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Riyadh gets U.S. military help as Washington seeks better ties

The United States has stepped up its military support for Saudi Arabia over the past few months following missile strikes on the kingdom by the Yemeni Houthi group, Western diplomats said, an indication that Washington is trying to mend its strained ties with traditional Gulf allies.

Reuters

Ukraine Retakes Key Kyiv Suburb; Battle for Mariupol Rages

Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv early Tuesday, as Russian forces squeezed other areas near the capital and their attack on the embattled southern port of Mariupol raged unabated. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and black smoke rose from a spot in the north.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Hails Positive Development in Morocco-Spain Ties

The European Union hailed on Monday the positive development in the ties between Morocco and Spain. “The EU welcomes any positive development between its member states and Morocco in their bilateral relations, which can only be beneficial for the implementation of the Euro-Moroccan partnership,” said Nabila Massrali, a spokeswoman for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukraine Refugee Exodus Surpasses 3.5 Million

The UN refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. UNHCR reported Tuesday that 3.53 million people have left Ukraine, with Poland taking in the lion’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I will not be held prisoner’: the trans women turned back at Ukraine’s borders

Trans women are reportedly being denied passage to safer countries, despite their legal status as women and the danger posed by Russia’s transphobic policies

The Guardian - UK

Europe struggles to meet mounting needs of Ukraine's fleeing millions

More than 3.5 million people have fled abroad from the war in Ukraine, United Nations data showed on Tuesday, leaving Eastern Europe scrambling to provide them with care, schools and jobs even as daily numbers crossing borders ease.

Reuters

West curbs Russia’s access to weather data that some fear could aid attack planning in Ukraine

A major supplier of meteorological data from Western and other governments suspended cooperation with Russia on Tuesday, becoming the latest weather-related agency to restrict information sharing in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Libyan Domestic Flights to Resume as of Tuesday

Libya’s Global Air scheduled a Tripoli-Benghazi flight for Tuesday afternoon. The announcement signaled resumption of domestic air travel after the country’s political crisis had closed airspace for more than two weeks, Reuters reported. The United Nations had urged the reopening of Libya’s skies in line with a 2020 ceasefire between…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Holocaust survivor, 96, killed after Russian attack on Kharkiv

Boris Romantschenko survived four camps during the Second World War

Evening Standard

Libya's HoR, HCS to Address Legal Basis for Elections in Upcoming Meeting

The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Libya (SASG), Stephanie Williams, announced an initiative to form a joint committee from the House of Representatives (HoR) and High Council of State (HCS) to agree on a firm constitutional basis for national elections. In an online exchange via Clubhouse, Williams expected to receive…

Asharq Al-Awsat

No country can stay on sidelines of Ukraine crisis, says Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg

India has a special responsibility in Indo-Pacific and South Asia, says delegate

The Hindu

More than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine -UNHCR

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 3,528,346, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, with more than 2 million crossing the border into Poland.

Reuters

Pro-Kremlin tabloid says 10k Russians killed in Ukraine - before saying it was hacked

Previously, the Russian military has only admitted to around 500 of its troops being killed

Evening Standard

Satellite photos show Yemen rebels hit Saudi oil site again

Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week struck the same oil storage tank in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah they had previously hit two years ago

The Independent UK

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How Could Russia’s Putin Be Prosecuted for War Crimes in Ukraine?

US President Joe Biden has publicly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal, but legal experts said a prosecution of Putin or other Russian leaders would face high hurdles and could take years, as outlined below: How is a war crime defined? The International Criminal Court in The Hague…

Daily Mirror

Hockey goalkeeper and ex-soldier drives for 18 hours to help Ukrainians amid Russia war

Volunteers from the United Kingdom are currently travelling out to the border of Ukraine to help deliver aid to refugees, amid the Russian invasion of the country

The Philadelphia Inquirer

With help from Philly, disabled Ukrainians seek escape from war

In Ukraine, the bomb shelters aren't wheelchair accessible.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The people of Yemen need our help, too

The United Nations’ goal was to raise more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in.

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The Independent UK

Russia court bans Facebook, Instagram for ‘extremism’ — but spares WhatsApp

Authorities say they do not intend to punish individuals who use apps

The Independent UK

Civilians fleeing Mariupol describe street-to-street battles

Civilians making the dangerous escape from Ukraine’s embattled southern port hub of Mariupol describe fleeing through street-to-street gun battles and past unburied corpses as a steady Russian bombardment tries to pound the city into submission

Reuters

Explainer-How could Russia's Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

U.S. President Joe Biden has publicly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal, but legal experts said a prosecution of Putin or other Russian leaders would face high hurdles and could take years, as outlined below:

The Guardian - AU

US condemns Moscow’s refusal to rule out use of nuclear weapons – as it happened

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Hundreds of children detained by the Myanmar military, minister says

Whereabouts of children taken by the military since the 2021 coup are mostly unknown, according to Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe

Los Angeles Times

Global outrage grows over Putin’s merciless attacks in Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — International outrage mounted Monday over medieval scenes of suffering in Mariupol, a strategic southern port city that has defied demands for surrender despite a ferocious Russian siege that Ukrainian officials say has trapped thousands of civilians and left corpses lying in the streets.

The Guardian - UK

Rich countries must stop producing oil and gas by 2034, says study

Poorest states should be given until 2050, says research aiming to set out fair way of ending fossil fuel economy

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