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U.S.-Iran war in numbers: Thousands dead, billions spent, and the global economy in crisis

One month after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the Middle Eastern conflict continues to spiral with no clear end in sight. James C. Reynolds reports on the mounting costs

The Independent UK

EU calls for Black Sea grain model to unblock Strait of Hormuz, EU envoy tells Euronews

Brussels has urged a Black Sea-style grain deal to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, while backing GCC self-defence and deepening security ties amid the Iran war.

Euronews

Migrant boat capsizes leaving at least 9 dead and 45 missing

The tragedy was the latest in a series of shipwrecks between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

The Independent UK

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UN’s landmark slavery ruling energises African Union’s fight for reparations

Despite resistance from states who had role in chattel slavery, many feel this is an idea whose time has come

The Guardian - UK

War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story

The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas flow – is at a virtual standstill. Oil prices have climbed, briefly topping US$119 a barrel.

The Conversation

A war of regression: how Trump bombed the US into a worse position with Iran

Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the US has blundered into a defining strategic failure

The Guardian - UK

Scathing UN report calls on Syria to investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze last year

A U.N. inquiry says Syria shows no sign it has investigated alleged abuses by its forces during deadly sectarian clashes in Sweida province

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'This is an invasion': Lebanon sounds alarm over Israeli operations

Lebanon’s Culture Minister Ghassan Salamé told Euronews' flagship show Europe Today that Israel’s actions in the country's south amount to an “invasion” with entire villages destroyed and over 1 million people displaced.

Euronews

123 Countries Back UN Call for Slavery Reparations: US and Israel Among Only Three to Vote No

The UN resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as a grave crime against humanity gains support, urging reparations and apologies

International Business Times UK

Rapper Balendra Shah sworn in as Nepal’s youngest prime minister

Former Kathmandu mayor seen as symbol of change in Himalayan country roiled by political instability and corruption

The Independent UK

Somali children are 'on the edge' as hunger spreads. UNICEF says Iran war has worsened the crisis

Mothers in a displacement camp in southern Somalia struggle to keep their children alive as drought and aid disruptions deepen hunger, a crisis that now also has a link to the far-away Iran war

The Independent UK

Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran with no sign of diplomatic breakthrough

Israel has launched a wave of strikes on Iran ahead of a planned U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure

The Independent UK

Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban

Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups have criticised the new gender eligibility guidelines as ‘a blunt and discriminatory response’

The Guardian - AU

Trump says he’s signing an order instructing DHS to pay TSA agents to stop ‘chaos at the airports’ amid 40-day funding shutdown

TSA agents have been working without pay amid the ongoing DHS shutdown, with long lines across the country

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César Chavez Day events renamed, postponed or canceled after sexual abuse allegations

Allegations that César Chavez sexually abused women and girls are reshaping how many communities honor him

The Independent UK

Conflict in eastern Congo is escalating with use of heavy weapons and drones, UN warns

The United Nations’ acting top envoy for Congo has warned the U.N. Security Council that the conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo is escalating and expanding

The Independent UK

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned from Olympics, speaks at United Nations

Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations

The Independent UK

Better Home & Finance, Coinbase to offer mortgage backed by cryptocurrencies

Prospective homebuyers who have invested in certain cryptocurrencies will be able to use their holdings as collateral to fund their down payment on a home as part of a new mortgage offering

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Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison

Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility

Euronews

Countries deploying growing number of nuclear weapons, international monitors warn

Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states have started increasing their arsenals or have announced plans to do so, according to authors of the annual Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor report.

The Independent UK

Iran starts to formalize its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz with a 'toll booth' regime

Iran is cementing its hold over the Strait of Hormuz, demanding vessels give up detailed information and detour into Iranian waters before being vetted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

The Independent UK

Sex assault victim dies by euthanasia after lengthy court battle with parents

Noelia Castillo, 25, was left a paraplegic after an earlier suicide attempt

The Independent UK

European country ‘confirms foreign influence’ in recent election

While the statement did not name the agency in question, the allegations have cast a shadow over an election that concluded with no clear winner

Euronews

Swedish prosecutors seek prison for oil executives over alleged Sudan war crimes

Prosecutors said the accused men were complicit because Lundin Oil had entered into agreements with Sudan's government to make the military responsible for security.

The Independent UK

What to know as Africans welcome UN vote on slavery reparations but questions remain

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being widely welcomed across Africa

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