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Taliban promise peaceful transition as world reacts to chaos in Afghanistan

Aug 17, 2021 07:28

As world leaders continue to react to the abrupt US military pullout from Afghanistan, which was followed by the Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country, the militant group tries to assure the civilians and the international community of a peaceful transition.
Leaked UN report says greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years

Aug 16, 2021 09:25

Rich people in every country are overwhelmingly more responsible for global heating than the poor, with SUVs and meat-eating singled out for blame, and the high-carbon basis for future economic growth is also questioned.
After Pegasus exposé, UN rights experts urge moratorium on 'life-threatening' spyware

Aug 15, 2021 14:27

Echoing calls from advocacy organizations and other surveillance critics after the Pegasus exposé broke last month, a group of United Nations human rights experts have recently called for a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology.
China rejects WHO call for further coronavirus origins probe

Aug 13, 2021 07:54

China has rejected the World Health Organization (WHO)'s calls for a new probe into the origins of the coronavirus, saying it supports “scientific” over “political” efforts to find out how the virus started.
WHO chief warns of rapid spread of COVID-19

Aug 12, 2021 11:09

The number of COVID-19 cases in the world may exceed 300 million at the beginning of next year if the current rate of the spread of the infection is not stopped, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
Libyans launch new round of political talks led by UN ahead of elections

Aug 11, 2021 11:27

Delegates from Libya have launched a new round of UN-led talks aiming to reach a compromise ahead of planned elections in December.
New UN report to set out stark reality of the climate crisis

Aug 10, 2021 11:46

A new UN report will set out a stark message on the state of the climate crisis, raising pressure on governments meeting for the crucial Cop26 talks in the autumn. The report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on Monday (9 August 2021), is the first part of a review of current scientific knowledge about how the world is warming due to human activity.
No point in meeting new UN envoy as Saudi siege remains: Abdulsalam

Aug 08, 2021 13:39

A spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has ruled out a meeting with the United Nations' new special envoy for Yemen unless the tight land, air and sea blockade by Saudi Arabia and its regional allies on the impoverished West Asian country is fully lifted.
Wrong policies adopted by foreign powers behind Afghanistan’s plight: Zarif

Aug 08, 2021 11:36

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the root cause of the current catastrophic situation in Afghanistan is the wrong policies adopted by the foreign powers that interfere in that country’s internal affairs.
Yemeni FM: Saudi Arabia 'cannot play hegemonic role anymore'

Aug 08, 2021 06:28

The foreign minister of Yemen's National Salvation Government says it is time for Saudi Arabia to put an end to intervention in its southern neighbor’s internal affairs, and stop attempts to undermine the Arab nation’s independence.