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Peacekeeping chief encouraged by ‘warming’ relations between Sudan and South Sudan over Abyei (UN News)

The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations told the Security Council on Wednesday that he was encouraged by a thaw in relations between South Sudan and Sudan, now that both have established national committees on the question of Abyei,...

Top US general: China missile test ‘very close’ to Sputnik moment (Al Jazeera)

Top US General Mark Milley has called China’s recent hypersonic missile test “very close” to a Sputnik moment. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

China says Taiwan ‘has no right’ to join UN, after US nod (Al Jazeera)

China has again said that Taiwan has “no right” to join the United Nations, a day after the United States voiced support for the...

Energy crunch: Russia could reap windfalls as other nations reel (Charu Sudan Kasturi, Al Jazeera)

Raymond D’Costa woke up soaked in sweat. It was midnight and the power was out in his neighbourhood in Bangalore, India’s third-largest city. When...

Imran Khan’s talks with the Pakistan Taliban will not bring peace (Ahsan I Butt, Al Jazeera)

In an interview with Turkish media aired on October 1, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan revealed that his government is in talks with the...

India’s top court asks: Did gov’t use Pegasus spyware to snoop? (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

India’s Supreme Court has ordered a panel of experts to investigate whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration used the Pegasus spyware to surveil opposition...

Pandemic impact on jobs, worse than expected: ILO (UN News)

The jobs recovery is stalled worldwide and disparities between advanced and developing economies threaten the whole global economy, warned the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Wednesday. Pandemic impact on jobs, worse than expected: ILO  | | UN...

Hate campaign in India against Urdu for being a ‘Muslim’ language (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

Last week, Hindu right-wing forces in India forced a leading firm to withdraw its festive season advertisement after it featured a couple of words...

‘Letting women decide’: Activists hail Benin abortion vote (Chisom Peter Job, Al Jazeera)

One afternoon in September 2018, Fatima Ismail found out she was pregnant after a friend told her to do a test. Aged 21 and...

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