate several mines for consideration as world heritage sites by UNESCO, its prime minister said on Friday, despite protests from South Korea that the move is inappropriate as forced laborers were used there in World War Two. Japan's cultural affairs agency selected the gold and silver…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron phones Putin in attempt to diffuse Ukraine tensions

French President Emmanuel Macron will speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone on Friday. France's Foreign Ministry says Paris will assess whether Moscow wants "consultations or confrontation" over the growing tensions in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

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Pedersen Disappointed with ‘Strategic Stalemate’ in Syria’s Political Process

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, briefed on Wednesday the Security Council on the latest developments in Syria and his diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US, Russia at Odds on Extending UN Libya Mission

Russia and the United States were deadlocked Thursday over extending the UN mission in Libya, which ends January 31, with Moscow demanding the secretary-general’s American special advisor on Libya be replaced, diplomats said. The vote on a resolution proposed by the United Kingdom to extend the UN’s Libya mission, UNSMIL,…

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Australia Pledges $704 Million to Save Great Barrier Reef

The Australian government on Friday pledged to spend another 1 billion Australian dollars ($704 million) over nine years on improving the health of the Great Barrier Reef after stalling a UNESCO decision on downgrading the natural wonder’s World Heritage status. Critics argue the investment is a bid to improve the…

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Bachelet visit must guarantee full access to China's Xinjiang - spokesperson

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is in talks with China for a possible visit in the first half of 2022, but it must be "meaningful, with unsupervised access" to the Xinjiang region, her spokesperson Rupert Colville told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters

Quint Meeting Stresses Need to Hold Houthis Accountable for Terrorist Acts

Senior representatives of the Governments of Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America (The Quint), strongly denounced the terrorist Houthi attacks on Yemeni civilians and the heinous attacks on Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia pledges $704 million to save Great Barrier Reef

The Australian government has pledged to spend another 1 billion Australian dollars ($704 million) over nine years on improving the health of the Great Barrier Reef after stalling a UNESCO decision on downgrading the natural wonder’s World Heritage status

The Independent UK

Myanmar lost 1.6 million jobs in 2021 amid COVID, coup: ILO

International Labour Organization says Southeast Asian country’s labour market remains fragile after tumultuous year.

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UN: Syria Prison Attack Shows Need to Deal With ISIS Detainees

The attack by ISIS militants on a Syrian prison holding around 3,000 of its fighters and about 700 children is a predictable tragedy spotlighting the need for urgent international action to deal with those allegedly linked to the extremist group in prisons and camps in the country’s northeast, the UN…

Reuters

China says UN rights chief welcome in Xinjiang but not for investigation

China's foreign ministry said the United Nations human rights chief is welcome to visit Xinjiang but not for the purpose of an investigation, when asked about a report the commissioner was invited to come in the first half of 2022.

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Syria Kurds Hunt Down Extremists after Prison Attack

Kurdish-led forces on Thursday found dozens of extremists holed up in a Syrian prison during mop-up operations after recapturing the facility from ISIS group fighters. An ISIS assault on the sprawling Ghwayran prison complex near the city of Hasakeh on January 20 sparked six days of fighting, in violence that…

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WHO head Tedros faces a challenge all humanitarians know well

In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) appointed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as its director general. He’s the first African and the first person from the global south to occupy this high office.

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US Refers Ukraine Crisis to UN Security Council

The United States said it has called for an open meeting of the UN Security Council next Monday to address the crisis around Ukraine due to what it called "threatening behavior" by Russia. "More than 100,000 Russian troops are deployed on the Ukrainian border and Russia is engaging in other…

Al Jazeera

UN human rights chief allowed to visit Xinjiang after Olympics

South China Morning Post reported that Beijing approved Bachelet’s trip on the condition that it should be ‘friendly’.

Reuters

China agrees to Xinjiang visit by U.N. rights chief in early 2022-South China Morning Post

China has agreed to let the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report in the South China Morning Post which cited unnamed sources.

AAP

Australia seeks briefing on WHO 'racism'

Health Minister Greg Hunt says he will seek advice on claims that a key World Health Organisation director in the region has engaged in racist behaviour.

Daily Record

Refugee doctor would work in Perthshire but for now home is a metal container in Greece

While communities in Perthshire complain of a shortage of trained doctors, one professional who had to flee from Iran is queuing for a daily food ration in a Greek migration camp, unable to come to the UK without a bureaucratic miracle.

Al Jazeera

How will US respond to 9/11 victims seeking frozen Afghan funds?

Biden administration faces looming deadline to give position on matter regarding $7bn held at New York Federal Reserve.

Al Jazeera

Biden warns of possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in February

US requests an open United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the crisis over Ukraine.

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