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‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’ Mesopotamian cuneiform tablet. Courtesy Berlin State Museums
Evangelical US retailer forfeits Gilgamesh relic from modern-day Iraq

Tablet of Sumerian saga was destined for Hobby Lobby’s Museum of the Bible

USJuly 27, 2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, last year's UN General Assembly was mostly held virtually. EPA
UN downsizes annual assembly despite New York's Covid-19 ‘rebirth’

Big shows in Central Park are in stark contrast to the UN’s annual event a few blocks away

USJuly 27, 2021
US Envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking is in Saudi Arabia this week for talks. Ryan Christopher Jones / The National
US envoy visits Saudi Arabia as Yemen war heats up

Houthi wins in Marib and Al Bayda could deal a death blow to Yemen’s internationally recognised government

USJuly 27, 2021
Yemeni fighters backed by the Saudi-led coalition during clashes with Houthi rebels on the Kassara front line near Marib, Yemen. AP
Houthi win in Marib would compound Yemen’s refugee and economic crises

Cost would be 500,000 displaced people and $19.5m in lost hydrocarbon revenue each month, aid group says

USJuly 26, 2021
Afghan men try to identify bodies at a hospital after a deadly bomb explosion near a school west of Kabul. AP
US exit spells Afghanistan’s deadliest year on record, UN says

Report shows 'grim and chilling trajectory' for civilian death rate as Taliban make blitzkrieg gains

USJuly 26, 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Kuwait comes as the US wraps up America’s two-decade war in Afghanistan. EPA
Blinken heads to Kuwait as US seeks Gulf hosts for Afghans

Washington wants to relocate Afghans facing death threats and worse from emboldened Taliban

USJuly 23, 2021
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave as they take part in a parade in the northern part of Cyprus's divided capital Nicosia. AFP
UN council rejects reopening of Cyprus ghost town of Varosha

Turkish President Erdogan's calls for a two-state island were rebuffed by the UN's top body

USJuly 23, 2021
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she was “extremely concerned” by the protests in Khuzestan. Reuters
Iran should solve water crisis instead of attacking protesters, UN says

UN rights chief blames water shortages in south-western Iran on years of mismanagement

USJuly 23, 2021
About 900,000 people are facing famine in Tigray. AP
UN aid plane touches down in Tigray but road convoys still backed up

Flights are working again, but roads and bridges into the Ethiopian region have been destroyed or blocked by fighting

USJuly 22, 2021
Pigeons fly over destroyed containers at Beirut port almost a year after the August 4 explosion that killed more than 200 people. AFP
As port blast anniversary approaches, UN raps Lebanon politicians for failing victims

Lack of accountability for Beirut blast has spurred Lebanon’s political and economic crisis

USJuly 22, 2021
The Simon Bolivar Foundation has been forced to scrap a project that took Venezuelan cancer sufferers abroad for treatment. AFP
Venezuelan cancer sufferers are dying as a result of US sanctions, UN says

Punitive US actions derail programme offering life-saving treatment overseas for Venezuelan patients

USJuly 22, 2021
A resident of Varosha holds a banner during a protest against the Turkish president's visit. AP
US pushes for UN resolution rebuffing Turkey over Cyprus ghost town Varosha

Plans to reopen abandoned resort in breach of UN Security Council resolutions have triggered American backlash

USJuly 21, 2021
People gather at a petrol station during food distribution near Humera, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. AFP
UN warns of aid cuts amid widening northern Ethiopia conflict

Famine looms as game-changing rebel counteroffensive moves beyond Tigray’s borders

USJuly 21, 2021
A health worker wearing protective gear works at a Covid-19 testing centre in Misrata, Libya. AP
Libya experiencing 'alarming surge' in Covid-19 cases, UN says

Southern part of the country has faced a ‘terrifying’ increase of 480 per cent and vaccines are hard to find

WorldJuly 20, 2021
Eric Garner died after being placed in a fatal chokehold. Reuters
'I can't breathe': New York remembers Eric Garner, another black man killed by police

Garner’s 2014 death still drives calls for even-handed policing in a city with rising crime rates

USJuly 16, 2021
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