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US requests UN Security Council meeting on North Korea

Meeting, which diplomats say will take place Wednesday, comes after Pyongyang carried out 15th missile test this year.

Al Jazeera · May 9, 2022

Relentless war: On Russia-Ukraine crisis

Russia should support the UN Secretary General’s peace mission and end the attacks

The Hindu · May 9, 2022

Sri Lanka is the first domino to fall in the face of a global debt crisis

The south Asian country is the first to buckle under economic pressures compounded by Russia’s war on Ukraine, but it won’t be the last

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022

Sri Lanka PM, scion of political dynasty, resigns amid protests

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government crushed the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to a long civil war, resigned as prime minister on Monday after intensifying anti-government protests.

Reuters · May 9, 2022

Pushing productive coca seeds, Mexican cartels reshape Colombia's drug industry

Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advance and pushing cultivation of highly-productive strains, coca growers, security officials and rights activists say.

Reuters · May 9, 2022

196 states meet to combat desertification at COP 15 summit in Abidjan

The UN's COP 15 against desertification has kicked off in the Ivorian capital, striving for concrete action against the rapid degradation of land and its dire consequences for biodiversity and livelihoods.

Radio France Internationale · May 9, 2022

Ukraine calls for moves to unblock ports and prevent global food crisis

Ukraine's president said on Monday that trade at the country's ports was at a standstill and urged the international community to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade to allow wheat shipments and prevent a global food crisis.

Reuters · May 9, 2022

Houthi Violations Escalate Amid Yemeni Army's Commitment to UN Truce

Houthi militias have continued their escalation on various fronts deploying all kinds of weapons, including drones, artillery, and snipers, while Yemeni army leaders confirmed their commitment to the UN humanitarian truce in its second month, according to field reports. Militia violations have exceeded 3,000 since the truce took effect on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 9, 2022

UN demands immediate release of Scot locked up in India

THERE is no legal basis for the continued imprisonment of a Scottish man being held in India, the UN has said as it called for Jagtar Singh…

The National (Scotland) · May 9, 2022

UN: 9.3 Million Syrian Children in Need of Assistance

A total of 9.3 million Syrian children are in need of aid than at any time since the devastating civil war erupted in the country over a decade ago, the United Nations warned on Sunday. “Millions of children continue to live in fear, need and uncertainty inside Syria and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 9, 2022