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UN Urged to Open Query Into Iran's 1988 Killings and Raisi Role

Prominent former UN judges and investigators have called on UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners in Iran, including the role of its current president, Ebrahim Raisi, at that time. The open letter released on Thursday, seen by Reuters, was signed by some…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen civilians bear the brunt of escalating Houthi-UAE conflict

The United Nations says January will likely mark the highest number of civilian casualties in Yemen in one month.

Al Jazeera

Guterres Urges Major Afghan Aid Increase, Unfreezing Assets

The UN chief urged nations Wednesday to greatly boost humanitarian aid for millions of Afghans living in “a frozen hell” and release nearly $9 billion in frozen assets to pull Afghanistan’s economy back from the brink of a collapse that could set off a mass exodus of people fleeing the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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France pays homage to Holocaust victims at Auschwitz memorial

French Prime Minister Jean Castex heads a special delegation to the Auschwitz Holocaust memorial in Poland on Thursday to mark the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp. The visit comes a week after the UN adopted a non-binding resolution to fight against Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism,…

Radio France Internationale

Boosters increase protection against death from Omicron in over-50s to 95% – UKHSA; UK records 338 deaths – as it happened

Protection against death increases to around 95% two weeks after receiving a booster dose, UK health agency says; UK reports another 96,871 Covid cases

The Guardian - UK

Woodside Petroleum to pull out of Myanmar one year on from military coup

Australian fossil fuel giant follows Chevron and Total in exiting the country as military junta’s human rights abuses continue

The Guardian - AU

Pyongyang continues launch blitz with two suspected missiles

N Korea has stepped up weapons testing in what appears to be a resumption of its provocation and engagement strategy.

Al Jazeera

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North Korea fires 'two ballistic missiles' in sixth launch this year

North Korea had fired what appeared to be two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, amid rising tension over a series of weapons tests

Daily Mirror

Never forget Holocaust horrors

Today, we join the international community in commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a day when we recall the darkest time in human history, when an entire people was targeted for complete destruction.

Bangkok Post

Lindsey Graham says Trump dominates GOP and hopes he’ll run in 2024: ‘It’s his party, it’s not the centre’s party’

Senator famously declared he was done with former president after Capitol riot

The Independent UK

Kurdish forces retake prison from Islamic State after six-day siege

The attack on the Kurdish-run prison in Syria was the jihadists’ most high-profile stand since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Infantino Suggests Biennial World Cup Could Prevent Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that increased revenues from a biennial World Cup would create opportunities for Africans who otherwise could migrate and find "death in the sea" crossing the Mediterranean. The idea of a World Cup every two years has been gathering steam with Infantino trying to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Israel, sport is a tool to bring people together

Letters: Ohad Zemet of the Israeli embassy responds to an article accusing the country of ‘sportswashing’. Plus, Salle Dare on The Big Ride for Palestine

The Guardian - UK

Israel's "top priority" mission to discredit UN human rights probe

Israeli officials say they are highly concerned that the UN commission’s report will refer to Israel as an "Apartheid state."

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudanese Rally against UN Bid to Resolve Post-coup Crisis

Thousands of Sudanese pro-military protesters rallied Wednesday against a UN bid to resolve a political crisis in the country three months after a coup, an AFP correspondent reported. The demonstrators gathered outside the Khartoum office of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, or UNITAMS, which launched talks with…

Al Jazeera

Sudanese protest against UN talks to resolve post-coup crisis

Protesters in Khartoum demand the expulsion of the UN, which has begun talks to try to solve Sudan’s political crisis.

Newsroom.co.nz

Lake Alice doctor’s death puts spotlight on Govt

Selwyn Leeks' death leaves it largely to the Government to answer questions about accountability over what happened at Lake Alice. David Williams reports

The Independent UK

Tonga volcano: Royal Navy vessel arrives in country carrying UK aid

The Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel, HMS Spey, docked on Wednesday carrying vital supplies.

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The Independent UK

Hundreds feared dead, including children, as week-long Isis prison siege in Syria ends

The Gweiran jail holds 3,000 people

Al Jazeera

Infographic: Syria’s displaced face the wrath of winter

Bitter winter conditions have compounded the poverty of millions of displaced people in northwest Syria.

The Independent UK

Tattoo community rallies for husband of British tsunami victim

James Glover’s former colleague Tota Volpe-Landi said “he should know that we will be really happy to help out”.

France 24

Syrian Kurds say prison recaptured after IS group attack

US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had been attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group, ending the biggest jihadist assault in the country in three years.

Al Jazeera

Interview: Guinean PM defends record following military coup

Interim PM Mohamed Beavogui tells Al Jazeera that the democratic world has misunderstood the situation in Guinea.

Radio France Internationale

Crowds rally in Burkina Faso's capital to cheer on military coup leaders

Supporters of Burkina Faso’s new military junta rallied in the capital Ouagadougou Tuesday to celebrate the overthrow of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Parliament Calls for Pressuring Israel to Halt Administrative Detentions

Arab Parliament Speaker Adel al-Asoumi has called for forcing Israel to halt its administrative detentions against Palestinians. This came in letters he sent to the United Nations Secretary-General, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, regional parliament speakers and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asoumi denounced Israel’s systematic violations against…

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