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Ukraine war: Explosive-laden car was on blown-up Kakhovka Dam, drone photo shows

Ukraine says photos are evidence Russia had the means to bring down the Kakhovka Dam

Evening Standard

Living la vida yoga: India's Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International Yoga Day on Wednesday at the United Nations’ Secretariat in New York, millions of Indians will take note

The Independent UK

'A fighting chance': UN adopts first-ever treaty to protect high seas marine life

Members of the United Nations adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas on Monday, with the UN's chief hailing the historic agreement as giving the ocean “a fighting chance.”

France 24

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UN members adopt first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas

Members of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas

The Independent UK

UN complains Russia won't let aid workers into areas hit by dam collapse in southern Ukraine

The United Nations is rebuking Moscow for allegedly denying its aid workers access to Russian-occupied areas affected by the recent Kakhova dam collapse in southern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Mali votes in constitutional referendum to pave way for elections

The military rulers vow a return to civilian rule, but opponents argue the changes would give president excessive power.

Al Jazeera

UN steps up criticism of IMF and World Bank, the other pillars of the post-World War II global order

From the ashes of World War II, three institutions were created as linchpins of a new global order

The Independent UK

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Dominican Republic denies Canada consulted on Haitian aid office

Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez has cast doubt on a proposal for a Canadian-led aid bureau on Dominican territory.

Al Jazeera

Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’

The West African nation’s military rulers criticised MINUSMA’s ‘failure’ to respond to security challenges.

Al Jazeera

The path to a new and imminent U.S.-Iran nuclear deal

The proposed fresh nuclear deal agreement between the United States and Iran is being seen by Iranian officials as a “political ceasefire”

The Hindu

Myanmar junta-backed media slams 'rotten' United Nations

YANGON: Myanmar state media condemned the United Nations as "rotten" on Friday, days after the UN special envoy for the country stepped down and the world body slammed curbs on aid for cyclone survivors.

Bangkok Post

PM Modi to lead International Yoga Day celebrations at U.N. headquarters on June 21

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the celebrations of the International Day of Yoga at the headquarters of the United Nations during his State visit to the U.S. on June 21.

The Hindu

UN chief says fossil fuels 'incompatible with human survival'

The head of the United Nations launched a tirade against fossil fuel companies Thursday, accusing them of betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival.”

France 24

Families of missing Syrians urge UN to create institution for the 'disappeared'

Three Syrians whose family members were forcibly disappeared during the civil war were at the United Nations this week to lobby for the creation of an Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic. The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution calling for the…

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The Independent UK

UN requires delegates at climate talks to reveal affiliation in effort to curb lobbying by Big Oil

The United Nations will require delegates attending the global body’s annual climate summit to disclose their affiliation in an effort to clamp down on undue influence by fossil fuel companies and others

Bangkok Post

A third of domestic workers in Malaysia in forced labour conditions

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly a third of migrant workers employed in domestic households in Malaysia are working under forced labour conditions, according to a survey released by the United Nations' labour agency on Thursday.

The Hindu

Indian security forces partisan; Manipur groups write to UN

The 15 organisations underlined the “breach of inter-community ties and peace” in Manipur and elsewhere in the northeast

Radio France Internationale

What will the UN high seas treaty mean for protecting the ocean?

The world's first international treaty on the high seas, set to be adopted by the United Nations on Monday, contains landmark tools for the conservation and management of international waters.

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Bangkok Post

UN's Security Council selects 5 new members

In one of the more predictable rites of spring at the United Nations, the Security Council has elected, or actually selected, five new non-permanent members to serve on the powerful 15-member council. While this year's contest lacked some of the drama, debate and deliberation of the past, there were some…

Tribune News Service

UN warns of possible crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region

The United Nations warned of possible crimes against humanity in Sudan’s Darfur region, which has been riven by conflict since 2003 and is now the scene of continuous attacks against civilians based on their ethnicity.

Tribune News Service

Nikki Haley vows to pardon Trump on documents charges if he’s convicted and she’s elected

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that if she becomes president, she would pardon former president Donald Trump for crimes related to his improper handling of classified documents, if Trump is ultimately convicted.

Radio France Internationale

'Not being at the table has had a cost': United States asks to rejoin Unesco

The United States plans to rejoin Unesco, the United Nations' cultural organisation, five years after the previous administration withdrew its membership over funding requirements and alleged bias against Israel.

The Independent UK

UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen

The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster

The Independent UK

UN chief calls for coordinated global action on disinformation, hate and artificial intelligence

The United Nations chief says the proliferation of hate and lies on digital platforms and the threat that artificial intelligence can become an uncontrolled “monster” demand coordinated global action

The Hindu

In Cyprus no-man's land, owls come to the rescue of farmers

The rodents that once ran rampant in the decades since the no-man’s land in Cyrpus was created and destroyed crops are being driven out by owls

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