The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said the forced displacement of Palestinians in the northern area of the occupied West Bank is escalating at an alarming rate, with the number of people evacuating reaching 40,000 since January. The UNRWA warning came as Israeli forces continued with their massive raids on Tuesday, storming Jenin and arresting three people, …
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US President Donald Trump’s administration appeared to backtrack Wednesday after his proposal to take over Gaza sparked uproar, with the United Nations warning against “ethnic cleansing” in the Palestinian territory. Facing a wave of criticism from Palestinians, Arab governments and world leaders, Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio said any transfer of Gazans would be temporary, while the White House …
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President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic. In an executive order issued about eight hours after he took the oath of office, Mr. Trump cited …
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The White House on Monday said that President Trump would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the pact among almost all nations to fight climate change. By withdrawing, the United States would join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only four countries not party to the agreement, under which nations work together to keep global warming below levels …
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More than 230,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of the year amid escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the United Nations. The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday described the displacement as “the most alarming” humanitarian crisis in the world. The resource-rich eastern provinces of North and South Kivu – which are home …
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Bangladesh’s anti-graft commission has filed cases against ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, including a British government minister and a senior United Nations official, its chief said on Monday. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass murder. The cases are linked to an …
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Air attacks by Myanmar’s military in the western state of Rakhine this week killed dozens of people, the United Nations said, as the country continues to be mired in violence four years after a coup. In a statement late on Friday, the UN said that military government forces hit Kyauk Ni Maw, a village in Ramree island township, killing more …
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Gaza’s Government Media Office has called “on the international community, the United Nations and other international organisations to support efforts in counting victims and recovering thousands of bodies in the Gaza Strip”. It expressed its “deep concern” over the findings of the British study published in The Lancet journal, which said the deaths in the enclave were likely undercounted by …
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The head of the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) called Monday for the immediate release of Hussam Abu Safia, director of the war-torn Gaza Strip’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who is being held by Israel’s military following a major raid on the facility. The Friday-Saturday assault on Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia left northern Gaza’s last major health facility out …
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