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Saudi Arabia Stresses Support for Int'l Efforts to Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons

Saudi Arabia has expressed its deep concern over Iran’s nuclear program, citing the recent International Atomic Energy report which pointed to Tehran’s lack of transparency with international nuclear inspectors. Addressing the plenary session of the Tenth Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) held at the United Nations headquarters…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 4, 2022

Archie Battersbee’s parents hope for 'dignified' death in hospice after fight to save son

Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee had until 9am this morning to submit a legal challenge to move him to a hospice.

Daily Record · Aug 4, 2022

UN Envoy to Yemen Urges Exchange of Detainee Lists

The UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, called on Wednesday to expedite the exchange of the lists of prisoners and detainees to ensure their release under the agreement of last March. According to a statement issued by Grundberg's Office, the government and the Houthi militias agreed to establish a joint…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 4, 2022

China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average

China's average ground temperatures have risen much more quickly than the global average over the past 70 years and will remain "significantly higher" in the future as the challenges of climate change mount, a government official said.

Reuters · Aug 4, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv calls Amnesty report that says Ukrainian forces are putting civilians at risk a ‘perversion’ – as it happened

Kyiv hits back after charity says Russia’s attacks ‘unjustifiable’ but Ukraine’s tactics are endangering civilians. This live blog is closed

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2022

AP News Digest 3:15 am

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The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 162 of the invasion

UN to conduct fact-finding mission into deaths of Ukrainian PoWs; US Senate ratifies Sweden and Finland’s accession to Nato

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2022

UN chief criticizes `grotesque greed' of oil companies

The United Nations chief is sharply criticizing the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world’s poorest people

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

UN nuclear watchdog says Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine 'completely out of control'

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says safety principles at a Russian-controlled power plant in Ukraine "have been violated" and urgent steps are needed to avoid a nuclear accident.

ABC News · Aug 3, 2022

UN fact-finding mission will probe Ukraine prison killings

The United Nations chief says he is appointing a fact-finding mission in response to requests from Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that the warring nations accuse each other of carrying out

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022