The row sparked after the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending the term of the UN high commissioner for human rights.
BBC News – World The United States walked out of a UN Security Council meeting on Monday when France’s ambassador took the floor, protesting French comments comparing the US to North Korea and other authoritarian states regarding votes on human rights.
BBC News – World The United States walked out of a UN Security Council meeting on Monday when France’s ambassador took the floor, protesting French comments comparing the US to North Korea and other authoritarian states regarding votes on human rights.
BBC News – World Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine was beaten and Palestinians were injured during an Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank as they harvested olives. The incident, reported amid a surge of similar attacks, was condemned by Reporters Without Borders as "brazen violence." Levine later recounted the attack in an NPR interview.
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NYTimes – World A school roof collapse in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, killed at least 32 children and a teacher, with more than 40 people injured. Pakistan's prime minister urged rescuers to speed up the search for survivors. Authorities have ordered safety inspections of schools across the region, while families demanded justice and a senior Peshawar official told AFP that initial reports pointed to weak infrastructure. The death toll varied across reports.
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