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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.

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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…

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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,…

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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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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Radio France Internationale

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

The Independent UK

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.

ABC News

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.

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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”

The Conversation

Five ways you can help stop biodiversity loss in your area – and around the world

Biodiversity refers to the variety of life found on Earth and underpins the natural systems which grow our food, cleanse our air and water and regulate our climate. Human life cannot exist without it. But around one million animal and plant species are now threatened by extinction.

Radio France Internationale

Why the Congo plays a critical role in saving the world's biodiversity

A landmark biodiversity deal cliched at the Cop15 summit offers a mixed bag for nature-rich developing countries – namely the Democratic Republic of Congo – which now supports the text despite earlier protests over funding for conservation efforts.

The Independent UK

‘Shame on you’: Protesters rage as MSPs vote down gender reform amendment

MSPs will consider more than 150 amendments on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on Cop15 deal

Inger Andersen said we must not ‘pause for a second’ as we ‘change the relationship between people and nature’

Reuters

U.S., Britain condemn Taliban suspension of women from universities

The United States and Britain on Tuesday condemned an announcement by Afghanistan's Taliban administration that it was suspending access to universities for female students.

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Taliban-Led Afghan Administration Suspends Female Students from Universities

Afghanistan's Taliban-run Afghan higher education ministry said on Tuesday that female students would not be allowed access to the country's universities until further notice. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance…

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UN Names Three Women to Probe Iran Protests Crackdown

The United Nations on Tuesday named three women to lead a rights investigation into Iran's violent crackdown on women-led protests that have rocked the country for more than three months. Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Sara Hossain, Pakistani law professor Shaheen Sardar Ali and rights activist Viviana Krsticevic from Argentina will…

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Lives saved by aid exemption to deal with Taliban - UN aid chief

An exemption to allow the United Nations and aid groups to deal with sanctioned Taliban leaders to meet the humanitarian and basic human needs of the Afghan people has helped save lives, the U.N. aid chief told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Consideration of amendments to gender reforms begins after Tory delays

More than 150 amendments will be debated by MSPs before the final vote on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak sends strong message to Iran over “abhorrent” treatment of protesters

Rishi Sunak has said he is “increasingly concerned” about Iran’s behaviour after the country’s security forces launched a brutal crackdown on protesters.

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