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Sudan accuses UAE of backing genocide at UN court
The Hague: Sudan told the United Nations’ top court on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates is breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces,…
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UN humanitarians plea for lifting of Gaza aid blockade
United Nations: With displacements and civilian casualties continuing in Gaza, UN humanitarians pleaded for lifting of the aid blockade and access to the few remaining stocks of food supplies. The UN Office…
- Middle East
UN calls for urgent action to protect Iraqi children from landmine threats
Baghdad: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) jointly called for immediate action to protect Iraqi children from the ongoing landmine threat. According to a joint…
- Middle East
UN envoy condemns Israel’s military escalations in Syria
United Nations: A UN envoy condemned Israel’s latest air and ground attacks on Syria, and denounced such moves undermine efforts toward peace and destabilise the country. In a statement, Geir Pedersen, the…
- Middle East
UN reports 280,000 Gazans forcibly displaced in 2 weeks
United Nations: An estimated 280,000 Gazans have been newly displaced since the intensification of hostilities over two weeks ago, with some of them forced to move into overcrowded, flea- and mite-infested shelters,…
- Middle East
Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave: UN
Deir Al-Balah: Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an impromptu mass…
- Middle East
Relief workers’ killing, aid blockade hamper UN humanitarian deliveries in Gaza
United Nations: UN humanitarians are seeking Israel’s assurance of safety, as intensified hostilities have joined aid blockage in severely hampering the delivery of relief into Gaza. The UN Office for the Coordination…
- Middle East
UN staff killed, 5 others wounded in strike in Gaza Strip, UN says
Deir al-Balah: An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike Wednesday on a UN guesthouse in the Gaza Strip. Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of…
- Middle East
UN humanitarian chief calls for renewed Gaza ceasefire, lifting aid blockade
United Nations: UN humanitarian chief urged a renewed Gaza ceasefire and called on Israel to lift the blockade of life-saving aid and commercial supplies to the enclave, after the latest deadly Israeli…
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Guterres wants India, Pakistan to work together on terrorism concerns
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants India and Pakistan to work together on their concerns over international terrorism, according to his Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq. “It’s important for all of the…
- Middle East
Palestine calls for international pressure on Israel to resume aid deliveries into Gaza
Gaza: The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy issued an urgent appeal to the United Nations and international community, calling for pressure on the Israeli government to immediately stop using starvation and deprivation…
- Middle East
UN: 63,000 tonnes of food await lifting of Gaza aid blockade
United Nations: UN humanitarians said that 63,000 metric tonnes of food await an end to the Gaza aid blockade, enough for 1.1 million people for two to three months. The UN Office…
- Middle East
Lebanon, UNICEF launch initiative to support war-affected children
Beirut: Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), launched an initiative to provide comprehensive healthcare and protection services for war-affected children. The initiative will be jointly implemented…
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Sudan crisis: Families eat animal feed amid severe famine
United Nations: Starving families in famine-struck west Sudan have been forced to eat animal feed, UN humanitarians have said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it is…
- Middle East
Violence in Sudan: 10 dead, 23 injured in RSF artillery strike
Khartoum: At least 10 people were killed and 23 others injured in shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on residential neighbourhoods and a shelter center in El Fasher, the capital…
