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Pakistan's new foreign minister seeks to broaden U.S. ties

Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday he would like to pivot away from single-issue transactional relationship with the United States as he seeks to repair frayed ties with Washington.

Reuters

Campaigners force Rwanda plans delay in temporary reprieve for migrants

The Government has been forced to delay its first deportation flights to Rwanda after campaigners lodged a legal campaign against the controversial…

The National (Scotland)

U.N. says Benin will terminate contribution to peacekeeping mission in Mali

Benin has decided to terminate its military and police unit contributions to a United Nations peacekeeping mission in regional neighbour Mali, the U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Almost 60 million people displaced worldwide, says study

Millions of people forced to live elsewhere in their countries, due to either conflict or disaster

The Independent UK

Blinken accuses Russia of using food as a weapon in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia on Thursday of using food as a weapon in Ukraine by holding "hostage" supplies for not just Ukrainians, but also millions around the world.

Reuters

Britain, Rwanda defend asylum-seekers plan at UN agencies

Britain and Rwanda are confronting two U.N. agencies that have sharply criticized their controversial plan in which British expects to send some asylum-seekers from the U.K. to the African country

The Independent UK

Twenty years on from independence: New Zealand in Timor-Leste

At the turn of the millennium, the Timorese people voted for independence from Indonesia. Twenty years on, The Detail talks to New Zealanders who played a part in building a new democracy.

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Israel will not hold criminal inquiry into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh

Military police say they are satisfied with assurances of Israeli troops over death of US-Palestinian despite international demands

The Guardian - UK

Moscow says opening Ukraine ports would need review of sanctions on Russia - Interfax

Moscow said on Thursday that sanctions on Russia would have to be reviewed if it were to heed a U.N. appeal to open access to Ukraine's Black Sea ports so that grain could be exported, according to an Interfax news agency report.

Reuters

Ukraine war is fuelling global food crisis, says UN

Kremlin’s failure to open Ukrainian ports would be ‘declaration of war on global food security’, says UN World Food Programme boss

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia Confirms Commitment to Global Compact for Migration

The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development represented the Kingdom in the United Nations Forum on International Migration Review, which was held in New York this week for the first time since the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration in December 2018. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Photo: A Libertarian City in the Cloud

Though the United Nations has yet to recognize the Free Republic of Liberland, its metaverse equivalent will exist in the cloud.

Reason

Blinken Calls for Opening Crossings, Bin Mubarak Urges Int’l Pressure on Houthis

Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak asserted that his government is ready for peace and wants to extend the UN-sponsored truce that began in April 2022. "Our position is we are always seeking peace," he said. "We did a lot, so many concessions to make peace. We respected the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrians struggle to survive in ‘no man’s land’ desert camp

Rukban, which lies near the Syrian border with Jordan and Iraq, has been blockaded by the Syrian government since 2018.

Al Jazeera

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Live updates | Japan to double Ukraine aid to $600 million

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday his country will double its financial aid for Ukraine to $600 million in support of the country badly damaged by Russia’s aggression

ABC News

Skyrocketing grain prices to worsen global food insecurity, Rabobank warns

Rabobank warns that the Russia-Ukraine war will push grain and food prices up for at least a year, a situation compounded by India's ban on wheat exports, and dry conditions in the grain powerhouses of France and Germany.

The Times of India

India, fastest-growing major economy, projected to grow 6.4% in 2022: UN

UNITED NATIONS: As the Ukraine conflict impacts the global GDP, India is projected to grow by 6.4 per cent in 2022, slower than the last year's 8.8 per cent but still the fastest-growing major economy, with higher inflationary pressures and uneven recovery of the labour market curbing private consumption and…

The Guardian - AU

This election, are the teals ready to take on the fossil fuel lobby that’s captured the major parties?

Historians of tomorrow will puzzle over why an election preceded by fire and floods hasn’t centred on the future to which both parties are committing us

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Zelenskiy says Donbas is ‘completely destroyed’ – as it happened

Russian minister says access to Ukrainian Black Sea ports linked to sanctions; Ukrainian PM compares Donbas to hell

The Independent UK

Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea, Japan

President Joe Biden's six-day trip to South Korea and Japan aims to build rapport with the Asian nations’ leaders

The Times of India

India calls out the West, says food grains shouldn't go the way of Covid vaccines

UNITED NATIONS: Calling out the West, India on Wednesday said that food grains should not go the way of the Covid-19 vaccines as it voiced concern over hoarding and discrimination amid the "unjustified increase" in food prices.

Reuters

N.Korea boosts production of drugs, medical supplies to battle COVID

North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies including sterilisers and thermometers as it battles an unprecedented coronavirus outbreak, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

The Guardian - AU

North Korea promotes traditional medicines in bid to fight Covid outbreak

State media have told patients to use painkillers as well as unverified home remedies such as willow leaf tea

Reuters

Brazilian jurists call on U.N. to report on Bolsonaro attacks on judiciary

Brazil's democracy and independence of its judiciary are under threat from the government of president Jair Bolsonaro as it prepares for elections in October, a group of lawyers and legal experts said on Wednesday in a petition to the United Nations.

The Independent UK

UN chief `hopeful' of Ukraine grain deal to help food crisis

The United Nations chief says that with global hunger levels at a new high, he is in intense “intense contacts” with Russia and other key countries and “hopeful” of an agreement to allow the export of desperately needed grain stored in Ukrainian ports, and ensure that Russian food and fertilizer…

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