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World News in Brief: Russia pulls out of nuclear test ban treaty, climate ‘health crisis’, pushback against bullying
It opened for signatures in 1996 and has been ratified by 178 countries. Some major powers including the US and…
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World News in Brief: WFP ‘pauses’ north Yemen food aid, human rights and sport, Myanmar latest
The region has been under the control of opposition Houthi forces since the internationally recognized Government were driven out of…
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World News in Brief: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar
OHCHR issued a statement deploring the latest strike – the fourth since 2017 – which took place in Kaduna state in…
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Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’
World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams coordinator Sean Casey said that “100-plus patients” had been brought into Al-Aqsa Hospital…
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UN envoy welcomes ‘significant step’ towards ceasefire in Yemen
The development follows a series of meetings with the sides held in Riyadh and Muscat, his office said in a statement on…
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World News in Brief: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza, cholera spreading in Sudan, aid for eastern Ukraine
Holland’s outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Sigrid Kaag will facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify aid consignments to the embittered enclave, in…
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Guterres strongly condemns attack in Iran; over 80 reportedly killed
More than 170 people have also been wounded according to Iranian officials at the scene. News reports citing local officials…
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Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstacles
In its latest alert on the deteriorating situation for 1.9 million displaced people in the Strip, UN aid coordination office…
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Gaza crisis: Starvation must never be allowed to happen, says UN rights chief
“Starvation must never be a means or result of warfare,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Türk said, responding to an…
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World News in Brief: UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting, UNICEF appeal for West and Central Africa, world leaders urged to heed climate science
At least 14 people were killed and 25 injured after a gunman opened fire in what some media called the…
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