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Iran leader shuns Christiane Amanpour interview over refusal to wear headscarf

President Ebrahim Raisi had been scheduled to talk in New York to veteran CNN correspondent, who was widely praised for her stance

The Guardian - US

Ukraine conflict of ‘profound concern’, Jaishankar tells U.N. Security Council

External Affairs Minister asks parties to come to negotiating table

The Hindu

WhatsApp Says Working to Keep Iranians Connected

Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp said on Thursday that it was working to keep users in Iran connected after the country restricted access to the app and social media platform Instagram. WhatsApp "will do anything" within its technical capacity to keep the service accessible and that it was not blocking Iranian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue NSO Group over Pegasus spyware

Hanan Elatr also plans to sue Saudi and UAE governments over alleged surveillance attempts on her

The Guardian - UK

Calls by Zelensky and Biden for UN reform are supported by people around the world – new survey

In a landmark speech to the United Nations (UN), the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded that Russia and other aggressors should be stripped of their veto power in the UN security council.

The Conversation

‘I lost them all’: a family’s sole survivor recalls their slow death under Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge

As a UN court upholds the conviction of the genocidal regime’s last surviving leader, Seang Seng tells how starvation and forced labour killed 23 people of his family

The Guardian - UK

US Puts Sanctions on Iran's Morality Police

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran's morality police accusing it of abuse and violence against Iranian women and of violating the rights of peaceful Iranian protesters, the US Treasury said. It held the morality police responsible for the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in custody…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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China envoy vows 'fight' over alleged Xinjiang rights abuses

An envoy from China’s Xinjiang province says Chinese authorities are ready for a “fight” with “anti-China” critics in the West and elsewhere over allegations of rights abuses in the anti-extremism campaign against Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups in the region

The Independent UK

Liz Truss could follow Trump and move UK embassy to Jerusalem

PM considering breaking with decades of British foreign policy by relocating UK embassy in Israel

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: Lavrov walks out of UN security council; Russians flee country to avoid military draft – as it happened

Queues seen at Russia’s land borders and flights sell out as Moscow begins drafting citizens into army to fight in Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

U.N. rights envoy warns that Myanmar's election will be a 'fraud'

The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar said on Thursday that an election planned by the country's junta will be a "fraud" and warned other countries against offering assistance that would help legitimise it.

Reuters

Five Britons captured in Ukraine by pro-Russian forces ‘back in UK’

It is understood John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill were set free alongside Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin and landed in Britain on Thursday.

The Independent UK

China tells Europe to not backslide on climate commitments

Europe insists rise in coal use is only temporary and will have no long-term effect on targets to cut gas emissions.

Al Jazeera

China 'ready for the fight' if Xinjiang motion is brought to UN rights body

A Chinese official said on Thursday that the country was readying "counter-measures" in case action is taken at a U.N. body against its human rights record in the western region of Xinjiang.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Five Britons captured by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine ‘return to the UK’

It is understood John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill have been released alongside Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin.

Al Jazeera

UN raises funds to salvage oil tanker ‘time bomb’ off Yemen coast

The decaying 45-year-old FSO Safer has not been serviced since Yemen plunged into civil war in 2014.

Manchester Evening News

'My heart is broken', says mum of Manchester aid worker killed in Ukraine as British prisoners released by pro-Russia forces

The body of Paul Urey, 45, showed signs of 'unspeakable torture' after he died in captivity

The Guardian - UK

UK accused of abandoning global south as it fails to boost spending on key fund

Liz Truss’s administration becomes only major world power not to raise its spending at UN pledging event

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The Guardian - UK

The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher review – how social media rewired our world

A stark warning about the extent to which Facebook et al distort our perception of reality

The Hindu

India discusses cooperation among IBSA countries in various multilateral fora, including UN, WTO and G20

The IBSA has emerged as a key tripartite grouping for the promotion of cooperation in a range of areas.

The Independent UK

UN-appointed expert says better sanctions on Myanmar needed

A United Nations-appointed human rights expert is calling for governments and companies to coordinate efforts to cut off the military-led government of Myanmar from its sources of revenue and weapons, saying life in the Southeastern Asian nation has become a “living hell” for many since the generals seized power last…

The Hindu

PM Modi has influential voice on world stage, welcome his intervention: U.K.

Referring to PM Modi’s “today’s era is not of war” remark, U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly hoped that Mr. Putin listens to those voices who are calling for peace.

Al Jazeera

PM Truss weighs UK embassy move in Israel to Jerusalem

Media reports say Truss informed Israeli PM Yair Lapid at the United Nations she is considering the embassy shift.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The US neglects basic human rights for children

The U.S. record on protecting our children is abysmal. We try them as adults. Child marriage is still happening. So is corporal punishment and child labor.

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s Mariupol defenders, Putin ally in prisoner swap

Ukraine has completed a high-profile prisoner swap with Russia, the culmination of months of efforts to free many of the Ukrainian fighters who defended a steel plant in the port of Mariupol during a months-long Russian siege

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