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Demonstrators gather in New York City’s Union Square every Saturday to draw attention to the worsening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen. (Photo by Felton Davis) Photo used under CC BY

Key battle for port city risks tipping Yemen into famine

With U.S. backing, the United Arab Emirates has resumed an all-out offensive aimed at wresting Yemen’s most vital port, Hodeida, from Shiite rebels. Thousands of civilians are caught in the middle, trapped by minefields and airstrikes. The battle threatens to throw Yemen into famine.

Associated Press

Shocking images show starving Yemenis

Metro

Cholera epidemic in Yemen intensifying

The Lancet

UN panel urges Saudi Arabia to halt airstrikes

Eighteen experts on the UN child rights panel called on Saudi Arabia to immediately halt its deadly air strikes against civilian targets in Yemen and to prosecute officials responsible for child casualties due to unlawful attacks.

Yahoo! News

Developing nations bridging rich-poor gap

Some of the world’s poorest countries are making strides in reducing the gap between rich and poor, according to an index of inequality devised by Oxfam.

Guardian

Bangladesh law seen as threat to free press

Bangladesh’s president has assented to a controversial law that media groups fear could cripple press freedom and curb free speech.

NDTV

US says China denying Uighurs of rights

A U.S. report warns of a “dire human rights situation” in China, especially the country’s mass internment of Muslim ethic minorities in “political re-education camps.”

Bloomberg

ICC urged to investigate Venezuela for crimes

Five South American countries and Canada want Venezuela placed under investigation for crimes against humanity as a humanitarian crisis continues to roil the country.

CNN

Hungary defends its anti-refugee policy

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto responded to European Union‘s criticism and defended his government’s anti-refugee policy, saying immigration is not a “human right.”

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

How Nepal’s women stop human trafficking

Dozens of local women “human interceptors” in Nepal help overworked and understaffed cops stop traffickers smuggling young women and girls into one of the fastest-growing regions for human trafficking, India, and abroad.

Dhaka Tribune

50 Nepalese women trafficked to India daily

India Today

Phllippines to join rights group amid concerns

The office of the president defended the Duterte administration’s human rights track record after a rights group said member countries of the U.N. should oppose the Philippines’ candidacy for the Human Rights Council.

ABS-CBN

UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to swiftly release women’s rights activists

Press TV

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Iran passes anti-terror financing bill

Lawmakers in Tehran vote to tighten regulations against money laundering and terror financing, seen as critical to maintaining relations with European allies amid intensifying US economic pressure.

Asia Times Online

Bosnia still awaits official election results

While Bosnia awaits the final results of the general elections, many experts and even MPs are complaining that the counting process is taking to much time and must improve.

Balkan Insight

Syria’s Raqqa has been left in ruins

U.S.-led air strikes destroyed much of Raqqa while crushing Islamic State last year, but the coalition has done little to help it recover.

Channel NewsAsia

Authorities say it’ll take two years to build Palu

VICE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Human blood is new snake bite cure

Pharmaceutical companies are less likely to invest in cures for snake bites in poor countries. Scientists have now discovered that a cocktail of antibodies extracted from human blood could effectively neutralize venom.

The Independent

Argentine scientists struggle in tough economy

Argentina’s worsening financial woes are hurting research. The slipping peso makes it harder to purchase equipment from abroad, while rapidly increasing inflation has crushed scientists’ budgets and salaries at home.

Nature

GLOBAL HEALTH

A new drug to combat tuberculosis?

Chemists report a new antibiotic that could treat tuberculosis, a disease that plagues 25 percent of the world’s population, faster. The new drug claims to have the ability to find and destroy the sneaky bacteria where they hide.

ScienceDaily

Uninfected baby gets liver from HIV mom

In a first in the world, doctors in South Africa‘s Johannesburg have performed a liver transplant from a living HIV-positive donor to an uninfected patient. This could potentially widen the country’s organ donor pool.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

The village that raised a girls’ football team

Situated in Haryana, a state that has the worst gender ratio in India and where crimes against women are rising, Alakhpura is a hub of promising women footballers funded and supported by the Indian village.

Al Jazeera

Syrian refugee restaurant wins ‘nicest’ title

A falafel restaurant owned by a Syrian refugee in Tennessee has become a pillar in the community, and a gathering place for people from all backgrounds and walks of life to come together over food.

ABC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Indonesia orders foreign NGOs to leave

Foreign aid workers who rallied to the island of Sulawesi after the devastating earthquake and tsunami more than a week ago have been asked to leave the country immediately.

Guardian

Girl Up Uganda joins Obamas’ initiative

Monica Nyiraguhabwa‘s Girl Up Uganda initiative aims to educate women through education, economic empowerment, and youth engagement. She’ll now be joining former First Lady, Michelle Obama’s Global Girls Alliance.

MSN

ENVIRONMENT

Native tiger population doubled, says Nepal

Tigers roaming the country’s Himalayan jungles have increased from 121 to 235 according to the latest census, thanks to work of conservationists, security in protected areas, and increased local awareness.

Mother Jones

Brave anti-poaching ranger to be honored

Telegraph.co.uk

Indian activist dies from hunger strike

An environmental activist has died of a hunger strike to pressure the government to clean the Ganges river. The river is worshipped by most Hindus but is heavily polluted by discharge of untreated sewage and industrial waste.

Guardian

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Filipino kids go hungry as economy grows

As families make a living selling what they can by sorting through rubbish, children hunt for scraps of food against the backdrop of rising skyscrapers, in Manila’s largest slum.

Al Jazeera

Kenya’s $800M flower market sees boost

Thanks to the bold shades and extended vase life, Kenya floriculture industry earned more than $800 million in 2017 and is the fourth largest exporter of cut flowers in the world, with China being its biggest market.

CNN

Leather a key to Nigeria’s economic rebirth

CNN

Photo of the Day

A young girl in Sabah, Malaysia. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there are more than 161,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia, more than 42,000 of whom are under 18. (Photo by Julien Lagarde) Photo used under CC BY

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