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‘History proves’ that Rwanda plan won’t work and UK must reconsider, new UN human rights chief says

The government cannot offshore responsibility to another state, Volker Türk says

Evening Standard

Russia readies for another U.N. fight over Syria aid deliveries

Russia laid the groundwork on Wednesday for another fight over whether the U.N. Security Council should renew approval of humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to about 4 million people in northwestern Syria, which is due to expire on Jan. 10.

Reuters

WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China

The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy

The Independent UK

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Somalia repatriates troops from Eritrea after protests over recruitment

Somalia has begun repatriating troops it said it sent for training in neighbouring Eritrea, after protests in several Somali cities over accusations that they had been recruited under false pretences and held captive.

Reuters

‘My heart is bleeding’: Afghan women devastated by university ban

The Taliban’s decision to suspend women from accessing higher education has extinguished a rare source of hope for many.

Al Jazeera

Co-governance plan kicked down the road to 2024

The Cabinet agreed on Monday that ministers wouldn’t receive any further reports on developing a draft plan in response to the United Nations declaration until 2024, @jo_moir reports

Newsroom.co.nz

Biodiversity treaty: UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction

A major biodiversity conference, recently concluded in Montreal, Canada, was billed as the event that will decide the “fate of the entire living world”. All well then that the meeting closed with what has been hailed as a “historic” breakthrough: a deal to protect 30% of all land and water…

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Ukraine war: Moscow and Kyiv are talking – just not about peace

At the G20 summit in Bali in November, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new ten-point plan to end hostilities. He demands nothing less than the withdrawal of Russian troops from all of Ukraine, including Crimea and other areas of the country occupied by the Russians since 2014. And the…

The Conversation

Taliban threaten women at gunpoint after education ban order

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government barred women from attending universities across the country and enforced the order at gunpoint in some places, disregarding global condemnation and inflicting another blow to half its population’s rights.

Tribune News Service

Pakistan's premier urges global aid for 20M flood victims

Pakistan’s prime minister is urging the international community to give his country desperately needed aid to help 20 million flood victims survive the harsh winter

The Independent UK

Reaction to Taliban-led Afghanistan suspending university access for women

Afghanistan's Taliban-run government on Tuesday suspended university access for female students, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and complicating efforts by the Taliban administration to gain international recognition.

Reuters

Wounded Irish Peacekeeper Will Be Evacuated from Lebanon

A wounded Irish UN peacekeeper in Lebanon was transferred on Wednesday from a hospital to Beirut's international airport to be medically evacuated to Ireland. Unidentified attackers opened fire on 22-year-old Pvt. Shane Kearney and three other Irish soldiers with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) last week as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Stresses Importance of Reviving JCPOA Based on Vienna Talks

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell held talks on Tuesday with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ahead of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership in Amman, Jordan. Iran’s top negotiator in the nuclear talks, Ali Bagheri Kani, and the bloc’s coordinator,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Female Students Turned Away from Afghan Universities after Taliban Ban

Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education. The decision to bar women was announced on Tuesday evening in a letter to universities from the higher education ministry, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and…

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The Guardian - UK

Qatar’s forgotten migrant workers stuck in a ‘prison where you can work’

The migrant labour camps in Qatar are harsh places and feel in a different universe from the Lusail Stadium

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen’s Al-Alimi Reiterates Demand for Int’l Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi reiterated on Tuesday his country’s demands for the international community to designate the Iran-backed Houthi militias as terrorist. Al-Alimi received in Riyadh a delegation of the European Parliament headed by the Chair of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, David McAllister.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Half a century of oil spills in Nigeria’s Ogoniland

Since oil was discovered in commercial quantities in Nigeria in 1958, thousands of oil spill incidents have happened.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Dervishes on mystic Rumi's path whirl for God

The robes of Turkey's whirling dervishes symbolize funeral shrouds, the cloaks a tomb and the hats a tombstone

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Radio France Internationale

France denounces Rwanda backing of M23 rebels over DRC killings

France has openly condemned Rwanda's support for the M23 rebel movement in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are suspected of massacring at least 131 civilians in late November.

The Independent UK

Irish soldier injured in Lebanon attack returns home

Private Shane Kearney was hurt in the attack that killed Private Sean Rooney.

The Independent UK

UN official warns against new Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

A senior U.N. official is urging the international community to prevent Armenia and Azerbaijan from resuming their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as the two countries accused each other of violating a Russian-brokered peace agreement

ABC News

Women barred from university education in Afghanistan, Taliban release two detained Americans in 'good will' gesture

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers order an indefinite ban on university education for women in the latest edict cracking down on women's rights and freedoms.

Reuters

Ukrainian groups to get new UN funds as winter looms

Ukrainians shivering under bombs, frost and power outages will soon get more help from a fund that funnels money to volunteers, community groups and civil society organizations, a United Nations humanitarian leader said Tuesday.

Reuters

U.N. Security Council eases weapons embargo on DR Congo

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday eased a weapons embargo meant to stem rebel fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and renewed a peacekeeping mission there for another year.

Al Jazeera

Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan

The US and Britain criticised the ban, which the Taliban says preserves “national interest” and women’s “honour”

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