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Boys play soccer on the streets of Sidon, Lebanon. “My message to the Arab world, and specifically to the Lebanese youth, is that this terrorist organization is using you as wood for the fire,” an Iraqi general said regarding the men leaving Lebanon to join ISIS. (Photo by Raini Svensson) Photo used under CC BY

Lebanon’s economic woes help ISIS with recruitment

In the past year, about a hundred young Lebanese men are said to have joined ISIS. It’s not only about identifying with extreme ideology, but also about escaping the grinding poverty of a country in crisis.

BBC

Politics, climate clash as Mideast rivers dwindle

The Tigris-Euphrates river basin is one of the most vulnerable watersheds; river flows have fallen by 40% in the past four decades as the countries along its length pursue rapid, unilateral development of the waters’ use.

Associated Press

Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers drying up

YouTube

S. African women driven to sex work amid COVID

HIV infections and pregnancies are increasing among teenagers and young women in South Africa, as many women in the country resorted to transactional sex to survive during the pandemic, a UN Aids report found.

Guardian

Girls in India illegally working mines to survive

Young girls are forced to illegally work mines in India to survive, risking disease and death while still trying to better their lives at school.

Guardian

Iran threatens offensive in Iraq amid protests

An Iranian military official threatened Iraq with a ground military operation in the country’s north if the Iraqi army does not fortify the countries’ shared border against Kurdish opposition groups, officials said.

ABC News

Iranian authorities taking bodies from morgue

Newseek

Video may show Iran’s late ayatollah’s house on fire

YouTube

Airlines provide Afghan Taliban with revenue

A year after the fall of Afghanistan’s government, which led to a closure of the country’s airspace, international flights have returned over Afghan skies, boosting revenue for the hardline Taliban government.

The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar releasing foreigners in broad amnesty

Myanmar’s military-controlled government announced it was releasing and deporting an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker, an ex-British diplomat and an American.

Associated Press

Slovenia introduces marriage equality

After two lost referendums on LGBTQ rights, Slovenia’s Constitutional Court ruled that a ban on same-sex couples marrying and adopting was unconstitutional, forcing a change in the law. But opposition is growing.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

UN watchdog passes resolution criticizing Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency‘s board of governors passed a resolution criticizing Iran’s lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomats said.

i24 News

West accuses Iran of taking hostages as leverage

i24 News

Watchdog blames US for fall of Afghanistan

The United States sought to build “stable, democratic, accountable” Afghan governance institutions, but it ultimately failed, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction concluded in a report.

Al Jazeera

Man charged with planning to overthrow Haiti

A Canadian man has been charged with planning a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government, authorities said.

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Solar-powered Wi-Fi helps African refugees

Pairing renewable energy and internet nodes is opening up education and job opportunities in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp.

Context

Artemis I launch paves way for moon settlement

After 50 years, humans will walk on the moon again — but not quite yet. The Artemis I launch of an uncrewed spacecraft is the first step in a program to construct a moon village.

Deatsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Doctors facing shortages in Ebola outbreak

When Ebola broke out in Uganda, 10 doctors stepped forward to work in an isolation unit, but now only three are left.

Al Jazeera

WHO announces clinical trials of Ebola vaccine in Uganda

AfricaNews

Africa CDC urges more COVID-19 testing

The head of Africa’s top public health institute is urging authorities across the continent to step up COVID-19 testing amid a concerning rise in new cases in some countries.

Associated Press

Haiti cholera outbreak worsens as cases rise

Haiti’s cholera outbreak is worsening, with confirmed cases jumping to more than 700 and cholera-related deaths to 161, the Pan-American Health Organization says.

Al Jazeera

Armed gangs ‘terrorizing’ Haiti as cholera spreads

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

UNESCO aims to increase African presence

As UNESCO celebrates the 50th anniversary of the convention in Greece, the organization wants to stay true to its founding principle.

AfricaNews

Ivorian woman awarded for protecting yams

An Ivorian woman is one of the 20 winners of the For Women in Science initiative of the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO, which aims to give visibility to women researchers.

AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

NGOs urge Musk, Twitter to fight antisemitism

A letter sent to Elon Musk from 180 NGOs urged the new CEO of Twitter to do more to combat antisemitism on the platform.

i24 News

Volunteers provide aid to displaced DRC kids

Volunteers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sing and dance trying to bring not just food but some happiness to the thousands of children displaced by the violence.

AfricaNews

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Low-income countries want more money

Facing mounting pressure to compensate low-income countries for damages from climate change, wealthy nations may try to move money they’ve already promised to other global warming goals instead of new funding.

NPR

S. African civil servants plan wage protests

South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital and in the country’s other eight provinces to pressure the government over a wage dispute.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Experts blame climate change for Africa floods

Heavy rain and flooding in west and central Africa, which killed more than 800 people this year, was 80 times likelier as a result of climate change, a new study found.

Deutsche Welle

Indians use nature to fight climate change

Most Indian farmers rely on rain-fed agriculture, with about half of all farmland dependent on downpours, but these lands are also the ones most subject to poor agricultural methods, experts say.

Euronews

Thai coconut industry fueled by animal abuses

Monkeys in Thailand are being illegally obtained, chained and forced to pick coconuts for suppliers linked to dozens of top coconut milk brands, according to an investigation by animal rights activists.

Euronews

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Muay Thai practitioners perform Wai Khru Ram Muay, a ritual of humility and respect, before a bout in Koh Phangan, Thailand. (Photo by Eli Duke) Photo used under CC BY

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