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Yemen: Endless suffering of children continues due to war, aid crisis (UN News)

The Yemen conflict killed or maimed 2,600 children as hostilities intensified in 2019 and 2020; that’s according to a new report of the UN Secretary-General...

Cyber defense across the ocean floor: The geopolitics of submarine cable security (Justin Sherman, Atlantic Council)

The vast majority of intercontinental global Internet traffic—upwards of 95 percent—travels over undersea cables that run across the ocean floor. These hundreds of cables,...

Yemen asks international community to exert pressure on Houthi coup leaders and their sponsors to ‘end bloodshed’ (UN News)

The war in Yemen has caused a human catastrophe, torn society apart, and triggered “waves of mass displacement, repression and enforced disappearance”, the country’s...

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Hogan Meets OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (US Department of State)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Dereck Hogan and National Security Council Senior Director for Europe Amanda Sloat, met on September...

Security Council marks 25th anniversary of Test Ban Treaty with call for nuclear weapons-free world (UN News)

The Security Council on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, with calls for its entry into force and the elimination of nuclear weapons everywhere Security Council marks 25th anniversary of Test Ban...

Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns (UN News)

With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said...

Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Trip to Switzerland, Uzbekistan, India, and Pakistan (US Department of State)

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will travel to Geneva, Switzerland on September 29 to lead a U.S. interagency delegation to a September...

‘Time to rethink, transform, and safely restart tourism’, says UN chief (UN News)

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism could result in a more than $4 trillion loss to the global economy, according to a recent report from the UN Conference on Trade...

Afghanistan envoy withdraws from UN General Assembly debate (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations has pulled out of delivering an address to world leaders at the General Assembly on Monday. Ghulam Isaczai, who...

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