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US sending ‘elite’ disaster response team to Haiti amid calls for help

MIAMI — The U.S. Agency for International Development is deploying an elite disaster response team to Haiti “as insecurity, gang violence, and the humanitarian situation worsens” throughout the Caribbean nation, a U.S. official told McClatchy and the Miami Herald on Friday.

Miami Herald

Putin Says Draft Vital to Hold Ukraine Front Line but Will End Soon

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia's call-up of reserve forces to fight in Ukraine, criticized as chaotic by some Kremlin allies, had been vital to hold the front line but would be wound up in the next couple of weeks. Russia has conducted a broad mobilization of Russians…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Cultural cleansing': New Russian attacks on Ukraine spur cultural preservation efforts

As missile strikes in Ukraine this week damaged libraries, museums and universities, Ukraine says repeated Russian attacks on cultural heritage amount to a “war crime” that have caused losses of hundreds of millions of euros. Among Ukrainians, the fight to preserve cultural heritage continues.

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UK joins calls for World Bank reform to focus funding on climate crisis

Alok Sharma’s intervention puts pressure on Trump-appointed Bank chief who faces calls to resign

The Guardian - UK

Israeli crackdown on Jerusalem refugee camp ignites unrest

Israeli security forces set up checkpoints that choked off the only exit and entry points of Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, bringing life to a standstill for its estimated 60,000 residents

The Independent UK

'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region

Civil war has blockaded the country's northern region and decimated a hospital system that serves nearly 7 million people. Without basic supplies, power and medicine, thousands are needlessly dying.

WEKU

Islamist militants in Mali kill hundreds, displace thousands in eastern advance

Islamist militants have advanced further into eastern Mali in recent days, seizing territory, killing hundreds of civilians and forcing thousands to flee, regional Malian officials and analysts said.

Reuters

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Somalia: The curse of famine

In the past few decades, Somalia’s droughts have increased both in intensity and in number due to climate change. It is now facing a famine that threatens the lives of millions of people, especially children. The United Nations says there are staggering levels of malnutrition among children under the age…

France 24

Guterres Welcomes Israel-Lebanon Sea Border Deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the US-brokered deal between Israel and Lebanon to demarcate their common maritime border. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric indicated on Thursday that Guterres “firmly believes that this encouraging development can promote greater stability in the region and greater prosperity for the peoples.” The UN…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine's vital Starlink internet indefinitely

Elon Musk said on Friday his rocket company SpaceX cannot indefinitely fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, which has helped the country's civilians and military stay online during the war with Russia.

Reuters

Castle Douglas' Carolyn Yates shares the first part of her story in Galloway People

A qualified teacher who took her acclaimed programme for unlocking children’s learning all over the world, Carolyn is currently chair of Castle Douglas Development Forum

Daily Record

US: Return to Iran Deal Unlikely in Near Future

The United States on Thursday ruled out any imminent revival of the Iranian nuclear deal, issuing a downbeat assessment of long-stalled talks over the 2015 accord. The landmark JCPOA deal has been in tatters since then-president Donald Trump withdrew the United States from it in 2018 and Iran later backed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Poor nations to demand climate justice, finance at UN summit

The chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda

The Independent UK

Lenderking Meets Al-Alimi as he Kicks off Tour to Back Extension of Yemen Truce

United States envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking kicked off his new tour of the region in Riyadh where he held talks with Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi. Lenderking is in the region to garner support for the extension of the nationwide truce in the war-torn…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Guardian - US

Egypt silenced climate experts’ voices before hosting Cop27, HRW says

Failure to address country’s abuses will obstruct rollout of meaningful climate action, director of Human Rights Watch says

Asharq Al-Awsat

Grundberg Urges Yemen’s Warring Parties to Extend Truce

The United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grunberg, described on Thursday the nationwide truce that was in place since April as an “historic opportunity to build trust and to work towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict.” “On 2nd of October, the day the second extension of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Urges Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Saudi Arabia called on Thursday for the designation of the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen as terrorist. The Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Abdulaziz al-Wasil said the time has come for the designation and for the boycott of the militias and drying up of their sources of funding.

The Guardian - UK

Dismay as key cholera vaccine is discontinued

Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks

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The Conversation

Why is a UN torture prevention committee visiting Australia?

From October 16 to 27, United Nations will pay a special visit to look at some of the hidden corners of Australian society.

The Independent UK

UN chief: 20 leading economies must help developing nations

The United Nations chief has sent a letter to finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 leading economies urging that they change course and steer a global economic recovery including developing countries that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the war in Ukraine…

The Independent UK

Proposed UN resolution would sanction top Haitian gang chief

The U_N_ Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbeque.”

Axios

Inside the French effort to counter Russian mercenaries in Africa

"We’re competing with a Russian effort to expel France and the West from Africa.”

Bangkok Post

Quiet or loud diplomacy?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced countries around the world to make tough economic and diplomatic decisions. But in the latest vote on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a resolution to condemn Russia's recent annexation bids in eastern Ukraine, Thailand abstained, a move that raises questions…

France 24

Families of missing Tunisian migrants desperate for information

In tonight's edition: Families of over 20 migrants drowned at sea call on Tunisian authorities to do more to recover the bodies of their loved ones. And on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN's weather and climate agency is sounding the alarm over disaster readiness, saying half…

Reuters

U.N. Security Council considers Haiti sanctions, targeting 'Barbecue'

The U.N. Security Council is considering creating a sanctions regime to impose an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo on anyone who threatens the peace, security or stability of Haiti, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Thursday.

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