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Guterres pays tribute to Qatar’s late Father Emir at UN ceremony
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has paid tribute to Qatar’s late Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
![Ukrainian military serviceman Igor Ovcharruck holds a defused cluster bomb from an MSLR missile, among a display of pieces of rockets used by Russian army, that a Ukrainian munitions expert said did not explode on impact, in the region of Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 21, 2022. [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/reuters_6aa0cc11-1788922897.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Can you guess the real size of each country on the new world map?
Pick which country is bigger, then watch it morph from Mercator to Equal Earth projection to see how close you were.
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How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map
The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.
UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size
The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.
UN raises ‘ethnic cleansing’ concerns over Israel’s West Bank operation
More than 33,000 Palestinian refugees remain displaced since Israel launched Operation Iron Wall.
Serbia welcomes return of war criminal Mladic’s body with military honours
Ratko Mladic received a life sentence from a UN court for committing atrocities during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.
Syria begins destroying al-Assad-era chemical weapons materials
Syrian authorities undertake first such destruction in over a decade as former government officials face trial.
Palestinians in fear as Israeli forces mount pogroms on West Bank mosques
Palestinian witnesses recount the coordinated Israeli army and settler attacks on mosques in the occupied West Bank.
IAEA says Syria built a nuclear reactor in Deir Az Zor under al-Assad
UN watchdog says Syria ‘failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities’ under Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
UN watchdog urges access to Iran nuclear sites over proliferation concerns
IAEA says lack of information and access to facilities to verify Iran’s nuclear material is a proliferation concern.
UN slashes food aid for occupied West Bank and Gaza amid funding shortfall
International aid organisations are struggling for money as the United States has led a sharp cut in Western donations.
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