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Israeli airstrike kills more than 20 in northern Lebanon as UN peacekeeping row grows
Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in wake of Israeli attack on Christian town, as UN security council voiced strong concern over IDF attacks on peacekeepers. More than 20 people have been killed ...World - The Guardian - October 14 -
Middle East crisis live: US warns Israel it will withhold arms funding if Gaza aid doesn’t improve
US state department confirms reports that secretary of state and defense secretary warned Israel . See all our Middle East coverage here Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 ...World - The Guardian - October 15 -
Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says
The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the ...World - ABC News - October 16 -
UN asks Asia-Pacific countries to invest more in preventing damage from disasters
A U.N. official says disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments would not invest ...World - ABC News - October 15 -
US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza
Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the ground. Middle East crisis – live updates The US has demanded proof on the ground ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
The Taliban say they are investigating reports of Afghan casualties on the Iran border
The Taliban say they are investigating reports of Afghan casualties on the Iran borderWorld - ABC News - October 17 -
Yahya Sinwar’s death raises ceasefire hopes and is a ‘moment of justice’ says Biden – Middle East crisis live
US president tells Netanyahu ‘let’s make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in Gaza without Hamas’. At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a ...World - The Guardian - October 18 -
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile nation, state media reported Friday.Top stories - NBC News - October 18 -
At least 87 killed in strike on northern Gaza, officials say, as UN warns 'nowhere is safe'
Israel says it is checking reports of casualties but added earlier - lower - figures from Hamas were "exaggerated".Top stories - BBC News - October 20 -
Middle East crisis live: child among four people killed in Israeli airstrike at hospital in south Beirut
Lebanese health ministry says more than 20 were wounded as spokesperson for hospital says entrance of hospital was hit. Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
‘Utter ruin’: Gaza economy would take 350 years to return to pre-conflict level, UN says
Report says ‘intense military operations in Gaza have left unprecedented humanitarian, environmental and social catastrophe’. Middle East crisis – live updates Gaza’s economy has been left ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
A UN report says it could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade
U.N. agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s offensive against HamasWorld - ABC News - October 22 -
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits missile bases and cites U.S. nuclear threat
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of “strategic deterrence,” state media reported.Top stories - NBC News - October 23 -
Four in 10 deaths in war zones last year were women, UN report finds
UN Women says figure doubled in 2023 amid ‘blatant disregard’ of laws that left women and children unprotected. The proportion of women killed in conflicts around the world doubled last year, with ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
‘Crunch time for real’: UN says time for climate delays has run out
Means to stop catastrophic global heating exist, says UN chief, but political courage is needed to end world’s fossil fuel addiction. The huge cuts in carbon emissions now needed to end the climate ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
Israel’s plan to ban Unrwa from accessing Gaza marks new low in its relations with UN
US only nation likely to be able to persuade Netanyahu to drop plan condemned by 123 member states. Worsening relations between the United Nations and Israel appear to have reached a nadir with the ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says it is carrying out strikes on military targets in Iran
IDF spokesman says strikes are a response to ‘months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran’, as blasts reported in Tehran and nearby city of Karaj. Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
US airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti's capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire
At least one U.S. airline has temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter flying near the country’s main airportWorld - ABC News - October 25 -
UN official calls for more attention to Sudan’s 'forgotten' war amid fresh atrocities
A senior United Nations official has called for more international attention to “the forgotten crisis” in Sudan, where more than a year and a half of war has pushed the African country to the brink ...World - ABC News - October 25 -
More than 120 killed in paramilitary rampage in east-central Sudan, UN and a doctors group say
A doctors group and the United Nations say fighters from the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one ...World - ABC News - October 27 -
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 70 as UN chief calls civilians’ plight ‘unbearable’
One person killed as truck rams into bus stop in Israel, and Benjamin Netanyahu heckled at memorial event. Approximately 70 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past day, health ...World - The Guardian - October 27 -
Middle East crisis live: world leaders express ‘grave concern’ at Israeli vote to ban Unrwa; deadly airstrikes reported in Lebanon
Israel passes bill dealing huge blow to humanitarian efforts in Gaza and the West Bank; at least 60 people killed in latest reported strikes . . The Israeli army told residents in parts of ...World - The Guardian - October 29