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Libyan Eastern Parliament Speaker Calls for New Government

The speaker of Libya's eastern-based parliament said on Monday the interim government must be replaced and he would launch a process to redraft the constitution, after plans for an election fell apart last month. The moves, announced by parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh as he entered the chamber in the eastern…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022

Several protesters killed in Sudan anti-coup rallies

Security forces kill several protesters, medics and an activist say, as thousands demonstrate against military coup.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2022

Eco-engineers cleaning up rivers by transforming old cooking oil into soap

As part of the Mirror's NextGen International series, Hanzell Benavides, 25 and Jocelyne Sánchez, 26 report on the young engineers who are coming up with solutions on cleaning rivers

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2022

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U.N. envoy seeks Thai help to halt deterioration of Myanmar crisis

A United Nations envoy on Monday called on Thailand's support to prevent a deterioration in the crisis in neighbouring Myanmar and welcomed assurances that refugees fleeing military operations would be protected by the Thai government.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2022

Suspected drone attack kills three in UAE after Houthis announce ‘military operation’

A suspected drone attack killed three people in a fuel tank blast in Abu Dhabi on Monday, officials said. Hours after Yemen's Houthi rebels announced a "military operation" in the United Arab Emirates, the group claimed responsibility for the attack and warned it could target more facilities.

France 24 · Jan 17, 2022

Taliban says all Afghan girls will be back in school by March

Senior Taliban leader Zabihullah Mujahid says the group is looking to open classrooms for all girls by March 21.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2022

China’s Xi Rejects ‘Cold War Mentality,’ Pushes Cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping called Monday for greater world cooperation against COVID-19 and pledged to send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries, while urging other powers to discard a "Cold-War mentality” at a time of rising geopolitical tensions — a not-so-veiled swipe at the United States.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022

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Global employment won’t recover before 2023: UN labour body

The International Labour Organization projects 207 million unemployed in 2022.

Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2022

Libya Elections Could Be Rescheduled for June

A senior UN official said she is pushing for Libya to hold elections by June after the country missed a December deadline to elect its first president since the 2011 ouster and killing of longtime president Moammar Gadhafi. Stephanie Williams, the UN's special adviser on Libya, told The Associated Press…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022

Sudanese Parties Demand Expanding UN Initiative

The Central Council of the Freedom and Change Forces in Sudan has called for expanding the UN initiative to solve the political crisis in the country. The Council called for involving the Troika countries (US, UK, and Norway), the EU, and the Arab and African neighboring countries in the efforts…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022

Dimming Sun's Rays Should Be off-Limits

Planetary-scale engineering schemes designed to cool Earth's surface and lessen the impact of global heating are potentially dangerous and should be blocked by governments, more than 60 policy experts and scientists said on Monday. Even if injecting billions of Sulphur particles into the middle atmosphere -- the most hotly debated…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022

Simon Coveney confirms investigation launched into Champagne party at the Department of Foreign Affairs

The selfie picture that sparked the controversy showed up to 20 senior department officials raising champagne flutes and not wearing masks

Dublin Live · Jan 17, 2022

Japan condemns North Korea after it conducts fourth missile test in a month

South Korean military says Pyongyang launched two ballistic missiles, which Tokyo says threaten its ‘peace and security’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022

Ethiopia: Tigray on brink of humanitarian disaster, UN says

Supplies for more than 5 million people in need of food are running out, says World Food Programme

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 14, 2022

North Korea tests possible ballistic missile in third launch in two weeks

South Korean military says projectile was fired into the sea, and comes after US imposed further sanctions on regime officials

Newslaundry · Jan 14, 2020

‘Sea of people’ at Shaheen Bagh as protest against citizenship law nears a month

On Sunday, the streets leading to Shaheen Bagh in southeast Delhi were jam-packed with people, heading to support the women protesting against the citizenship law and the National Register of Citizens. The protest, which started nearly a month ago, is only gaining momentum with time.

Newslaundry · Oct 23, 2019

Survivors’ tale: This film shows how Myanmar planned ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya

Two years after hundreds of thousands of Myanmar’s Muslim ethnic minority were forced to flee in a military-led crackdown, a new film called Mechanics of a Crime, reveals their persecution was premeditated. It comes as thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh agreed to be relocated on Sunday.

Newslaundry · Sep 7, 2019

Hafta Letters: Of pandiculations and known unknowns

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Newslaundry · Jun 13, 2018

Respecting women’s rights is a guarantee to reduce maternal and child mortality: Dr Michelle Bachelet

Dr Michelle Bachelet, (left-wing revolutionary imprisoned by the military dictator Augusto Pinochet), two-time president of Chile (2006-2010, 2014-2018), first Executive Director of UN Women, took over as the Chair of the Board of Partnership for Maternal, New Born and Child Health (PMNCH) speaks to ICFJ Fellow Biraj Swain on the…

Newslaundry · May 11, 2018

Delhi’s Yamuna: A huge septic tank

Delhi has found new ways of contaminating the Yamuna river: electronic waste. As also the subsoil and ground water: A United Nations-backed study pointed out that India generated nearly 5 per cent of electronic waste produced globally in 2016.

Newslaundry · Apr 20, 2018

Mind of a rapist

The largest international study on rape, carried out by the United Nations for two years involving 10,000 men from Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, was published in 2013. The study found that rape is not a rarity: one in four men interviewed had raped someone…

Newslaundry · Nov 14, 2017

Since Modi can’t stop talking about Nehru, here’s Nehru talking back

Deep inside Teen Murti Bhavan last night, the lights began to flicker. Strains of Leonard Cohen’s Chelsea Hotel #2 could be heard echoing throughout the building. Suddenly, a mysterious figure appeared over a former Prime Minister’s desk. The figure ran his ghostly hands through the desk like he was quite…

ABC News · Jun 10, 2014

Inside Zaatari: Syrian refugees turn desert into one of the world's largest refugee camps

In the dusty desert of northern Jordan a city has emerged out of the sand. Two years ago Syrian families began arriving here, fleeing war and persecution in their homeland. Almost overnight the United Nations was forced to set up a refugee camp and what started as a few tents…

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