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Lebanon: UN Force condemns attack on peacekeepers
The windows of a patrol vehicle were also smashed. The patrol was attacked on Wednesday night (local time) by a…
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World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said in a statement that as the conflict continues to spread “human suffering is deepening,…
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World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall
“Its people are witnessing daily threats to their very existence – while the world watches on”, warned Emergency Relief Coordinator…
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Gaza crisis: southern areas ‘bursting at seams’ amid new wave of bombing and displacement
Locations in the north and south of the enclave were hit as Israeli ground forces also reportedly pushed into central…
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UNICEF deplores deadly Christmas Day attack on family in Haiti
Four people, including two girls under the age of 10, were killed in the incident, which occured in the Croix…
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WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions
Teams that undertook the high-risk missions witnessed intense hostilities in their vicinity, as well as high patient loads and overcrowding caused by…
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World News in Brief: Displacement in Gaza and Israel, Afghan earthquake response
The escalating conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the UN reported…
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Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People
MADRID, Spain, Aug 22 (IPS) -El Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in…
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Top UN aid official in Ukraine condemns latest wave of indiscriminate attacks
An escalation of Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine has brought more death and injuries to southern regions while hampering…
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Senior UN Leaders Show Their Support to Afghan Women and Girls, Urge Taliban to Reverse Their Bans
Women receive food rations at a food distribution site in Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: UNICEF/Sayed Bidel UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 (IPS)…
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