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North Korea has fired another ballistic missile, South says

Launch was the sixth in 12 days and the first since an intermediate-range missile was fired over Japan on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Beshear leads gubernatorial fundraising fight, Craft closes in on Quarles

WEKU

PM to seek European unity on migration and energy challenges at Prague summit

Liz Truss was making a one-day visit to the Czech Republic after a Conservative Party conference dominated by internal division.

The Independent UK

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Russia wants secret U.N. vote on move to condemn 'annexation' of Ukraine regions

Russia is lobbying for a secret ballot instead of a public vote when the 193-member U.N. General Assembly next week considers whether to condemn Moscow's move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine after staging what it called referendums.

Reuters

Advocates call on UN body to recommend spit hood ban

A UN committee is investigating Australia's compliance with anti-torture rules.

The Canberra Times

The Guardian view on Cop27: climate justice must take centre stage

Editorial: Richer countries must do far more to help emerging nations cope with the destruction already wreaked by global heating

The Guardian - UK

The diary of an Afghan girl killed in bombing reveals a list of unfulfilled dreams

Ride a bike. Learn the guitar. Continue studying. All of this came to a violent end for 16-year-old Marzia Mohammadi. Her diary lays bare the struggles of Afghan girls since the Taliban takeover.

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US envoy blames Houthis for failure to extend cease-fire

The U.S. envoy to Yemen has blamed Houthi leaders for the recent failure to extend the country’s cease-fire agreement

The Independent UK

Putin Asserts Control over Ukraine Nuclear Plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Wednesday to take control of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, as the UN nuclear watchdog warned that power supply to the site was "extremely fragile". However, the boss of Ukraine's state energy agency announced he was taking over the plant,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Reports 39 Dead in Cholera Outbreak

Syria's health ministry has recorded 39 deaths from cholera and nearly 600 cases in an outbreak spreading in the war-ravaged country that the United Nations warned is "evolving alarmingly". A total of 594 cases have been recorded across 11 of its 14 provinces since late last month, the health ministry…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen FM: Govt Determined to Renew Nationwide Truce

The legitimate Yemeni government stressed on Wednesday that it was keen on renewing the nationwide truce and avoid escalation in the conflict. The two-month truce expired on Sunday after the parties failed to agree on its renewal. It was first adopted in April and extended twice since. "We are determined…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK ends standoff with EU as hopes rise for Northern Ireland Brexit deal

Talks between Irish foreign minister and UK counterpart announced amid change in ‘mood music’

The Guardian - UK

U.N. told Ethiopia in January that school hit in air strike housed displaced people -humanitarian sources

The school hit by an air strike in northern Ethiopia on Tuesday was on a list of sites housing displaced persons that the United Nations sent to Ethiopia's government in January, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters that was verified by an aid worker and two…

Reuters

UN officials: Energy crisis shouldn't delay emissions slash

United Nations officials say a switch back to coal and other fossil fuels by several countries to weather an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine shouldn’t compromise efforts to curb greenhouse emissions

The Independent UK

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Yemen's Houthis should be more flexible over truce deal, says US envoy

U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking on Wednesday called on the Houthi group to show more flexibility over an extended and expanded truce deal proposed by the United Nations to build on a previous pact that expired on Sunday.

Al Jazeera

Burkina Faso’s coup and political situation: All you need to know

New military leader Ibrahim Traore says Paul-Henri Damiba was removed due to his inability to deal with armed groups.

Al Jazeera

Detained Iranian American Baquer Namazi leaves Iran for Oman

The 85-year-old former official convicted of spying has left the country while his son remains under arrest.

Reuters

Europe must show 'far greater ambition' on climate -UN

Europe should show "far greater ambition" on climate change because its overall greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, and so countries must embrace recycling, tighten air quality and spend more on the environment, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.

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Al Jazeera

Ethiopia, Tigray leaders invited for talks in South Africa

A diplomat in Addis Ababa has said the African Union is still waiting for a response from the Tigrayan side.

The Independent UK

Detained Iranian-American, 85, leaves Iran for major surgery

Iran says an 85-year-old Iranian-American held by Iran has left the country for Oman

Reuters

Iranian-American, 85, held in Tehran for six years leaves Iran

Baquer Namazi, an 85-year-old Iranian American who was jailed in Iran on spying charges the United States called baseless, is now in Abu Dhabi and will soon receive urgent medical care, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Explainer: Fears over festering Armenia-Azerbaijan territorial dispute

Fearing that the violence could spiral out of control, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken recently took the unusual step of seeking to mediate the festering conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Reuters

Roadside bomb kills three U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic

A roadside bomb killed three United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh and injured several others in northwest Central African Republic on Monday, the U.N. said.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: A look at famine and its toll as Somalia at risk

Within weeks, a famine could be declared in Somalia, affecting hundreds of thousands of people

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Forget about diplomacy. Putin’s annexation guarantees a longer war

September was a rocky month for Vladimir Putin, the Russian strongman used to getting his way after more than two decades at the top of Russia’s political hierarchy.

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