Lobbyists tied to the fossil fuel industry have turned up in strength at the UN climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon, an NGO coalition said Friday, warning that their presence undermines the process.
A total of 1,602 delegates with links to the…
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UN human rights body highlights killings by paramilitary in Darfur
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body held a one-day special session Friday to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region and other atrocities blamed on paramilitary…
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Pakistan joins US, Arab states in urging swift UN approval of Gaza peace plan resolution
Pakistan, Tajikistan vow to boost ties as Zardari calls Dushanbe bridge to Central Asia
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday described Tajikistan as a bridge to…Continue Reading
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Hundreds in Tehran pray for rain as Iran battles drought
Iranians perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. — AFP Hundreds of people gathered on Friday at a mosque in northern…
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Iran president hails Iraqi PM election win
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian called Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Friday to congratulate him on his “glorious success” in this week’s parliamentary election.
Sudani is the leader of an alliance of Shiite factions, some…
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Mass killings investigation gets green light from UN
Natasha Booty,
Imogen Foulkes,Geneva correspondent and
Barbara Plett Usher,Africa correspondent
AFP via Getty ImagesIt is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, say aid groups and the G7 The UN human rights council has given unanimous backing to a…
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Rotterdam to Host the 28th ICOM General Conference in 2028 – International Council of Museums
The General Assembly of ICOM has elected Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as the host city of the 28th ICOM General Conference, which will take place in 2028.
Every three years, the international museum community gathers for the ICOM General…
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Kashmir is focus of arrests after Delhi car blast linked to ‘terror module’ | India
Police have carried out raids and made several arrests across the Indian state of Kashmir in the aftermath of a car explosion in Delhi that left 13 people dead.
On Wednesday, the Indian government confirmed it was treating the blast as a “terror…
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Autumn rain in Gaza exposes fragility of camps, raises locals’ fear for coming winter-Xinhua
GAZA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — Displaced Palestinians awoke to flooded tents Friday morning as the first autumn rain hit the Gaza Strip overnight, heightening fears of worsening living conditions as winter approaches.
Amal Abu Hassan, a displaced…
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