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The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency on Thursday welcomed the signing of an initial Iran-US memorandum aimed at ending the war, before proposing “to sit down” with both parties to assist with concrete measures such as verification of Iran’s nuclear programme, a key sticking point.
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For the first time, soldiers and Government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-State armed groups – and 2025 set a grim new record for the total number of child victims.
Dozens of countries have called out growing “coordinated attacks” by fossil fuel interests aimed at undermining the role of climate science in the UN negotiations at the mid-year talks in Bonn. Under the banner of ‘Friends of Science’, in an overflowing press conference room lined with negotiators and civil society supporters, diplomats from Fiji, Nepal, […]
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The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency on Thursday welcomed the signing of an initial Iran-US memorandum aimed at ending the war, before proposing “to sit down” with both…
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For the first time, soldiers and Government forces were responsible for more grave violations against children in armed conflict than non-State armed groups – and 2025 set a grim new…
Dozens of countries have called out growing “coordinated attacks” by fossil fuel interests aimed at undermining the role of climate science in the UN negotiations at the mid-year talks in…
On quiet streets across the Californian city of Monterey Park, green-and-white “YES on Measure NDC” signs stood on front-yard lawns as volunteers walked door-to-door, drumming up support among residents to…
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Ahead of an upcoming hearing on 19 June during which the Tunis appeals court will re-examine the conviction of Saadia Mosbah, a prominent Tunisian Black human rights defender, and five of her colleagues from the anti-racist organization Mnemty, based on unfounded financial criminal charges stemming from their human rights work, Amnesty International’s…
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Pentagon inks deals with AI giants, but not Anthropic
The pacts enable OpenAI, Google and SpaceX to bring top-tier artificial intelligence (AI) models onto the US military’s secure classified networks.
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Germany needs no tips from Donald Trump, says Merz’s deputy
Germany’s vice chancellor says US President Donald Trump has made a mess of the Iran war and that his focus should be on ending it. As fuel prices soar, Lars Klingbeil said Trump bears responsibility for the fallout.
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Is Myanmar’s military winning the civil war?
After five years of war, armed resistance groups still challenge Myanmar’s military across much of the country. But the generals are now stemming losses and reclaiming some territory.
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World News in Brief: Aung San Suu Kyi released from prison, Israel’s new death penalty, Cambodia convictions, healthcare inequalities in South America
Former Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, with her sentence reduced under a prisoner amnesty linked to a Buddhist holiday.
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Artemis II astronauts underscore our shared humanity, in historic UN visit
A month after completing their historic flyby of the Moon, the astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission landed at UN Headquarters in New York this week with a message that sounded like a reminder: humanity is capable of extraordinary things when it acts together.
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Nuclear fears resurface among younger generations amid global tensions
The threat of nuclear Armageddon, a constant worry for many who grew up during the tense decades of the Cold War, is becoming a cause for concern for a growing number of young people.
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Attacks on media workers must end, UN urges
War in the Middle East has made Lebanon the deadliest country for media workers so far this year, but practically no country offers a safe environment in which to be a journalist, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Washington 30 April 2026 #1
Washington 30 April 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 05/01/2026 – 19:48 Washington Fri, 05/01/2026 – 12:00 30 April 2026 President Trump asserted regarding Iran that “we’ve already won, but I want to win by an even bigger margin… If we leave right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild, if they ever could rebuild”. He […]
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Israel 1 May 2026 #1
Israel 1 May 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 05/01/2026 – 19:46 Israel Fri, 05/01/2026 – 12:00 1 May 2026 Israel’s military said that it had destroyed “more than 40 Hizbollah infrastructure sites” in Lebanon over the previous day, including “command centers, military structures and additional terrorist infrastructure”.
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Lebanon 1 May 2026 #1
Lebanon 1 May 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 05/01/2026 – 19:45 Lebanon Fri, 05/01/2026 – 12:00 1 May 2026 Israel’s military said that it had destroyed “more than 40 Hizbollah infrastructure sites” in Lebanon over the previous day, including “command centers, military structures and additional terrorist infrastructure”.