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What to know about the Middle East this week?

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage from the past week.

Al Jazeera · Sep 8, 2022

UK insists it is 'not looking the other way' over Jagtar Singh Johal detention

ACCUSATIONS the UK has chosen to “look the other way” over the detention and alleged torture of Jagtar Singh Johal have been rejected by a…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2022

UK ‘not looking the other way’ over detention of campaigning Sikh blogger

Tory frontbencher Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon said progress is being made in the case of Jagtar Singh Johal.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

Grundberg Meets Yemen’s Al-Alimi in Riyadh

UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg on Wednesday met with the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, amid international hopes for reaching an agreement to expand and stabilize the UN-sponsored truce in the war-torn nation. Grundberg had visited Iran on September five to discuss expanding the fragile…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

Impact of Ukraine conflict is not limited to Europe: India

India highlighted that the impact of the Ukraine conflict is not just limited to Europe, adding that it has exacerbated concerns over food, fertilizer and fuel security, especially in the developing countries. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 8, 2022

Austria's Turk appointed U.N. human rights chief

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved the appointment of Austria's Volker Turk as the next U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Reuters · Sep 8, 2022

ECB hikes interest rates by record 75bp and slashes growth forecasts – as it happened

Christine Lagarde warns that eurozone economic growth is weakening, but EBC plumps for record increase in borrowing costs to curb inflation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

So much has moved forward, on trade, on visa, on people-to-people ties, says Bangladesh Minister Shahriar Alam

Bangladesh Minister of State for Foreign Affairs says Sheikh Hasina’s visit was productive on major aspects, rejects concerns over attacks on minorities

The Hindu · Sep 8, 2022

UN: Evidence of Russia Taking Ukrainian Children

The United Nations cited "credible accusations" Wednesday that Moscow's forces have forcibly taken Ukrainian children to Russia, while Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of benefitting from the eased grain blockade. Kyiv meanwhile said its forces had recaptured significant territory in a counter-offensive southeast of Kharkiv that experts say…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

UN Report: Human Development Set Back 5 Years by Covid, Other Crises

A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them Covid-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty. The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that for the first time since it was created over 30 years ago,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022