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UAE contributes Rs 208 cr to UN for humanitarian efforts in Sudan
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to provide emergency food assistance to populations affected by the crisis in Sudan and South Sudan.…
- Middle East
UN High Commissioner warns of ‘full-scale’ Israel-Lebanon war
Geneva: UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk has warned of another major conflict in the Middle East. “I am extremely worried about the escalating situation between Lebanon and Israel,” Turk told the…
- Middle East
UN adds Israel on blacklist for violations against children
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israeli army to the blacklist of countries for commiting grave violations against Palestinian children during war in Gaza Strip. “I received the official notification about…
- Middle East
Israel strikes UN school, US urges ‘full transparency’
Washington: The United States has called for an investigation into the deadly Israeli airstrike on a school building run by the UN agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in central Gaza and told…
- Middle East
Israeli operations force 1 mn people to flee Rafah: UN agency
Gaza: A UN agency said on Monday that the Israeli operations in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah have forced more than 1 million people to flee. The United Nations Relief and…
- Middle East
UN relief chief highlights dire humanitarian needs in Syria
United Nations: UN relief to Syria has been increasingly underfunded amid escalating humanitarian demands, outgoing UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said, calling for international support. “Over the past three years, we have…
- Middle East
UN experts call for sanctions, arms embargo against Israel
Tel Aviv: Following Israel’s strike on Rafah, killing 45 people, the United Nations experts have issued the call for “decisive international action” and called for immediate sanctions and an arms embargo against…
- Middle East
Israel rejects order by UN court to ‘immediately’ halt Rafah assault
Tel Aviv: In a move rejected by Israeli officials, the UN’s top court on Friday ordered Israel to “immediately” halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying the…
- Middle East
UN Middle East envoy calls for resumption of Israel-Hamas talks
United Nations: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has called for the resumption of negotiations between Israel and Hamas. “I urge the parties to redouble all efforts…
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UN body says aid delivery to Gaza ‘almost impossible’ amid intensified fighting
Gaza: The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that distributing humanitarian aid “is almost impossible” in Gaza, due to the irregular fuel supply and interrupted…
- India
UN raises India’s 2024 growth rate
United Nations: Indian economy’s growth rate projection for this year has been raised by 0.7 per cent to 6.9 per cent from the forecast made in January by the UN and it…
- Middle East
Prominent Saudi scholar Safar al-Hawali faces torture, abuse in prison: UN
A prominent Saudi scholar Safar bin Abdulrahman al-Hawali, who has been detained since 2018 and suffers from a complete disability, has been subjected to solitary confinement. This was revealed bya group of…
- Middle East
Former Indian Army officer killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
A former Indian army officer, serving as a UN security officer, lost his life in an Israeli strike on a vehicle displaying UN flags in Rafah, en route to a hospital in…
- World
UN chief warns Israel against ground invasion of Rafah amid tensions in Gaza
New York: In a stark warning, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared on Monday that a ground invasion of Rafah would be “intolerable,” citing its devastating humanitarian consequences and potential destabilising impact…
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Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ remark on India: UN spokesperson declines to react
United Nations: A UN spokesperson has declined to react to an assertion by US President Joe Biden that India was “stalling so badly economically” because it was “xenophobic” and not taking in…
