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U.S., U.N. back new human rights training for Colombia police

Colombia's national police force will launch a training program with the help of the United States and United Nations meant to prevent abuses and human rights violations by cops, the head of the force said on Monday.

Reuters

U.S. rejects Ukraine demand of blanket visa ban on Russians

The United States on Monday rebuffed Ukraine's demand for a blanket visa ban on Russians, saying Washington would not want to close off pathways to refuge for Russia's dissidents and others who are vulnerable to human rights abuses.

Reuters

UN experts say Bill of Rights could ‘undermine enjoyment of human rights in UK’

They have warned the proposed Bill could “fundamentally change the role and independence of UK courts”.

The Independent UK

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General Says 9,000 Ukrainian Troops Killed Since Russia Began War

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which hits the half-year mark this week, has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, military chief Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi said Monday. At a veteran's event, the Ukrainian general said Ukraine’s children need to be taken care of because “their father went to the front line and,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UNSC meeting | India asks countries to respect sovereignty, territorial integrity and international agreements

Ruchira Kamboj called for multilateral reform saying common security could not be aspired for if the common good of the global south was denied representation.

The Hindu

Russia requests U.N. meeting on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - RIA cites diplomat

Russia on Monday requested that the U.N. Security Council holds a meeting on Tuesday regarding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported, citing Deputy Ambassador to the U.N. Dmitry Polyanskiy.

Reuters

Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train

Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help

The Independent UK

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Area around Ukraine nuclear plant hit again despite US pleas

There are new claims of Russian shelling close to the Zaporizhzhya facilities

The Independent UK

Houthis Step Up UN Truce Violations, Oppressive Campaigns

Houthi militias insist on stepping up violations of the UN-sponsored military and humanitarian truce.

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Sudan now 'most violent' place for aid workers

On World Humanitarian Day, we talk to the UN's coordinator for aid work in South Sudan about the perils of humanitarian work there. Five aid workers have been killed in the country since the beginning of the year.

France 24

Children without a country: Rohingya kids in Delhi struggle to go to school

“Since this morning, a lot of media persons have been visiting us, asking whether we want to stay in camp or go to flats. What should we say?” said Karim Ahmed. “We had no idea about anything till the media arrived here.”

Newslaundry

Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia

Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk given last week by the chief executive of a high-tech US defence company called…

The Conversation

Zelensky Warns Russia Against Putting Ukraine Soldiers on Trial

Russia might take the provocative step of putting Ukrainian soldiers on trial as Kyiv marks 31 years of independence for the war-ravaged country next week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday. Zelensky cited media reports that Russia was preparing to put Ukrainian fighters captured during the siege of Mariupol on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war: six months that shook the world

Six months ago, Vladimir Putin ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine on a "special military operation" - a mass invasion on a scale unseen in Europe since World War Two.

Reuters

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UN Calls for Protecting Civilians in Syria

Three UN officials have urged all parties in Syria to take all feasible measures to minimize harm to civilians. In a joint statement, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Imran Riza, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria Muhannad Hadi and UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East…

360info

Special Report: Weapons trade

International relations pundits, who like to scent the air for the winds of change, will have their senses tuned to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Conference starting August 22 in Geneva. The world’s biggest exporter of arms, the United States, symbolically pulled out of the international agreement in 2019…

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Arms conference puts trillion-dollar industry under the spotlight

The global trade in arms is worth more than two trillion dollars. A UN conference this week aims to bring more oversight to this deadly industry.

360info

UN Arms Trade Treaty’s difficult first decade

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty has mixed success, but its aims remain worth supporting.

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Zelensky warns of 'vicious' Russian attacks ahead of Ukraine's independence day

Artillery shells rained down on a city close to Europe's biggest nuclear plant overnight and Russian missiles hit targets near Odesa on Sunday as the war headed for its six-month milestone, with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warning that Moscow might attempt "something particularly ugly" in the run-up to the country's…

The Conversation

Australia's pursuit of 'killer robots' could put the trans-Tasman alliance with New Zealand on shaky ground

Australia’s recently announced defence review, intended to be the most thorough in almost four decades, will give us a good idea of how Australia sees its role in an increasingly tense strategic environment.

WEKU

For Kashmiris, resolution to decades of conflict remains a distant dream

As India marks 75 years of independence this month, many in Jammu and Kashmir may feel there's little to celebrate. Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen decades of separatist violence.

The Independent UK

Somali forces end 30-hour hotel siege by Islamic militants as death toll rises to 20

Security forces also rescued 106 hostages from the hotel after it was attacked by the al-Qaeda-linked terror group

Radio France Internationale

India-Africa partnership gets a boost with investment conclave

A number of African leaders was in New Delhi for a key investment meeting this summer that brought together 40 ministers from 17 countries including Burkina Faso, Congo, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon and Malawi among others.

The Independent UK

On Ukraine’s front line, a fight to save premature babies

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, three hospitals in government-controlled areas of the country’s war-torn Donetsk region had facilities to care for premature babies

The Independent UK

Somali forces end hotel attack in which 20 were killed

Somali authorities appear to have ended a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in which at least 20 people were killed

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