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Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency
Israel passes two laws which Western governments fear could have devastating consequences for civilians in the Gaza Strip.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Israeli parliament passes law banning UN Palestinian refugee agency
Western nations concerned over how UNRWA will operate in war-torn GazaBusiness - Financial Times - October 29 -
Israel passes law banning UN humanitarian relief agency for Palestinians
Israel passed a law on Monday banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), according to multiple reports. Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, ...Politics - The Hill - October 29 -
Congo wants UN peacekeepers gone. But endless war around minerals is complicating that
The end of one of the world’s deadliest and yet most shadowy wars is as difficult to predict as the end of the large peacekeeping force meant to contain itWorld - ABC News - October 29 -
Kim Jong Un is stepping out of big brother China's shadow
Suddenly, his actions are commanding the attention of the U.S., NATO, Japan, South Korea, Russia and China.Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity’
Country ordered to compensate victims of programme that affected more than 300,000 women in 1990s. A UN committee has urged Peru to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised in the 1990s , ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
UN calls for thorough investigation into all killings during Bangladesh unrest
A top United Nations human rights official has called for a thorough investigation of all killings and other rights violations during the violent unrest leading up to and after the fall of ...World - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
U.N. officials say more than 1,740 people were killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a nearly 30% increase over the previous trimesterWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Strike on Gaza Hospital Destroys UN Supplies, Palestinian Officials Say
Israeli troops had withdrawn from Kamal Adwan Hospital after arresting most of the medical staff. The Israeli military said it was “unaware of a strike” there.World - The New York Times - 4 days ago -
UN report warns of famine, aggravated by conflicts and climate shocks
Severe food crises threaten hundreds of thousands in vulnerable areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, Mali and the Palestinian territories, where populations face or approach famine, a report ...World - ABC News - 4 days ago -
A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief
António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely. . The world needs the US to remain in the ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Israeli assault has caused ‘apocalyptic’ situation in northern Gaza, UN warns
Key officials say entire population of northern Gaza ‘at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence’. The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is “apocalyptic” as Israel pursues a ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Biden will not attend UN climate summit for second consecutive year
President Biden will not attend the United Nations's climate summit in Azerbaijan this year, his second consecutive year skipping the event after attending the first two years of his presidency. A ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
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Kim Jong Un is China's ally - but has become the 'comrade from hell'
Beijing is caught between its sanctioned neighbours, whose new alliance is causing concern.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
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Vaccination centre and aid official’s car bombarded in Gaza, says UN
Unicef director says three children injured after polio clinic came under fire despite promised humanitarian pause. . A polio vaccination centre and the car of UN aid official involved in this ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
UK says it voted against UN nuclear war panel because consequences already known
Foreign Office argues scientific study into modern effects of nuclear war not needed . The UK was one of three countries to vote against creating a UN scientific panel on the effects of nuclear war ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Israel withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country’s ...Politics - The Hill - 18 hours ago -
North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’. North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear ...World - The Guardian - 11 hours ago -
Harris urges Israel to ramp up Gaza aid, citing UN food report
Vice President Harris on Sunday pushed for Israel to ramp up aid to Gaza, citing a World Food Programme (WFP) report. “The UN reports that no food has entered northern Gaza in nearly 2 weeks. ...Politics - The Hill - October 14 -
Middle East crisis live: Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say UK, Italy, France and Germany
Benjamin Netanyahu claims Israeli military did its utmost to avoid harming Unifil personnel while striking Hezbollah fighters. More now on the Hezbollah strike on an IDF training base we reported ...World - The Guardian - October 14
