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Five U.N. staff abducted in southern Yemen

Five United Nations staff have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission, the United Nations said on Saturday.

Reuters

Taliban have detained 29 women and their families in Kabul, says US envoy

Report by senior diplomat Rina Amiri raises concerns about number of ‘unjust detentions’ in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Afghans Protest US Order to Give $3.5B to 9/11 Victims

Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the US for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans. Protesters who gathered outside Kabul's grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Armed Convoy Moves into Tripoli to Shore up Dbeibah

A convoy of fighters moved into Tripoli from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday to shore up the interim prime minister amid a push by the parliament to oust him in favor of its own candidate. Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has sworn he will hand over power only…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN court orders Uganda to pay DR Congo €285 million in war damages

The UN's top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo 285 million euros over a war two decades ago. The sum represents just a fraction of what Kinshasa originally demanded.

Radio France Internationale

What next after COP26? Gas crisis shadows the road from Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh

Energy price rises may work against climate leaders in delivering the green policies in time for COP27 in Egypt

Financial Times

Lebanon: Int’l Pressure to Hold Parliamentary Elections on Time

The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) has openly joined forces to push the Lebanese authorities to hold the parliamentary elections on their scheduled date on May 15. The ISG met in Beirut on Friday to review preparations for the upcoming polls. Echoing the recent Security Council press statement on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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NSW byelections: ‘disappointing across the board’, Perrottet says after Coalition suffers double-digit swings

Labor and Coalition likely to win two super Saturday contests each, but final result unlikely to be known for at least a week

The Guardian - AU

Myanmar Junta Says to Free over 800 Prisoners

Myanmar's junta on Saturday announced an amnesty for more than 800 prisoners to mark the country's Union Day, as it held a parade and show of force in the capital. The country has been in turmoil since last year's coup, with mass protests and a subsequent military crackdown that has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Radio Day and you!

This week The Sound Kitchen is offering up a delicious community meal: listeners from all over the world sent in their recorded World Radio Day greetings, and you sure don’t want to miss out on that. You’ll hear the answer to the question about the official working languages at the…

Radio France Internationale

UNIFIL Commander Urges Lebanon, Israel to Resume Talks on Blue Line

The head of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon has called on the Lebanese authorities and Israel to resume talks on the technical Blue Line to find agreements on a number of the contentious points along the Line. Major General Stefano Del Col chaired on Friday this year’s first Tripartite meeting with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Guterres Calls on 'All Parties' to 'Preserve Stability' in Libya

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Friday on "all parties to continue to preserve stability in Libya as a top priority," after the country found itself with two competing prime ministers, raising the specter of renewed violence. The secretary-general reminded "all institutions of the primary goal of holding national elections as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

British journalist detained in Afghanistan released by Taliban

Former BBC South Asia correspondent Andrew North has been released, the PA news agency understands.

The Independent UK

Israeli STEM Program Empowers Girls In Ghana

World ORT Kadima Mada trains female university students in Ghana in coding, animation and other science and technology skills

Zenger

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2 Strong Insurance Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio This Month

U.S. Treasury bond yields have been rising since the start of the year. Inflation has been climbing to a multi-decade high, forcing the Fed to announce the potential for it to raise interest rates multiple times this year. This bodes well for the insurance sector because it tends to benefit…

Radio France Internationale

30 countries commit to do more to protect the ocean at One Ocean Summit in Brest

Some 30 heads of state from around the globe participated in the One Ocean summit in Brest, France on Friday, committing to do more to protect the world’s oceans from harm. Hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, ideas were presented for an international treaty to combat plastic pollution, protect the…

Al Jazeera

China continues its labour abuse practices against Uighurs: UN

A new UN report details a ‘widespread and systematic programme’ of abuse in Xinjiang as well as China’s vehement denial.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan: Two foreign journalists released after detention

Two international journalists released after being detained while on assignment with UNHCR, says UN refugee agency.

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Inverse

Astronomers found one of the lightest exoplanets in Earth's backyard

In this edition of Inverse Daily, learn about a hidden history of Alcoholics Anonymous, a new planet in our neighborhood, and more.

The Guardian - UK

Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning

Unofficial estimates say country may have highest number of victims of paedophile priests in world

The Guardian - UK

Taliban release British journalist Andrew North from detention in Kabul

Journalist and several other reporters freed after being held while on assignment with UNHCR

Reuters

Renovation of Nazi ally's Kosovo house causes ire

The renovation of a house in Kosovo that belonged to a minister in a pro-Nazi government during World War Two has prompted an outcry, with Germany warning of historical "whitewashing" and the European Union and United Nations halting the project.

The Guardian - US

Biden releases $7bn in frozen Afghan funds to split between 9/11 families and aid

Money would go toward humanitarian efforts for Afghan people and to US victims of terrorism, keeping it out of hands of Taliban

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Labor Agency Cites Concerns about China's Xinjiang Region

An annual report from the United Nations labor agency Friday highlighted the work conditions of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China's western Xinjiang region, noting signs of “coercive measures” that deprive workers of free choice in selecting jobs and calling on Beijing to provide more information about how it's…

Reuters

U.S. plans to free half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds for aid

The United States is seeking to free up half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on U.S. soil to help the Afghan people while holding the rest to possibly satisfy terrorism-related lawsuits against the Taliban, the White House said on Friday.

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