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Australia expands sanctions against Russians

Australia on Sunday imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on 28 Russian-appointed separatists, ministers and senior officials after President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of four regions of Ukraine.

Reuters

Iran releases US-Iranian detainee as protests roil country

Iran has released from detention an Iranian-American businessman who was jailed seven years ago during a visit to Tehran, and his elderly father, the United Nations said in a statement on Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Minister: Greece can defend islands despite Turkey's threats

Greece’s defense minister says his country has the right to take “all defensive measures” to protect its easternmost islands amid threats by neighboring Turkey that dispute Greek sovereignty rights and raise the specter of war

The Independent UK

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IAEA says its chief is expected to visit Moscow and Kyiv next week

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi is expected to hold talks in Moscow and Kyiv next week on the creation of a protection zone around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, the watchdog said on Saturday.

Reuters

King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’

Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham Palace

The Guardian - UK

Daily Dose Ep 1165: 5G launched in India, Y security given to 5 RSS members

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Delhi, Kerala, United Nations, and Iran.

Newslaundry

Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds

Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan's university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face growing restrictions from the Taliban government.

Reuters

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Russia loses U.N. aviation council seat in rebuke

Russia failed to win enough votes for re-election to the United Nation's aviation agency's governing council on Saturday, in a rebuke of Moscow for aviation-related actions taken after its invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a book on stamps, coins of him from around the world

Every coin and stamp issued in India and globally on Gandhi portrays a significant historical journey, starting from the first stamp on Gandhi on India’s first Independence Day in 1948

The Hindu

33 million displaced by floods

Unrelenting rains that began in June have claimed more than 1,500 lives, at least a third of whom are children

Salon

India’s abstention on Russian referenda | Officials say New Delhi has remained consistent in its push for dialogue

Officials say Indian position is consistent, continues to advocate ceasefire and dialogue

The Hindu

Cultural Ministers Pledge More Action to Return Priceless Artifacts

Cultural ministers and representatives from 150 countries committed to expanding efforts to return historical artifacts to their countries of origin, according to a declaration released on Friday, following a UNESCO conference in Mexico City. Major museums, auction houses and private collectors have faced growing pressure in recent years to repatriate…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Says Syria ‘Serious’ About Facilitating Refugees’ Return

Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali announced on Friday his country's 'serious' endeavors in addressing the return of Syrian refugees, noting that Syria does not obstruct their return back home. The Ambassador said that Damascus has informed the concerned countries about that. “Syria is serious about receiving them…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'I was dragged off the street by men checking my hijab... it happens every day'

Artist Mahboobeh Rajabi was "exiled" from her birth country of Iran and has lived in Manchester since 2009

Manchester Evening News

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Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Calling its Referendums Illegal

Russia vetoed a UN resolution Friday that would have condemned its referendums in four Ukrainian regions as illegal, declared them invalid and urged all countries not to recognize any annexation of the territory claimed by Moscow. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 10-1 with China, India, Brazil and…

The Independent UK

Western push on China, Russia at UN rights body faces test

Western countries are leading a simultaneous push at the U.N.’s top human rights body to scrutinize human rights in two of the world’s most influential countries: China and Russia

Dynamite News

Pakistan government's Twitter account withheld in India, again

The Twitter account of the Pakistan government has been withheld in India. This is reportedly the second such incident in recent months. Read more on Dynamite News:

Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington Accuses Damascus of Retaining Hidden Chemical Weapons Stockpile

The United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs called on Syrian authorities to again provide clarifications over 20 significant areas to completely resolve its chemical weapons file in line with Security Council Resolution 2118. Syria must change its attitude and cooperate fully with the body charged with verifying its compliance…

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Perthes: Sudan Needs Credible, Civilian-Led Government

Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Sudan, Volker Perthes affirmed on Friday that the overall situation in the country will continue to worsen unless a political solution is found to restore a credible, fully functioning civilian-led government. In a statement, the UN envoy saw many “signs of hope…

The Guardian - UK

Cop15 is an opportunity to save nature. We can’t afford another decade of failure

Ahead of the UN biodiversity conference, our reporter reflects on lessons of hope and change in three years reporting with the Guardian’s age of extinction team

France 24

Ukraine’s forces enter strategic town of Lyman as Russia ‘withdraws’ troops

Ukrainian forces on Saturday entered the eastern town of Lyman in the Donetsk region, a logistics hub for Russian forces that has been under Moscow’s control since spring, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military said. Russia’s defence ministry said its troops had withdrawn from the town hours after Ukraine’s army said…

ABC News

As Russia's President Vladimir Putin announces the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, what happens now?

Moscow says four occupied Ukrainian territories will become part of Russia in a move dismissed by Ukraine and the West as a sham. Here's a quick look at what could unfold next.

Al Jazeera

Russia vetoes UN resolution on Ukraine annexation, China abstains

Resolution called for condemnation of ‘illegal’ referendums in Ukraine and for states to not recognise border changes.

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Vladimir Putin signs illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions; Volodymyr Zelenskiy applies for Ukraine to join Nato; drafted Russians must flee or fight

The Independent UK

Pakistan has suffered one of its worst climate catastrophes – and charities are struggling to keep pace

People are in serious need of humanitarian aid after experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding – but relief is being hampered by infrastructure breakdown and a lack of resources, writes Alex Hickson

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