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Libya’s Lawmakers Push for New PM after Failing to Hold Vote

Libyan lawmakers pushed ahead Monday with plans to appoint a new transitional government, more than a month after the country failed to hold its first presidential election. Candidates may submit their bids for the post of prime minister, said Abdullah Bliheg, a spokesman for the legislature.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Iran Moves Centrifuge-Parts Production Out of Disputed Workshop, IAEA Says

Iran has moved production of parts for advanced centrifuges, used to enrich uranium, out of a workshop only a month after agreeing to allow the UN nuclear watchdog to reinstall surveillance cameras there, the watchdog said on Monday. The move adds to uncertainty over Iran's nuclear activities while indirect talks…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Almost 2,000 children killed fighting for Houthis in Yemen civil war

Some soldiers were as young as seven, reports the United Nations

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

UN presses Myanmar junta for aid access

The United Nations Secretary-General has urged Myanmar's ruling military to allow humanitarian aid access and address the "desperate needs" of its people, highlighting a year since a coup ended a decade of democracy and plunged the country into turmoil.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2022

AU suspends Burkina Faso after coup as envoys head for talks

Continental body says suspension to stay in place until restoration of constitutional order.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2022

IGAD Kicks Off Talks to Resolve Sudan Crisis

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said it is ready to support a Sudanese-owned process to end the political crisis that sparked in the country three months after a military coup. IGAD’s Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu arrived on Sunday in Khartoum for a three-day visit to hold talks with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Build Back Better is a good slogan, but it won’t work if prices rise

It was the phrase on everyone’s lips. We were going to “Build Back Better”. Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Greenpeace, the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund have all used these “magic” words. Their meaning is, of course, a matter of taste: we can…

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2022

Ukraine crisis: UK considering further military deployments and ‘unprecedented’ sanctions – as it happened

British foreign secretary Liz Truss says ‘those in and around the Kremlin will have nowhere to hide’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

Group Urges EU to Stop Returning Migrants to Libya

A leading rights group on Monday urged the European Union to reverse its migration policy on Libya, saying the approach helps return migrants to “hellish” conditions in the North African country. Amnesty International said in a statement more than 82,000 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya in the past…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Myanmar’s junta struggles to prevent protests planned for coup anniversary

Junta warns public not to take part in planned ‘silent strike’ and arrests business owners who vowed to close on 1 February

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022