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30 years after Arafat-Rabin handshake, clear flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace talks to failure

On Sept. 13, 1993, the world watched as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn. It was a stunning moment. The famous handshake between adversaries marked the beginning of what became known as the Oslo Accords, a framework…

The Conversation

Scottish experts to help present disease-detecting technology at United Nations event

A pioneering programme involving a University of Glasgow professor is aiming to bring disease detection tech to Sub-Saharan Africa.

The National (Scotland)

US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds

Study highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans

The Guardian - UK

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Venice set to finally introduce tourist entry fees after years of wrangling

Decision due just weeks after Unesco warned of irreversible damage to popular Italian city

The Independent UK

Israeli academics and artists call on Biden and UN to shun Netanyahu during his upcoming US visit

Thousands of Israeli academics and artists have urged U.S. President Joe Biden and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to shun Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his scheduled visit to the U.S. next week

The Independent UK

‘We should treat it as a war’: Ecuador’s descent into drug gang violence

Successive governments have been unable to rein in violence as South American country became cocaine superhighway

The Guardian - US

Thousands dead, missing as floods devastate eastern Libya

At least 2,200 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods.

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What is the legal framework for space missions like the Chandrayaan 3 and Aditya L-1? | Explained

As India celebrates a lunar landing and a solar research mission launch, and nations seem to be joining a new age space race, we examine the legal framework that governs space adventures- both internationally and domestically

The Hindu

The Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief

The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan's people

The Independent UK

‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods

Neighbourhoods washed away in port city of Derna, where two dams burst, with many bodies swept out to sea

The Guardian - UK

In pictures: Quarter of coastal Libyan city wiped out in deadly flooding

Catastrophic storm floods have killed at least 2,300 people in the coastal city of Derna, Libyan emergency services said Tuesday, as local officials said around a quarter of the eastern city was wiped away when a dam burst.

France 24

UN food agency warns of 'doom loop' for world's hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase

The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people

The Independent UK

Libya flood: 10,000 missing and 3,000 feared dead as Storm Daniel sends wall of water through city of Derna

‘The situation is catastrophic. Hospitals are filled with bodies and there are areas we have yet to reach’

The Independent UK

V&A to look after ancient Yemen stones found in London shop

Museum agrees to care for stelae dating from second half of first millennium BC until it is safe to return them

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Island nations take landmark ocean protection case to UN court

Nine small island states suffering the devastating impacts of climate change have appeared before the UN maritime court to seek a ruling that will say ocean-heating carbon emissions are pollution and therefore a violation of international law.

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis: Africa is talking but is the west listening?

Africa’s largest meeting on the crisis finished last week amid arguments over ‘false solutions’ and unfulfilled promises. But will the lofty ideals presented translate into better lives for Africans?

The Guardian - UK

Brother of Briton held in India says UK government is ‘more talk and no action’

Gurpreet Singh Johal calls for increased pressure to free brother Jagtar after Rishi Sunak raised case with Narendra Modi

The Guardian - UK

$1bn in aid has been used to support failed ‘war on drugs’ over past decade, says report

Funding tied to drug prevention programmes given to 92 lower-income countries, including Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover

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Iran’s regime has crushed anti-veil protests, but it has ‘lost the battle’ for credibility

One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined.

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Flooding creates a disaster zone in Libya from Storm Daniel

The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding did not include Derna, which was inaccessible, and many of the thousands missing there were believed carried away by waters after two dams burst.

The Guardian - UK

Younger people more likely to doubt merits of democracy – global poll

International study reveals 42% of people aged 18 to 35 supportive of military rule, against 20% of older respondents

The Independent UK

UN says Colombia's coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies

The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade

Newcastle Herald

UN calls out Hunter mining, power station pollution impacts

UN rapporteur meets with Lake residents to discuss coal ash pollution.

The Independent UK

US and UK holding UN screening of documentary on Russia's siege of Ukrainian city of Mariupol

The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and others to a U.N. screening of the award-winning documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” which follows a trio of Associated Press journalists during Russia’s siege of the Ukrainian port city in the early days of the war

The Independent UK

Russia targeted civilian cargo ship in Black Sea, Sunak tells MPs

Declassified UK intelligence suggests missiles were fired from a Russian Black Sea fleet missile carrier on August 24.

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