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VOA says more than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community.

TRT World says Antony Blinken met the head of the WHO, in Kuwait where he pledged his support to the UN agency’s investigation in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Aljazeera says last week, Kawsar Sama and her family packed up and got on a flight to Kabul. For the 21-year-old and her family, life in the southern city of Kandahar had become dangerous.

Arab News says Yemen’s government has put health facilities and workers on high alert and demanded that people follow COVID-19 restrictions as the country braces for a third wave of the virus.

France24 says France on Wednesday urged Tunisia to rapidly appoint a new prime minister and government as the north African country lurched further into political uncertainty.

BBC News says a Liverpool fan Andrew Devine, 55, who suffered life-changing injuries in the Hillsborough disaster has died, his family said in a statement released by Liverpool FC.

VOA says America’s CDC now recommends vaccinated people in certain parts of the country wear masks while indoors, reversing a decision the agency made two months ago.

TRT World says four police officers have told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including “kill him with his own gun” as they tried to defend the Capitol.

Aljazeera says at least six Rohingya died on Tuesday and thousands have been relocated in refugee camps in Bangladesh’s southeast after monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods.

Arab News says Saudi Arabia on Tuesday warned against travel to banned destinations amid the pandemic, and said anyone travelling to a red list country will face a 3 year travel ban.