Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like
Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory ...
‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...
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Kazakhstan: Act on UN Rights Review Recommendations
Kazakhstan should promptly express its support for and implement the recommendations made by member states at the UN Human ...
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Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s capital as security forces try to slow rebels in the east
Congolese security forces today tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured ...
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Huthis on the terror list: what does it mean for Yemen?
US President Donald Trump's decision to re-designate Yemen's Huthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organisation could have deep ...
Middle East latest: Israel says it won't complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by Sunday
Israel’s military says it won’t complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by Sunday as outlined in its ceasefire ...
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5 countries who recently graduated from LDC status: How they are doing now
Exiting the LDC category requires the country in question to surpass at least two of the three criteria thresholds for two consecutive reviews or when its GNI per capita is at least twice the income i ...
Life expectancy in Gaza almost halved during first year of Israel-Hamas war, says new study
Life expectancy in the Gaza Strip was nearly cut in half in the first year of the war between Israel and Hamas, a new study ...
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Under Trump, Taxpayers Will Continue to Foot the Bill for Israel’s War Crimes
Were it just about any other country than Israel committing such a genocide, Washington would have cut off arms shipments ...
Trump Executive Order Would Sever Ties With The World Health Organization
The U.S. has traditionally been the most generous benefactor of the WHO. A Trump executive order to cut ties with the WHO ...
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Bloomberg offers climate cash to UN amid Trump cutbacks
The move by billionaire Mike Bloomberg comes in response to President Donald Trump's move to pull funding for U.N. climate ...
Here's what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn't do
It is a pact that is part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which started in 1992 with the Rio Earth Summit. Technically, the Paris agreement itself is not a treaty so its ...