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UN chief condemns civilian deaths in Gaza, urges restraint by all

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned civilian deaths in Gaza as "unacceptable" and appealed for them to "stop immediately" and for all parties to exercise maximum restraint, Deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 10, 2023

China objects to proposal by India to blacklist Pak-based Jaish-e Mohammed leader Abdul Rauf Azhar at UN

China has objected to a proposal by India to blacklist senior Pakistan-based Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar at the United Nations Security Council.

The Hindu · May 10, 2023

Turkish minister says Black Sea grain deal could be extended for two months

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday he thought the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal could be extended for at least two more months, as officials from the parties involved held the first day of talks on an extension in Istanbul.

Reuters · May 10, 2023

Namibia and South Africa's ruling parties share a heroic history - but their 2024 electoral prospects look weak

Namibian president Hage Geingob used his recent state visit to South Africa to also address a meeting of the national executive committee of the governing party, the African National Congress (ANC). This underscored the ANC’s historic ties to Namibia’s governing party, South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo).

The Conversation · May 10, 2023

Iran hangs ‘sultan of cocaine’ as UN warns of rising executions

UN human rights chief says Iran has executed more than 10 people each week so far this year.

Al Jazeera · May 10, 2023

Sudan: 25 dead in tribal fighting, as truce talks stall

The Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate says tribal clashes over several days killed 25 people and wounded more than 50 in southern Sudan

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

UK migration bill impractical and morally unacceptable, says Justin Welby

Archbishop of Canterbury attacks plan in Lords, saying it will harm UK’s standing and fails to address causes of movement of refugees

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2023

On its 75th birthday, Israel still can't agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy

As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine from Europe, the core tension behind the country’s establishment – whether a Jewish state could be a democratic state, whether Zionism could accommodate pluralism – is more…

The Conversation · May 10, 2023

Archbishop of Canterbury savages 'morally unacceptable' Tory small boats bill

Archbishop Justin Welby - fresh from his central role at King Charles's Coronation on Satruday - lashed out at Suella Braverman's draconian Illegal Migration Bill, which has been branded a "gimmick" and a "con" by critics

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2023

Will Republicans stick with Trump after sexual abuse verdict?

A New York jury has found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in a civil trial, leading some Republicans to sound the alarm over the former president’s fitness to run for a second term in the White House.

The Week · May 10, 2023