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Türkiye Says it Seeks to ‘Build Good Relations’ with Various Libyan Parties

Türkiye has expressed willingness to build good relations with all Libyan parties, revealing its intention to send a parliamentary delegation to visit Tripoli and the east of the country. Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu said that his country sought to establish relations with various parties in Libya out of its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022

Most important cultural resource India needs to protect is its pluralism: Gopalkrishna Gandhi

The tools of protection and preservation have not advanced and are exactly what they were 50-100 years ago, but the tools of distortion have expanded exponentially: Mr. Gandhi

The Hindu · Sep 15, 2022

Why Italy is on verge of electing its first far-right leader since second world war

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy draw on a vein of fascism in a country that – unlike Germany – has never had to confront its past

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon's climate change trip to New York cancelled

NICOLA Sturgeon has cancelled a planned trip to New York during the United Nations general assembly.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 15, 2022

Israel’s Netanyahu Campaigns Aboard Bulletproof ‘Bibibus’

Props are a familiar part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s repertoire when delivering public speeches — from cartoon bombs at the United Nations to a wall of CDs and binders supposedly seized from Iran by Mossad agents. Now, the former prime minister — famed for his flair for the dramatic — is…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022

Death toll in Pakistan floods nears 1,500; hundreds of thousands sleep in open

Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster.

Reuters · Sep 15, 2022

Somali Envoy Calls for More UN Aid for Country on Brink of Famine

Somalia's special envoy to the UN sought Wednesday to draw attention to the gravity of the crisis in his destitute country in order to mobilize more aid. Millions of people are at risk of starvation across the Horn of Africa, which is in the grip of the worst drought in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022

Ukraine's Zelensky Vows 'Victory' on Visit to Liberated Kharkiv Region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised "victory" on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv's army in a lightning counter-offensive. The visit came at a decisive moment in Russia's six-month-old invasion, with Ukraine expelling Moscow's forces from swathes of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022

Rights Court Condemns France over Syria Repatriation Refusals

The European Court of Human Rights condemned France Wednesday over its refusal to repatriate two women detained in Syria, where they had travelled with their partners to territory controlled by ISIS. French authorities should promptly re-examine the request by the women's parents to let them return home, the court said.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 15, 2022

Prosecutors urged to examine French role in Egyptian airstrikes on civilians

NGOs want investigation into border counter-terrorism operation that allegedly ended up bombing suspected smugglers

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022