Will the Caspian Sea deal hold?
Some call it a sea, others a lake. For decades its status has been questioned. Five countries - Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan - now agree the Caspian Sea, as it is commonly
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Illegal mining, abuses surge on Indigenous land in Brazil: Report
April 12, 2022 By Editor 221 views Leave a comment
How AI is advancing the Middle East’s goal of sustainable fishing
April 11, 2022 By Editor 260 views Leave a comment
Morocco rescuers race to save boy trapped in well for days
February 4, 2022 By Editor 392 views Leave a comment
Egypt FM outlines plans for COP27 climate summit
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El-Sisi meets Mahmoud Abbas on sidelines of World Youth Forum
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Mali: Soumaila Cisse rejects results as ballot counting under way
Opposition leader Soumaila Cisse says he will reject the results of Mali's presidential runoff vote, urging people in the country "to rise up". Sunday's poll, which was marked by a low turnout amid security concerns
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Migrant boat on standby as Italy asks the UK to take it in
Italy has called on the United Kingdom to take in 141 migrants aboard a charity-run rescue boat in the Mediterranean, two days after denying safe harbour to the Gibraltar-flagged vessel. The Aquarius, run by SOS
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VS Naipaul: Colonialism in fact, fiction, and the flesh
VS Naipaul has died. VS Naipaul was a cruel man. The cruelty of colonialism was written all over him - body and soul. VS Naipaul was a scarred man. He was the darkest dungeons
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How Islamophobia is driving anti-refugee sentiment in Korea
Seoul/Jeju, South Korea - Ko Minja has yet to meet one of the 550-plus Yemeni asylum seekers who arrived on South Korea's Jeju island earlier this year, or visit any of the areas they are living. Still,
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Khamenei rules out any military confrontation with US
Iranian designated ‘global terrorist’ by US for subversive activities in Bahrain LONDON: The US Department of State designated Iran-based Qassim Abdullah Ali Ahmed as a global terrorist on Monday, according to a statement. Also
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‘This is a revolution’: Who are Nicaragua’s student protesters?
Lyris Solis Gonzalez didn't realise her classes had been cancelled when she turned up at the University of Engineering (UNI) in Nicaragua's capital Managua on April 19. Until then, the 19-year-old architecture student didn't
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Las turbas: Who are Nicaragua’s pro-government armed groups?
On July 17, footage emerged online of masked men hoisting a red-and-black flag emblazoned with the letters FSLN in what they said was Monimbo, a neighbourhood in the south Nicaraguan city of Masaya. "Long
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Ethiopia: Paramilitaries ‘kill at least 40’ in Oromia region
At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. On Monday, the Oromia
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UN report: 20,000-30,000 ISIL fighters left in Iraq and Syria
Between 20,000 and 30,000 members of ISIL remain in Iraq and Syria despite the armed group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a new United Nations report. Released
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