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Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens wheat harvest

With 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests before vast swarms form

The Guardian - UK

The Nakba at 75 – Palestinians' struggle to get recognition for their 'catastrophe'

On May 15, 2023, the United Nations will stage a high-level special meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – the mass displacement of around 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.

The Conversation

U.N. urges halt to Sudan conflict as fighting rumbles on despite talks

The U.N. on Thursday urged countries with influence in Africa to help end the conflict in Sudan after reported progress in ceasefire talks between the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Reuters

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‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s drawings expose the US’s depraved torture policy

Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release

The Guardian - US

Al Jazeera renews pledge to seek justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

The network demands accountability for the killing of its journalist on the first anniversary of her death.

Al Jazeera

Sudan refugee crisis: aid agencies face huge challenges as hundreds of thousands flee violence

Sudan stands on the brink of yet another civil war sparked by a confrontation between two generals: the head of Sudan’s Armed Forces, General Abdelfatah El-Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

The Conversation

Experts slam WA Premier Mark McGowan over ‘terrorism’ link to Banksia Hill detainees

The union that represents prison guards has called for a change in the way youth justice is approached in Western Australia.

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Iranian dissident put under 24-hour police protection in UK after threats to life

Exclusive: US-based Masih Alinejad says due to level of threat Met will be with her wherever she goes

The Guardian - UK

Western motion to monitor Sudan abuses ekes past at UN rights body

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday narrowly passed a motion to increase monitoring of human rights abuses in Sudan where hundreds of civilians have been killed since a conflict erupted last month.

Reuters

Project launched to triple area of UK’s temperate rainforest

A veteran of the war in Afghanistan who owns one of the remaining tracts of temperate rainforest in Britain has set up a charity to support the unique and biodiverse habitat. The Thousand Year Trust will work with landowners, farmers and charities to triple the area of temperate rainforest growing…

The Week

Sudan fighting in its 27th day: A list of key events

Sources report progress on mediation efforts in Jeddah as a hunger crisis looms for millions of Sudanese.

Al Jazeera

Hezbollah Builds 27 New Bases In Lebanon Under Cover Of Fake NGO

Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed on Monday that Hezbollah has in the past year constructed no fewer than 27 military posts along the Blue Line, a demarcation separating Israel and Lebanon

Zenger

SCO FMs' meet a success, security cooperation top priority: Secretary General Zhang Ming

The recent SCO Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Goa was a success and will lay a new mark on the growth of the eight-member bloc, its Secretary General Zhang Ming has said, asserting that security cooperation remains the top priority of the grouping.

The Hindu

UN condemns violence as Gaza militants fire hundreds of rockets amid deadly Israeli air strikes

Palestinian militants fire more than 400 rockets into Israel as Israel presses ahead with a series of deadly air strikes on the Gaza strip.

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Pakistan calls in army to quell unrest over Khan arrest

Pakistan's government has called in the army to help end deadly unrest following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan, warning protesters

Bangkok Post

Local community key to delivering Myanmar aid

Last month, I undertook a 10-day trip along the Thai-Myanmar border. In part its purpose was to explore further the nature and workings of the local governance structures which Scott Guggenheim and I had argued needed to be supported by the international community in our piece entitled "Taking risk and…

Reuters

UN chief condemns civilian deaths in Gaza, urges restraint by all

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned civilian deaths in Gaza as "unacceptable" and appealed for them to "stop immediately" and for all parties to exercise maximum restraint, Deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday.

The Hindu

China objects to proposal by India to blacklist Pak-based Jaish-e Mohammed leader Abdul Rauf Azhar at UN

China has objected to a proposal by India to blacklist senior Pakistan-based Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar at the United Nations Security Council.

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Turkish minister says Black Sea grain deal could be extended for two months

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday he thought the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal could be extended for at least two more months, as officials from the parties involved held the first day of talks on an extension in Istanbul.

Newsroom.co.nz

Right to healthy food back on the table

The resurrected Public Health Advisory Committee will tackle access to healthy food and other factors that shape our eating habits as its first major project.

Reuters

UN expert calls for urgent medical care for Russia's jailed Navalny

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture on Wednesday called on Russia to provide jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with "urgent and comprehensive" medical care following reports that his health wasd deteriorating.

The Conversation

Israel at 75: how inept British intelligence failed to contain Jewish independence groups

Before they were Israeli, the Jewish community of Palestine – the Yishuv – had been Britain’s close junior partner. A dispute over Britain’s restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1939, but was set aside during the struggle to defeat Hitler.

The Conversation

How the British press covered the establishment of Israel – I looked into the newspaper archives to find out

On the evening of May 14 1948, the People’s Council of the Jewish Community in Tel Aviv did not wait for the midnight expiry of Britain’s League of Nations mandate in Palestine. The mandate had given Britain administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan after the end of the…

Reuters

Banana fungus may worsen hunger crisis in Venezuela

A resistant fungus which wilts banana and plantain plants and infects soil could worsen the food crisis in Venezuela, where 6.5 million people already suffer hunger, growers groups and a United Nations agency say.

The Conversation

Namibia and South Africa's ruling parties share a heroic history - but their 2024 electoral prospects look weak

Namibian president Hage Geingob used his recent state visit to South Africa to also address a meeting of the national executive committee of the governing party, the African National Congress (ANC). This underscored the ANC’s historic ties to Namibia’s governing party, South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo).

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