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Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here's why

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 billion a year.

The Conversation

Iran Complains To UN About Netanyahu’s ‘Nuclear Threat’

Iran's ambassador accuses Israel of violating international law and jeopardizing global security.

Zenger

Many powerful leaders skipped the UN this year. That created space for emerging voices to rise

Togo’s foreign minister wasn’t having any of it

The Independent UK

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US and Kenya sign defence deal ahead of possible Haiti mission

Kenyan Defence Minister Aden Duale says country ready to deploy to Haiti to help tackle gang violence.

Al Jazeera

North Korea calls South's leader a 'guy with a trash-like brain' as it slams his UN speech

North Korea has called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a guy with a trash-like brain” and “a diplomatic idiot” as it blasted him for using a U.N. speech to issue a warning over the North’s deepening military ties with Russia

The Independent UK

India had been riding a geopolitical high. But it comes to the UN with a mess on its hands

The recent G20 Summit hosted by India couldn't have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Independent UK

Russian foreign minister lashes out at the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

Russia's top diplomat denounced the United States and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure, but he didn't discuss his country's war in Ukraine in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

France 24

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Zelensky meets Sudanese official during ‘technical stopover’ in Ireland

It came as he travelled back to Europe from North America, where he addressed the UN Security Council.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 575 of the invasion

Russia strikes at least six cities across Ukraine in biggest attack since August; Poland will no longer arm Ukraine, says prime minister

The Guardian - AU

Stripping Russia's veto power on the Security Council is all but impossible. Perhaps we should expect less from the UN instead

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lambasted the UN Security Council yet again, saying in a speech this week that as long as Russia has veto power on the body, it will remain powerless to do anything to stop the war in Ukraine – or any other conflict.

The Conversation

AU and G20: membership will give Africa more say on global issues – if it speaks with one voice

After seven years of advocating for full membership, the African Union (AU) will join the Group of 20 “most important industrialised and developing economies”. It becomes the second regional bloc to join the group after the 27-member European Union (EU).

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UN meeting set as US, France seek to halt Karabakh fighting

The UN Security Council on Tuesday scheduled an urgent meeting as France and the United States led efforts to stop a military operation by Azerbaijan in the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Radio France Internationale

Biden urges UN Security Council to authorise international mission to Haiti

US president calls for approval of a ‘security support mission’ as Caribbean nation faces deadly gang violence.

Al Jazeera

Russian abduction of Ukrainian children is ‘genocide’, Zelensky tells UN

US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took centre-stage at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to address world leaders on the war in Ukraine that has divided the global body. Biden has urged world leaders to stand with Kyiv against Russian aggression, while also touching on Washington's…

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Jaishankar presents strong case for for permanent seat for India on UN security council

Presenting a strong case for a permanent seat for India on the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar opined on Sunday that the UN should be prepared for “reform” in this regard.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks require proper response, PM Modi tells Ministers at informal meeting; Ready to hold polls as per legal provisions, CEC on ‘one nation, one election’, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

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Blocking blacklisting of terrorists smacks of doublespeak: India

India has told the UN Security Council that blocking evidence-based proposals to blacklist globally sanctioned terrorists without providing justifications is uncalled for and “smacks of doublespeak”

Al Jazeera

What’s next for security in Somalia after the AU mission ends?

The Somali government believes its army will be ready for the 2024 withdrawal of AU forces, but others aren’t so sure.

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Brics expansion: six more nations are set to join – what they’re buying into

One key outcome of the 15th Brics summit, hosted by South Africa, is the decision to invite six more countries to join the group with effect from January 2024. They are Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. All six had applied for membership. The enlargement…

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Nagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics

Wars have consequences – and they are drastically different for the winners and losers.

Al Jazeera

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26.

The Hindu

Greece appreciates India’s consistent position on Cyprus: Ambassador Ioannou

‘The two countries are building the relationship on very solid ground,’ the envoy said on the strategic convergence between India and Greece in security and defence

Radio France Internationale

UN force leaves base in northern Mali early due to insecurity

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali has brought forward its withdrawal from a base in the north of the country due to deteriorating security conditions.

Al Jazeera

Armenia calls for UN help on Nagorno-Karabakh’s humanitarian situation

Armenian diplomat accuses Azerbaijan of blocking the only available road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.

The Independent UK

With Nagorno-Karabakh under blockade for 8 months, Armenia seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting

Armenia is calling on the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mostly populated by Armenians

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