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Syria's Assad meets senior Arab lawmakers in Damascus

A delegation of senior Arab parliamentarians met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday, another sign of thawing ties after more than a decade of isolation over the conflict in Syria.

Reuters

Voting continues in Nigeria, a day after polls due to close

More people in Nigeria have cast ballots even though voting in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections had been supposed to end on Saturday

The Independent UK

German Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We Care About the Path of Reform in Saudi Arabia, Ready to Support it

The spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry in the Middle East and North Africa, Dennis Kumetat, stressed that Germany and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia share a “deep” partnership. “Berlin is following with interest the political and social reform processes initiated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, which would…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia, Iran sending top envoys to UN's human rights council

The latest session of the Human Rights Council opens Monday with the U.N. secretary-general joining three presidents to speak, and foreign ministers from countries including France, Germany and Iran set to attend

The Independent UK

20 years since war began in Sudan’s Darfur, suffering continues

Two decades since a devastating genocide began, Darfur is still plagued by violence and displacement.

Al Jazeera

NATO taking part in Ukraine conflict with arms supplies, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused NATO members on Sunday of taking part in the Ukraine conflict by donating arms to the country and said the West planned to break up Russia. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

France 24

'My wife and baby son are sleeping on the streets in Turkey'

"My family is too scared to go back into their house, all the walls are cracked and crumbling”

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G20 Warns War Repercussions Exacerbate Global Economy Fragility

Finance ministers of the world's largest economies on Saturday strongly condemned Moscow's war on Ukraine, with only China and Russia refusing to sign a joint statement. India, the current chair of the Group of Twenty (G20), was reluctant to raise the issue of the war, but Western countries insisted they…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Threatens to Punish Shipping Companies Cooperating with Houthis

The Yemeni government threatened to revoke the licenses and block any shipping company cooperating with the Houthi militia. Ports of Aden Corporation sent a letter to two shipping companies, warning against shipping towards Hodeidah port, stressing that the two companies approval to divert their shipping routes to Hodeidah "is a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Observer view on the dubious excuses for not backing the UN resolution on the Ukraine invasion

Political calculation, national self-interest and moral confusion lie behind many of the abstainers’ excuses for not taking a firm position on Russia

The Guardian - UK

Hunger Still Blights the Lives of Sudan's Children

In Sudan's sprawling Kalma camp for the displaced, Ansaf Omar lives with the gut-wrenching guilt of losing her toddler to a food crisis that has hit millions of people nationwide. "I am severely malnourished so I couldn't breastfeed him," said Omar, 34, a month after her one-and-half-year-old child died in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia's UN diplomat accuses West of arm twisting in vote isolating Moscow

Russia's senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of "cowboy" methods and "arm twisting" of some countries during last week's United Nations General Assembly vote that demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine.

Reuters

UN food agency chief tells of 'apocalyptic' scenes in quake-hit Turkey

The head of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Saturday he was confronted with "apocalyptic" scenes as he visited earthquake-stricken areas in southern Turkey.

Reuters

Clinical psychologist warns Daniel Duggan’s detention conditions ‘extreme and ‘inhumane’ as wife launches UN complaint

Former US marine’s segregated, maximum security imprisonment is unjustified, wife says

The Guardian - AU

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The earthquake that rocked Syria devastated millions already ravaged by war. Their dictator Bashar al-Assad saw an opportunity

From Vogue photoshoots to lunch with Brangelina, Syria's brutal ruling couple once tried to buy influence. After a decade as international pariahs, will they use a natural disaster to stage their return to the world stage?

The Independent UK

Nigeria voters still lining up after voting was due to close

People are still lined up nearly two hours after voting was supposed to close in Nigeria during the country’s presidential and parliamentary election which opened with large delays

The Independent UK

Ukraine war improved opinion of LGBT+ community, KyivPride shelter manager says

Jul Sirous and Olha Onipko help run a shelter providing temporary housing for LGBTQ+ refugees of the Ukraine war.

ABC News

Former US pilot Daniel Duggan's 'degrading' Australian prison conditions raised with United Nations

Daniel Duggan, an Australian citizen, was arrested in October by federal police in NSW at the request of American authorities, who accuse him of helping train the Chinese military to fly jet fighters.

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The Independent UK

Refugees, mass graves and liberation: A year on the ground in Ukraine – in pictures from The Independent’s Bel Trew

Across multiple trips since the start of Russia’s invasion, Bel Trew has been charting the devastating impact of the war on people all over Ukraine

France 24

Xenophobia grows amidst raids and repeated attacks on sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia

Tunisian law enforcement has launched a wave of repression against the country’s sub-Saharan African population, carrying out random identity checks and sometimes violently arresting them, leaving their children abandoned and offering no access to any kind of legal support. Xenophobic and racist sentiments have also been circulating widely on Tunisian…

Radio France Internationale

Macron to visit China in early April, calls for Beijing pressure on Moscow

The French leader Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he will visit China in early April. The president called on Beijing to help the countries in the western alliance put pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting to discuss China’s peace plan

On the one-year anniversary of the war, China attempted to reiterate its neutrality as it urged all parties to “stay rational and exercise restraint”.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow cuts oil supply to Poland – as it happened

Comments from French president come after Joe Biden said it was ‘not rational’ for Beijing to be negotiating a peace deal

Asharq Al-Awsat

G20 Finance Chiefs Differ on Debt, Russia-Ukraine War

Finance leaders of the world's biggest economies were entangled in differences on Saturday over the war in Ukraine and on resolving the debt burden of distressed developing nations, participants said. The meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the Group of 20 (G20), hosted by India, was likely…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ilham Ahmed to Asharq Al-Awsat: Giving Legitimacy to Syrian Regime Will Not Yield Political Solution

Head of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Ilham Ahmed said cooperating with the Damascus regime “unconditionally” will only grant it some form of legitimacy and will not lead to a political solution to the Syrian conflict. Her remarks reflect the SDC’s opposition to Arab and regional efforts to normalize ties…

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