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Over 100 million people in Africa threatened by climate change (Al Jazeera)

A new report by the United Nations has warned that more than 100 million “extremely poor” people across Africa are threatened by accelerating climate...

Africa calls for climate finance tracker after donors fall short (Al Jazeera)

African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100bn annual target to help the...

Bomb attack kills 13 Syrian military personnel: state media (Al Jazeera)

Two roadside bombs have exploded near a bus carrying troops in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least 13 military personnel and wounding three...

Palestinians condemn Israeli bill giving broad powers to police (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Israel is taking steps towards over-policing and increasing its surveillance of the Palestinian population inside its 1949-borders under the pretext of curbing the high...

EU accuses Turkey of ‘backsliding’ on reforms to join bloc (Al Jazeera)

The European Union’s executive body has said that Turkey’s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls in...

Beirut blast judge summons ex-ministers as pressure mounts (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The lead investigator of the Beirut Port blast probe summoned two charged ex-ministers again as Lebanese leaders continue to mount pressure on him. Judge Tarek...

Over-compliance with US sanctions hurting Iran’s ‘butterfly kids’ (UN News)

Over-compliance with United States-imposed sanctions against Iran is harming the right to health, and people with a rare skin disease are among those affected, many of them children, experts appointed by the UN...

UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South Sudan (UN News)

Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, UNHCR Representative in the country Arafat Jamal said on Tuesday. The...

Myanmar: Three million in urgent need of life-saving assistance, protection (UN News)

Updating journalists at the daily media briefing in New York, Stéphane Dujarric cited humanitarians in saying that “conflict, food insecurity, natural disasters and COVID-19” have left some three million...

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