South Sudan general among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter President Salva Kiir appeals for calm while analysts say escalating tensions could lead to full-blown conflict The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2025
How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power’ ON THE GROUND: Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2025
UN summit 'delivers strongest condemnation yet' of nuclear deterrence NUCLEAR-ARMED states are undermining global security and must end their weapons programmes, a UN summit has affirmed ... The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2025
International Women’s Day in numbers: How the fight for equality is still lagging behind As International Women’s Day is marked around the world, The Independent crunches the numbers on women’s lives at work and at home The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
Adopted Orphan Brings Couple 'Paradise' In War-ravaged Gaza In their home in war-devastated Gaza City, Iman Farhat and her husband cherish the "paradise" brought by their newly-adopted baby, one of many orphans in the Palestinian territory after more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. International Business Times · Mar 7, 2025
1 crew member killed as UN helicopter is attacked in violence-prone South Sudan A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote part of South Sudan was attacked The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know Women across the world will call for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
US exits fund that compensates poorer countries for global heating Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nations The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Bulgarian spies reveal changing nature of Russia terror threat ‘Extremely sophisticated operation’ uncovered on UK soil forms part of an emerging trend across Europe The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
Putin Wastes No Time Launching 'Massive Attack' On Ukraine Infrastructure After Trump Claimed Kremlin 'Ready For Peace' Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said Ukraine's infrastructure is under a "massive missile and drone shelling" attack Latin Times · Mar 7, 2025
Headteacher remanded in custody after alleged assault at secondary school Anthony John Felton, 54, is accused of attempted wounding with intent The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
No Talks With US Under 'Maximum Pressure' Policy, Iran FM Tells AFP Iran will not resume negotiations with the United States on its nuclear programme while President Donald Trump applies his "maximum pressure" policy, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told AFP on Friday. International Business Times · Mar 7, 2025
Lassa fever: Ebola-like virus found in person who travelled to the UK Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the public is regarded as ‘very low’ The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
‘They are coming because they are persecuted’: UN special rapporteur calls on UK to open up to more Afghan refugees INTERVIEW: Richard Bennett tells Arpan Rai Afghans escaping Taliban rule to Britain are classic examples of refugees The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
Al Jazeera · Mar 7, 2025 UN crew member killed in attack on helicopter in South Sudan White Army militia linked to Machar blamed for deadly attack on UN helicopter amid fragile peace in South Sudan.
The Guardian - US · Mar 7, 2025 Trump says he wrote to Iran and wants to negotiate nuclear weapons deal First step by president to open discussions comes as Iranian government locked in dispute over negotiating with US
The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025 Afghan women forced to make do with AI friends ‘to give yourself fake hope’ under oppressive Taliban rule More than three years after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, women say daily life is difficult
The Conversation · Mar 7, 2025 The G20: how it works, why it matters and what would be lost if it failed South Africa took over the presidency of the G20 at the end of 2024. Since then the world has become a more complex, unpredictable and dangerous place. The most powerful state in the world, the US, seems intent on undermining the existing order that it created and on demonstrating its…
The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2025 Israeli offensive in West Bank aligns with annexation vision, says UN official ISRAEL’s offensive which displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians and ravaged refugee camps appears to be aligned with the "vision of…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025 ‘Here you will die’: detainees speak of executions, starvation and beatings at hands of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces Haunting accounts of torture in newly found detention centre lead to calls for an investigation into what experts say could be among the worst atrocities of Sudan’s civil war
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025 Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum Exclusive: What appears to be a vast burial site found at former Rapid Support Forces base in Sudan, while rescued detainees speak of torture, starvation and deaths of fellow inmates
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025 Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end Investor–state dispute settlements don’t just mean growing debt burdens for countries: they are also a barrier to action on the climate crisis
Radio France Internationale · Mar 7, 2025 Sudan files case against UAE at UN court over 'complicity in genocide' Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the International Court of Justice, arguing the UAE is complicit in genocide over its alleged support for Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025 Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve a fragile ceasefire, according to officials from the U.S. humanitarian agency
The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025 UN talks to end Cyprus crisis are ‘a waste of time’ unless Starmer changes British policy, UK minister warned Exclusive: UK foreign office minister Stephen Doughty will land in Cyprus on Friday to meet leaders of both sides of the divided island