Weekend Update: UNSC, AI and U.N. chief

A U.N. report cautioned against Islamist terror attacks. Amnesty International is divesting from fossil fuel. The U.N. chief condemned U.S. mass shootings.

By Arete News - August 5, 2019

Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, before its destruction by the IS militant group (AN/Drouyn Cambridge)

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