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The U.N. rights chief warned Monday that the world needed to change paths to avoid a future filled with military escalation, repression, disinformation, deepening inequality, and rampant climate change.

Opening a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk stressed that "we are at a fork in the road."

Two missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden late Friday, splashing down nearby without causing any damage, authorities said.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed to allow tugboats and rescue ships to assist a Greek-flagged oil tanker that remains ablaze in the Red Sea "in consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns," Iran's mission to the United Nations claimed late Wednesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is expected to pay his first visit to Ankara on Sept. 4 for a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according to sources cited by multiple news outlets.

A total of 76 irregular migrants from Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Bangladesh traveling in three separate boats landed on the shores of Gavdos, a tiny island south of Crete, in the early hours of Tuesday.

The passengers of the vessels, which included six children and four women, were helped to reach dry land by local fishermen, according to reports.

In three boats, 76 migrants arrived Gavdos in the early hours, and landed with the help of fishermen on the island.

Picture of some of a total of 120 shrouds stained with red paint and marked with Palestinian flags which were placed by NGO Rio de Paz on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, taken on November 3, 2023. Aug. 19, 2024 marks the World Humanitarian Day, and the U.N.

Coast guard officers have rescued 52 migrants off the south of Crete after receiving a call for help through the emergency 112 number.

The migrants, who say they are citizens of Sudan and Egypt, were on an inflatable vessel in the sea south of the village of Kaloi Limenes in Iraklio prefecture.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had a telephone conversation about Gaza, developments in the Middle East, and two significant crises on the African continent.

The head of US diplomacy underscored the importance of Hamas returning to the negotiating table for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages.

Greece's basketball team has reached the quarterfinals at the Olympics as Serbia defeated South Sudan 96-85 Saturday night.