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UN seeks ICJ opinion on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

The resolution will see International Court of Justice give opinion on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.

Al Jazeera

UN seeks court opinion on 'violation' of Palestinian rights

The U.N. General Assembly has asked the U.N.’s highest judicial body to give its opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem

The Independent UK

U.N. asks World Court to give opinion on Israel's occupation

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Friday asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give an opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Reuters

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Many women's rights were taken away in 2022, but global feminist solidarity is on the rise

Looking back on 2022, women's rights regressed in many areas, but experts and advocates remain hopeful as a wave of feminist solidarity sweeps the globe and young people risk their lives to say, "Enough is enough."

ABC News

Energy crisis, water quality concerns and COP27 - Ireland's environmental wins and losses in 2022

We took a look back at the main environmental stories over the past 12 months to see what improvements have been made and where there’s still work to do

Irish Mirror

Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced By Myanmar Court For 7 More Years In Prison, Her Total Jail Term Now 33 Years

A military court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison on charges of corruption, taking her total jail term to 33 years. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Japan to employ 'rule of law' against Russia in UNSC seat

Japan will serve as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council for two years starting in January 2023. It is Japan's first time to be elected to the role in six years and its 12th time overall, more than any other nonpermanent member.

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Northern Ireland-born cybercrime expert says Troubles experience sparked global career

"I spent much of my time jumping between Vienna, New York, Beijing and Bangkok"

Birmingham Post

UN says armed raids force 30,000 to flee homes in South Sudan

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that armed raids in a region of South Sudan plagued by ethnic clashes have forced around 30,000 civilians to flee their homes.

Radio France Internationale

A court in Myanmar again finds Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption

A court's conviction against Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her with 33 years to serve in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since her government was toppled in February 2021.

WEKU

Court in Myanmar Again Finds Suu Kyi Guilty of Corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday convicted the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption, sentencing her to seven years in prison in the last of a string of criminal cases against her, a legal official said. The court’s action leaves her with a total of 33…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on

Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence shows the Kremlin’s troops have waged total war, with disregard for international laws governing the treatment of civilians and conduct on the battlefield

The Independent UK

Male students, professors walk out of Afghan universities to protest ban on female students

Male students and professors in Afghanistan join calls to allow women to return to classrooms after the Taliban administration bans women from universities and from working for non-governmental organisations.

ABC News

All the world's a stage

Global issues such as the Russian-Ukraine war affected countries around the world, and Thailand, as the host of the Apec summit, was no exception.

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Brazil’s Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva

Reuters

U.N. aid chief to visit Afghanistan over female aid worker ban

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths will visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks and seek to meet the highest possible officials within the Taliban-led administration after it banned female aid workers, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

G7 Tells Taliban to ‘Urgently Reverse’ Ban on Women Aid Workers

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan's aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The hardliners also barred women from attending universities earlier this month,…

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva as environment minister

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Doctors forced to reuse surgical equipment as medical supplies run short in country

Doctors have shared their heartbreak at having to turn away patients and reuse medical equipment in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

Asharq Al-Awsat

30,000 Flee Ethnic Violence in South Sudan, Says UN

Armed raids in a region of South Sudan plagued by ethnic clashes have forced around 30,000 civilians to flee their homes, the UN's emergency response agency said Thursday as international partners demanded an end to the violence. On December 24, armed men from Jonglei state, an eastern region beset by…

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Northern Ireland born cybercrime expert says Troubles experience sparked global career

"I spent much of my time jumping between Vienna, New York, Beijing and Bangkok"

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen, Solutions... Arab Coalition Opens Doors, Iran Closes Them

It is not possible to explain the events of the year 2022 in Yemen without returning to a “golden day”, after which the defense equation led by the Arab Coalition and the Yemeni Armed Forces changed. The day was November 21, 2021. It was after that day that Houthi military…

Reuters

Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives.

Liverpool Echo

UK’s goal to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030 'at risk', warns charity

Sahir House claims the two biggest threats the UK faces to achieving its goal are “complacency and funding cuts”

ABC News

Indian police launch criminal investigation into mysterious death of Russian oligarch

Pavel Antov — a Russian politician and businessman who made his fortune in the sausage industry — died suddenly during a holiday in India this week.

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