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☆ Nikki Haley campaigners endorse Harris, as GOP former governor backs Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that she would vote for former President Donald Trump during an event at the Hudson Institute on May 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Several former state campaign committee members on Nikki Haley's failed presidential bid have endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris — publicly breaking with Haley, who is backing GOP nominee Donald Trump. The same day, two former members of Haley's Michigan state leadership team also urged Republicans to support the Democratic ticket of Harris and Minnesota Gov. "That's why we proudly supported Ambassador Nikki Haley for president and were part of her Michigan Leadership Team." A spokeswoman for Haley did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on her former campaigners endorsing Harris.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley's, Kamala Harris —, Haley, Tom Evslin, Evslin, Hillary Clinton, Harris, Tim Walz, Jimmy Greene, Bill Nowling, Adam Kinzinger of, Greene, Nowling, Kamala Harris, Dawn Roberts, Roberts, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: U.N, Hudson Institute, Democratic, Vermont Daily Chronicle, Trump, Minnesota Gov, Michigan Chronicle, Michigan Leadership, Republican, Denver, Republican Party ,, Des Moines Register, United Nations Locations: Washington ,, Haley's Vermont, Michigan, Harris, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Virginia, Republican Party , Michigan, Iowa, South Carolina

President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly for the final time as commander in chief Tuesday morning amid the spiraling conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and growing global concerns about China’s influence. They are also Biden’s first remarks before the General Assembly since Hamas’ attack on Israel in October and the conflict that has ensued in Gaza, killing thousands of civilians. He’ll speak to the leaders of other nations as hope for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has dimmed. As Israel continues its battle with Hamas, its conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah has also escalated in recent days. Other key speakers expected at the General Assembly include Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Israel, John Kirby, Biden, ” Kirby, Kirby, António Guterres, Masoud, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mahmoud Abbas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sabrina Singh, ’, Antony Blinken, “, ” Biden, Trump Organizations: United Nations General Assembly, White, Hamas, National Security, U.N, United Nations, General Assembly, Palestinian, Defense Department, Foreign Ministry, Congressional Republicans Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, New York, Sudan, United States, U.S, Mexico, Ukrainian, Wilmington , Delaware, Australia, India, Japan, China, Afghanistan

☆ Cats have more freedom than women in Afghanistan, Meryl Streep says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A female cat has more freedom in Afghanistan than a woman does, Hollywood actor Meryl Streep said at the United Nations on Monday in a bid to get world leaders to focus on the plight of Afghan women and girls. “The way that ... this society has been upended is a cautionary tale for the rest of the world,” Streep told an event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly to encourage the inclusion of women in the future of Afghanistan. The U.N. has sought a unified global approach to dealing with the Taliban, who have cracked down on women’s rights. Most girls have been barred from high school and women from universities by the Taliban. A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today, because the public parks have been closed to women and girls,” Streep said.

Persons: Meryl Streep, ” Streep, ”, ” U.N, Antonio Guterres Organizations: United Nations, General Assembly, Taliban, “ Locations: Afghanistan, Kabul

☆ Canadian detained by China says he experienced psychological torture
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

OTTAWA, Ontario — A Canadian man detained by China for more than 1,000 days said he was put into solitary confinement for months and interrogated for up to nine hours every day, treatment he said amounted to psychological torture. Kovrig and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor were taken into custody in December 2018 shortly after Canadian police detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, on a U.S. warrant. Kovrig noted that U.N. guidelines say prisoners should not be put into solitary confinement for more than 15 days in a row. Kovrig said there was no daylight in the solitary cell, where the fluorescent lights were kept on 24 hours a day. “It’s a combination of solitary confinement, total isolation and relentless interrogation for six to nine hours every day,” he said.

Persons: Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor, Meng Wanzhou, “, ” Kovrig, Spavor, Kovrig, ”, Meng, “ I’ll, ’ ” Organizations: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian, Huawei, U.S . Justice Department, Embassy, Ottawa Locations: OTTAWA, Ontario, China, Ottawa, rapeseed, Canada

☆ U.S. to send troops to be ready to help evacuate U.S. citizens from Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Courtney Kube | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

On Monday, Israel dramatically expanded its aerial assaults on Lebanon with airstrikes that killed nearly 500 people and wounded more than 1,600. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has warned of coming military strikes, but Israeli officials have not told U.S. officials whether or when a ground offensive could begin, the three defense officials said. The officials estimate a large offensive into southern Lebanon would take thousands more troops and armored vehicles, in addition to forces to hold any territory. In addition to tens of thousands of U.S. troops in the region, the Biden administration is considering options to send other military assets to the region. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could dash already dwindling hopes for a cease-fire deal and hostage exchange with Hamas.

Persons: Pat Ryder, “, Mahmoud Zayyat, Biden, Israel ratcheted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Harry S, Truman, Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Assembly’s, Netanyahu Organizations: Defense Department, Hezbollah, Hamas, Pentagon, Getty Images Biden, Israeli, U.S, United Nations, Assembly Locations: Israel, Lebanon, U.S, Lebanese, Zaita, AFP, Gaza, Norfolk , Virginia, Europe, New York

☆ Watch: Biden speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

[The stream is slated to start at 10:00 a.m. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden addresses the United Nations General Assembly for the final time in his presidency, with a speech that will attempt to tout his administration's foreign policy achievements against a backdrop of ongoing wars in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, and her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, are also set to meet with foreign leaders visiting the U.S. for the U.N. events this week.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump Organizations: United Nations General Assembly, Democratic, Republican Locations: East, Ukraine, Sudan

☆ Biden's UN speech will highlight his diplomatic successes, amid wars in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. But given the geopolitical backdrop for Biden's speech, there will be little time for victory laps. Since Biden's last UNGA address in September 2023, ongoing wars in Ukraine and Sudan have persisted, while long-simmering tensions in the Middle East have erupted into deadly conflicts. Still, the Biden administration regularly emphasizes its commitment to a ceasefire and hostage deal. "This is one of the advantages of the UN General Assembly: You literally have the whole world here," said the administration official, who was granted anonymity to preview the president's agenda.

Persons: Joe Biden, it's, Biden, they'll Organizations: General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly, UN, Assembly, Republicans Locations: New York City, U.S, East, Ukraine, Sudan, New York, China, Gaza, Russia, Nations

The international poverty line, which the U.N. uses to measure global poverty, is very low. The international poverty line is valuable because it has succeeded in drawing the world’s attention to the extreme poverty of the world’s very poorest people. But to end poverty in all its forms everywhere, studying this poverty line alone is not enough. One way to see whether this higher poverty line is reasonable is to check whether it aligns with established national poverty assessments. For this, we need an appropriately ambitious poverty line that receives the same attention as the low international poverty line.

Persons: Michail Moatsos, ”, Lant Pritchett, Lyndon Johnson Organizations: The New York Times, Getty Images, United Nations General Assembly, Democratic, Bank, World Bank Locations: adulthood.Today, New York City, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, ”, Bolivia, Nigeria, India, United States, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway

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☆ 'We have much more on the way, if they will continue,' Israel's president says as death toll from Lebanon attack tops 550
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Asked if Israel will launch a full-scale ground operation in Lebanon, Herzog insisted that his country did not want war. watch nowHezbollah has continued firing rockets into northern Israel since the attack, most of which have landed in open areas or been intercepted by air defenses. On Saturday, the group launched a salvo of more than 100 missiles into northern Israel, wounding at least five people, Israeli authorities said. Lebanon's health ministry said Israel's strikes on Monday killed at least 558 people, including 50 children, and injured more than 1,800. Israel's leaders have vowed that evacuated residents of northern Israel will be able to return to their homes.

Persons: Isaac Herzog, stoking, Herzog, CNBC's Dan Murphy, Rabih Daher, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Joe Biden Organizations: Hezbollah, Afp, Getty, 79th United Nations General Assembly, Pentagon, Ibrahim Amro Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Iranian, Lebanese, Gaza, Marjayoun, Beirut, New York, U.N, U.S, The U.S, Damour, Ibrahim

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Iran does not seek a wider war in the Middle East and that such a conflict would have no winners. Pezeshkian’s remarks come as U.S. officials fear the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group backed by Iran. The Iranian president also slammed the United States and other Western countries for what he called double standards as they criticized Iran over human rights but ignored Israel’s “atrocities” in Gaza. President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran Nuclear Deal, on July 14, 2015. The full extent of Iran’s nuclear capabilities remain unclear, though the country has maintained that its nuclear program is for civilian, not military, purposes.

Persons: Masoud Pezeshkian, ” Pezeshkian, Pezeshkian, Israel, ”, Pezeshkian’s, Israel’s, “ Let’s, “, Abbas Araghchi, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Andrew Harnik, Washington, Iran’s, Araghchi Organizations: Hezbollah, Lebanon’s Health Ministry, Iranian, White, Iran Nuclear, Department, AP, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Iran, New York, Tehran, Israel, Lebanese, United States, Gaza, Red, U.S, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Reed’s is one of 55 families from Tennessee to California asking the U.S. government for humanitarian parole for some 70 children they’re adopting. But a State Department spokesperson told The Associated Press that other Haitian authorities overseeing the adoption process do not agree. Sherrod Brown, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, who have written the U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security on their behalf. Gangs forced the children to relocate to southwest Haiti, where their family is running low on food and other basic supplies. “We are not looking to bypass any part of the adoption process.

Persons: Esai Reed, Esai’s, Esai, hasn’t, ”, Michelle Reed, Haiti’s, Reed, Emmerson, “, ” Stéphane Vincent, adoptees ”, Sherrod Brown, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, William O’Neill, Diane Kunz, ” Reed, Michelle, ” Michelle, they’re, Angela, —, “ It’s Organizations: JUAN, Puerto Rico —, U.S, State Department, Haitian Central, Department, Associated Press, Immigration, U.S . Department of Homeland Security, . Citizenship, Immigration Services, Sens, . State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Kenyan, New, Adoption Locations: Puerto Rico, Haiti, U.S, Caribbean, Florida, Tennessee, California, Port, Haitian, New York, ”, “

☆ Iran is ready for nuclear talks at UN 'if other parties are willing,' foreign minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Then Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks over the Iran nuclear deal during a press conference in Tehran, Ian on August 9, 2015Iran is ready to start nuclear negotiations on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York if "other parties are willing," Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday in a video published on his Telegram channel. Indirect talks between Washington and Tehran to revive the deal have stalled. Iran is still formally part of the deal but has scaled back commitments to honour it due to U.S. sanctions reimposed on the Islamic Republic. We will focus our efforts on starting a new round of talks regarding the nuclear pact," Araqchi said. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has said the United States is not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran.

Persons: Abbas Araqchi, Ian, Donald Trump, Araqchi, Antony Blinken, Trump, Joe Biden's Organizations: General Assembly, U.S, Hamas Locations: Iran, Tehran, New York, U.S, Washington, Islamic Republic, Switzerland, Iranian, Israel, Ukraine, United States

☆ Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire after deadly Israeli strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Anadolu | Getty ImagesIsrael and Lebanon exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of war across Lebanon's south, while Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on military targets in Israel's north. The Israeli military said it struck around 290 targets on Saturday including thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels and said it would continue to strike targets of the Iran-backed movement. Israel closed schools and restricted gatherings in many northern areas of the country and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early on Sunday. Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli Ramat David Airbase with dozens of missiles in response to "repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon", the group posted on its Telegram channel early on Sunday. The successive barrages of rocket attacks launched by Hezbollah at Ramat David are the deepest strikes it has claimed since hostilities began.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Ahmed Wahbi, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Najib Mikati Organizations: Anadolu, Getty Images, Ramat, Telegram, Ramat David, Lebanese, General Assembly Locations: Lebanon, Getty Images Israel, Lebanon's, Israel's, Iran, Israel, Golan, Iraq, Ramat David Airbase, Ramat, Washington, New York

☆ Putin was joking about election support for Harris, Kremlin says; Zelenskyy hopes to meet with Trump next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“President Putin has a good sense of humor. The Ukrainian leader said he also hoped to meet Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. Zelenskyy said in August he wanted to present his plan to Biden, Harris, and Trump. While Trump and Zelenskyy talked over the phone in July, they have not met in person since Trump’s 2017-2021 term. At a critical juncture in the war, Zelenskyy is seeking to strengthen Ukraine with more weapons, and military, economic, and diplomatic support from the U.S., Kyiv’s key ally.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kamala Harris, Sergei Lavrov, Putin, Harris, Donald Trump, ” Lavrov, “, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Joe Biden, ” Zelenskyy, Biden, ’ Organizations: Democratic, Sky News Arabia, Republican, Russia, . Security, General Assembly, Trump Locations: Moscow, November’s, Russia, United States, Ukraine, U.S, Washington, Russian, Russia’s Kursk, Zelenskyy

☆ United Nations General Assembly: World leaders will debate its future in New York next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Richard Roth | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

United Nations CNN —It’s time for UNGA 79! Quick explanation: the United Nations General Assembly is an annual world leaders’ summit that has gone on for nearly eight decades since the international body’s founding in San Francisco. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to give a speech next Wednesday and appear at a special Security Council meeting. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City in 2023. Climate change will be one of the biggest issues being discussed, with the General Assembly expected to hold a meeting on sea level rise on Wednesday.

Persons: United Nations CNN —, It’s, Antonio Guterres, ” Guterres, can’t, Samuel Žbogar, Sergey Bobok, United Nations Linda Thomas, Greenfield, “, ” Slovenia’s Žbogar, Volodymyr Zelensky, Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Mike Segar, Benjamin Netanyahu –, Richard Gowan, Netanyahu “, ”, Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Donald, Trump, ” Gowan Organizations: United Nations CNN, United Nations General Assembly, UN, Hamas, The Security Council, West, Security Council, United Nations, Reuters Israel, Assembly, Crisis, British, General, Rapid Support Forces, Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, General Assembly Locations: San Francisco, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Israel, United States, China, Russia, France, United Kingdom, UN, Lebanon, That’s, Kharkiv, AFP, Africa, York, U.N, New York City, El Fasher, Sudan’s North Darfur, New York

☆ China and Japan end dispute over Fukushima water discharge
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING — China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday, bringing to an end a diplomatic dispute that had rumbled on for over two years. Beijing called the release “a major nuclear safety issue with cross-border implications,” when Tokyo started discharging treated radioactive water from the site in August 2023. It also announced a blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan. But Mao Ning, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, later said that both countries reaching consensus “does not mean that China will immediately resume imports of Japanese aquatic products,” at a regular news conference in Beijing. “We will carry out technical consultations with the Japanese side and gradually resume the import of Japanese aquatic products,” she added.

Persons: ”, Mao Ning, “ Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: BEIJING, China, Japan, Beijing, Tokyo

The blasts that rocked Lebanon for a second day reached the doors of a walkie-talkie maker in Japan on Thursday, as Israel’s declaration of a “new phase” to the conflict raised fears of all-out war. As the world urged against further escalation after months of devastating war with Hamas in Gaza, Israel indicated its focus had shifted to its northern border with Lebanon. “We are at the start of a new phase in the war — it requires courage, determination and perseverance on our part,” he said. In northern Israel, at least eight people were injured by anti-tank fire from across the Lebanon border, health authorities said early Thursday. While Israel has not taken responsibility for the attacks, the militant group and Lebanese officials also pinned the blame on Israel.

Persons: pagers, Hassan Nasrallah, Yoav Gallant, ”, Gallant, Defense Lloyd Austin, Israel, Abdallah Rashid Bouhabib, NNA, Icom, Kazuhiro Nogi, ” Yoshiki Enomoto, Enomoto, didn't, ” Icom, Cristiana, Gold, Arcidiacono Organizations: ”, Defense, NBC News, . Security, Lebanese Telecommunications Ministry, Getty, Reuters, Icom, NBC, Consulting, Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs Locations: Lebanon, Japan, Iran, Gaza, Israel, U.S, New York, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Beirut, Osaka, Tokyo, AFP, East

Images of the destroyed pagers showed that they bore stickers from Taiwan-based Gold Apollo, Reuters reported. In a statement, Gold Apollo identified the other company as the Hungary-based BAC. Reached by phone on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Gold Apollo declined to comment further, citing the ongoing investigation. The explosions on Tuesday come amid rising concern that tensions between Israel and Lebanon could spiral into all-out war. Hsu of Gold Apollo said he also felt he had been victimized and was considering filing a lawsuit.

Persons: Hsu Ching, kuang, ” Hsu, ”, “, Mohamed Azakir, Jeanine Hennis, Matthew Miller, Muhammad Mahdi, Ali Ammar, Hsu, Gold Apollo Organizations: Reuters, of Economic Affairs, NBC News, Hamas, . Security, American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, U.S . Locations: HONG KONG, Taiwan, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Europe, New Taipei, Hungary, Beijing, United States, Gaza, Israeli, American University of Beirut, U.S

☆ Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to feed people left hungry by drought
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Zimbabwe plans to cull 200 elephants to feed communities facing acute hunger after the worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities said on Tuesday. “We can confirm that we are planning to cull about 200 elephants across the country. We are working on modalities on how we are going to do it,” Tinashe Farawo, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) spokesperson, told Reuters. It follows neighboring Namibia’s decision last month to cull 83 elephants and distribute meat to people impacted by the drought. The numbers are just a drop in the ocean because we are talking of 200 (elephants) and we are sitting on plus 84,000, which is big,” he said.

Persons: El, Tinashe, Farawo, “, ” Organizations: Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority, Reuters, Zimbabwe, International Trade Locations: Zimbabwe, Africa, Tinashe Farawo, Hwange, Chiredzi, Zambia, Botswana, Angola, Namibia, ’

☆ Women in Iran going without hijabs as 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The country’s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned on a promise to halt the harassment of women by morality police. In Iran, the hijab — and the all-encompassing black chador worn by some — has long been a political symbol as well. There have been scattered videos of women and young girls being roughed up by officers in the time since. Surveillance cameras search for women uncovered in vehicles to fine and impound their cars. The government has gone as far as use aerial drones to monitor the 2024 Tehran International Book Fair and Kish Island for uncovered women, the U.N. said.

Persons: Mahsa Amini, there’s, Masoud Pezeshkian, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ”, Amini, Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, Pezeshkian, Hamid Zarrinjouei, “, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, Movahedi Azad, Ham Mihan, hadn’t, Simin Kazemi Organizations: United Nations, Tehran Sharif University, Metro, Pezeshkian, Iran’s, Iran’s Ministry of Culture Locations: it’s, Iran, Tehran, Tehran Sharif, Kish

☆ Gunmen kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Gunmen killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, the Taliban said Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. A machine gun was used in the assault, the ISIS group said. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said the attack resulted in numerous deaths and injuries to members of the Shiite community. A U.N.-appointed rights expert for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said he was alarmed by the spate of IS-claimed attacks. The “appalling killings” of Shiite Hazara bore the hallmarks of international crimes, said Bennett, whom the Taliban have barred from Afghanistan.

Persons: IRNA, Nasser Kanaani, Zabihullah Mujahid, Thursday’s, ” Mujahid, Richard Bennett, Bennett Organizations: Islamic, ISIS Locations: Afghanistan, Ghor, Iranian, Iraq, Kabul, Badakhshan, Hazara

☆ North Korea shows first photos of banned uranium enrichment site
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

North Korea is believed to have several sites for enriching uranium. The new type of centrifuge shows North Korea is advancing its fuel cycle capabilities, said Ankit Panda of the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Kim also appears to suggest that North Korean tactical nuclear weapons designs may primarily rely on uranium for their cores,” he said. This is notable because North Korea is more able to scale up its highly enriched uranium stockpiles, Panda said, compared with the more complicated process for plutonium. North Korea has previously shown photos of what it says were nuclear warheads.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim, ”, “, Rafael Grossi, Ankit, “ Kim, Panda, Jenny Town Organizations: Nuclear Weapons Institute, United Nations, North, Analysts, Scientific Research, International Atomic Energy Agency, Carnegie Endowment, International, Stimson Center, Federation of American Scientists, United Nations Command Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, United States, U.S, Korea, Yongbyon, Korean, North, Seoul, ” Germany

☆ Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tells Sen. Ben Cardin the fight against Nicolás Maduro will go on
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Julie Tsirkin | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Ben Cardin on Wednesday that support from the United States is a “moral reference” for those protesting the government of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a summary of the call obtained first by NBC News. A bipartisan group of senators, including Cardin, issued a joint statement supporting the opposition before the call took place Wednesday. The call with Cardin was the first time Machado has spoken with a U.S. official since González’ exile. Despite that, and the exile of González, Machado insisted that her opposition campaign is still strong and reiterated that Venezuelans are united. “If all Venezuelans that are abroad or young people that were not allowed to register had voted, the result would have been 90 to 10,” against Maduro, Machado said on the call.

Persons: WASHINGTON, María Corina Machado, Ben Cardin, Nicolás Maduro, ” Machado, Cardin, Machado, Maduro, Edmundo González, González, “, ”, ” Sen, Maria Corina Machado, Ben Cardin’s, ” Cardin Organizations: Foreign, NBC News, U.S, Electoral Council, Sunday, Human Rights Watch, . Refugee Agency, Maduro Locations: Venezuelan, United States, D, Venezuela, Spain

United Nations leaders accused Israel of violating international humanitarian law on Thursday, saying that six of its workers were among 18 people reported killed by an airstrike on a school in central Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians. “What’s happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a post on X hours after Wednesday's attack on Al-Jaouni school in the Nuseirat refugee camp. “These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now,” he added. Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, which has been operating the school as shelter for displaced Palestinians, said it had been sheltering more than 12,000 people. The manager of the shelter was among the six workers killed, it said, adding that it was the “highest death toll among our staff in a single incident.”

Persons: Israel, António Guterres, ” Organizations: Nations, ” United Nations, Civil Defense, Works Agency Locations: Gaza, Israel's

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