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Several hundred protesters gather at Parliament Square in London as part of a worldwide series of protests in solidarity with Iranian women. At least 185 people have been killed during protests in Iran, according to Iran Human Rights. (Photo by Alisdare Hickson) Photo used under CC BY

Iran’s hijab protests hit oil, natural gas industry

Workers at the site of a major complex of refineries crucial for Iran’s massive offshore natural gas field protested over the death of a 22-year-old woman, online videos appeared to show, marking the first time the unrest threatened the coffers of Iran’s government.

Associated Press

Iran state TV hacked during news broadcast

BBC

N. Korea confirms nukes to ‘wipe out’ enemies

North Korea’s recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to “wipe out” South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported.

Associated Press

Unrelenting river flooding impacts migrants in India

Climate change could force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050, the World Bank said. In South Asia alone, 40.5 million people are expected to be displaced. For those who live on the floodplains in India, being dislocated has become a way of life.

Al Jazeera

UN chief warns of ‘severe cuts’ without funding

The UN refugee agency will have to make deep cuts with dire consequences for displaced people around the globe unless it quickly receives $700M in funding, the agency said.

Al Jazeera

Yemen again at the mercy of regional powers

With the end of a six-month truce, the Yemeni population is facing more hardship as the two warring factions, backed by Iran and Saudi Arabia respectively, continue fighting.

Deutsche Welle

In an empty kitchen, a Yemeni family battles hunger

YouTube

Ethiopia Tigray rebels tortured, killed civilians

Tigrayan rebel forces have killed dozens of civilians during their latest occupation of a town in the Amhara region, survivors claim, after fighting resumed in Ethiopia.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN flight from Yemen returns 129 migrants

The UN returned 129 Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen to their homeland in its first humanitarian repatriation flight to depart from the rebel-held capital of Sanaa.

Associated Press

Iran students, workers defy protest crackdown

Iranian protesters remained defiant with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown that activists say left dozens dead and hundreds more imprisoned.

i24 News

Iranian journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini pays heavy price

Reuters

Pakistan activists sound alarm over hate crimes

Activists and members of minority communities say Pakistan’s culture of impunity, along with state inaction, is fueling the rise of hate crimes and blasphemy accusations.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Dissident Kurds seek US support amid unrest

The head of an Iranian Kurdish dissident group has sought the support of the United States for Iranian resistance movements, as the Islamic Republic they oppose pounds rival positions in northern Iraq and contends with unrest.

Newsweek

Somalia warns media not to publish propaganda

Somalia’s government announced a crackdown on media that publish propaganda for the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab and warned offenders would be punished.

i24 News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Finding aliens could trigger global conflict

The discovery of alien civilizations might have disastrous effects on Earth, but as a result of geopolitical conflict rather than an interstellar war. However, these fears are unfounded.

Newsweek

Artificial intelligence may soon diagnose illness

Voices offer lots of information. Turns out, they can even help diagnose an illness — and researchers are working on an app for that.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cholera outbreaks seen in Lebanon and Syria

Healthcare systems in Syria and Lebanon could buckle under the pressure of an outbreak of cholera, rights groups have warned, after the United Nations said they have now logged more than 13,000 suspected cases in recent weeks.

The Independent

Malawi faces surge in youths with mental illness

There is a “vicious cycle of poverty and mental health problems“ for young Malawians, as there is a lack of ”youth-friendly" mental health services in the country.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Pakistani girl, 17, defied odds to play football

Marvi Baig, a 17-year-old girl from a small Himalayan village, has broken all gender and cultural barriers to achieve her dreams and become a football player.

Deutsche Welle

App lets Kenyans become conservationists

The National Museums of Kenya has launched an app to help the country’s wildlife authorities track and log rare and common mammals and record whether the species and their habitat are thriving.

AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Lagos Food Bank provides needy with food

Nigeria is grappling with rising food prices that’s affecting the living standards of people. Various groups have come up with initiatives to help indigent families.

AfricaNews

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Shocks undo efforts to end hunger in Africa

Decades of work to reduce hunger in Africa are being reversed as the continent struggles to cope with conflict, climate crisis and the global economic downturn, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization has warned.

Guardian

Tunisia’s crisis deepens amid food shortages

Tunisians have been hit with soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples, threatening to turn simmering discontent in the North African country — the cradle of the Arab Spring protests — into larger turmoil.

Associated Press

Long petrol queues in Tunisia stir anger

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Venezuela landslide death toll rises to 34

A landslide in Venezuela, which was triggered by flooding after heavy rains caused streams to overflow, killed 34 people, buried more than 300 homes and affected around another 750.

AfricaNews

Landslide sweeps through Venezuela town, after days of heavy rain

YouTube

Floods submerging whole houses in Nigeria

Seventy-six people have died as their boat capsized while they tried to flee dangerously high floodwaters that have inundated swathes of southern Nigeria.

CNN

Blockaded by Israel, Gaza turns to solar panels

Blockaded by Israel since 2007, the Gaza Strip only has electricity for 12 hours per day on average - less when the conflict escalates.

Euronews

Ghana slams West over low funding for climate

Ghana’s president has criticized Western nations for their low financial commitment to addressing issues caused by climate change on the continent.

Al Jazeera

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Ghanaian women participate in a study that seeks to understand the realities of farming in the country with a gender-based perspective. (Photo by Taylor Spicer (CCAFS)) Photo used under CC BY

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