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U.N. urges Taliban to release information about missing journalists

The United Nation's mission to Afghanistan on Tuesday called on the Taliban administration to release details on the detention of two Afghan journalists who disappeared the previous day.

Reuters

Infographic: Hunger and food insecurity in maps and charts

As many as 811 million people – 10 percent of the world’s population – go to bed hungry each night.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar coup anniversary: Government in exile urges France to act against junta

One year ago, the military seized power in Myanmar by force. The country has since descended into civil war fraught with human rights violations, but the international community has resisted imposing measures against the military regime. Members of Myanmar's exile government spoke in Paris on January 31 about the role…

France 24

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Tonga records two COVID-19 community cases, Pacific Island nation prepares for two-day lockdown

Still reeling after last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami, the Pacific Island nation will enter a two-day nationwide lockdown after two port workers tested positive for COVID-19.

ABC News

How climate change is washing away precious evidence of our distant past

As well as threatening biodiversity, food systems and human health, climate change has another victim: ancient artefacts. At some UK sites of archaeological interest, unusually heavy rainfall is eroding layers of protective peat to damage the preserved relics that lie beneath.

The Conversation

The African Union at 20: a lot has been achieved despite many flaws

There’s a widespread view that the African Union – and its bureaucracy – are glorified servants of African governments. This view is supported by scholars and by the media.

The Conversation

North Korea airs new footage of limping Kim Jong-un during ‘worst-ever hardships’ of 2021

In the documentary Kim Jong-un is seen limping and struggling to descend makeshift stairs while holding an umbrella during a visit to a construction site

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Too Many Masks: WHO Cites Glut of Waste from COVID Response

The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide. The UN health agency reported Tuesday that tens of thousands of tons…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar’s coup: a year under military rule in numbers

With more than 1,400 civilians dead, thousands displaced and an economy on the brink of collapse, Myanmar is in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar death toll exceeds 1,500 with nearly 8,800 in custody - UN

At least 1,500 people are known to have been killed in year-long protests against the coup in Myanmar, with thousands more possibly killed in the armed conflict, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.

Reuters

IGAD Hold Talks with Burhan, Hemedti, Volker in Khartoum

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) continued on Monday its efforts to end the political crisis in Sudan. IGAD’s Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu held talks with head of Sudan’s Sovereign Transitional Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, as well as foreign diplomats…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mali and France, a timeline of mounting tensions

As the standoff between Bamako and Paris continues, here’s a timeline of key recent events.

Al Jazeera

UN rights expert calls for cutting off Myanmar junta after crimes

GENEVA: The UN human rights expert on Myanmar said on Tuesday that Myanmar's ruling junta had murdered and tortured civilians while waging a "campaign of terror" in the year since taking power and he called for tightening sanctions against it.

Bangkok Post

Amnesty accuses Israel of being an ‘apartheid’ state

Israel calls the claims ‘lies, inconsistencies, and unfounded assertions’

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Israel imposing ‘apartheid’ on Palestinians: Amnesty

Israel must be held accountable for enforcing a system of oppression, domination against Palestinians, Amnesty says.

Asharq Al-Awsat

One Year On, Justice on Hold for Slain Lebanese Activist Lokman Slim

A year after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, his family is still searching for accountability in a country where crimes often go unpunished. "We really need justice for Lokman," his widow Monika Borgmann told AFP from their home in the southern suburbs of the capital…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan Proposes Controversial Mine in World Heritage Bid

Japan will seek UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a centuries-old network of mines on Tuesday, the government said, risking renewed diplomatic tensions with South Korea over forced wartime labor. The controversial gold and silver mine complex on central Japan's Sado Island dates back 400 years and was once one of…

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland prisons criticised over segregation units which don't meet UN standards

Prison officers brand report "unfair", saying prisoners in units very challenging for staff

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Myanmar Shuts Shop to Defy Junta on Coup Anniversary

Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a silent strike on the first anniversary of the military coup. The junta that ended the Southeast Asian country's brief democratic interlude and toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Extends Libya Mission after US-Russia Dispute over Envoy

The UN Security Council voted Monday to extend its political mission in Libya for just three months after a dispute between the West and Russia over the appointment of a new top UN envoy for the North African country, which is trying to form a united government after 10 years…

ABC News

Myanmar coup anniversary leads to sanctions against top junta officials, but not from Australia

To mark a year since the government of Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by Myanmar's military, several of Australia's closest allies have imposed sanctions on several top junta officials – including its attorney-general and other senior judicial officers.

The Hindu

Russia’s U.N. Envoy thanks India, others, for not supporting Ukraine discussion at UNSC

‘As we expected, it [ the discussion] was nothing but a PR stunt, classic example of megaphone diplomacy’, says Dmitry Polyanskiy on Twitter

The Guardian - AU

Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO – as it happened

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Bangkok Post

Myanmar activists vow to defy junta with strike on coup anniversary

Myanmar's military rulers have threatened to jail anti-coup protesters who take part in a "silent strike" on Tuesday, a year since the generals seized power, as the United States, Britain and Canada imposed new sanctions.

France 24

Activists stage ‘silent strike’ as Myanmar marks coup anniversary under fresh sanctions

Myanmar’s junta marked one year in power on Tuesday despite fresh foreign sanctions as demonstrators promised to rally against the army and its bloody crackdown.

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