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Trump appoints UN ambassador Elise Stefanik and border tsar Tom Homan
All eyes are on the president-elect's picks for his top team as his party closes in on full control of Congress.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
Nearly 70% of deaths in Gaza were women and children, UN says
Israel is rejecting a new United Nations report on the early months of the war in Gaza that says 70% of those killed were women and children. Meanwhile, Israel is warning its citizens to avoid ...Top stories - NBC News - 2 days ago -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...Health - ABC News - Yesterday -
Trump picks New York congresswoman Stefanik as US ambassador to UN
Republican representative is a staunch critic of the international bodyBusiness - Financial Times - 2 days ago -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...World - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Pro-Israel campaigners protest against UN special rapporteur’s UK visit
Francesca Albanese recently published a report in which she alleged that Israel was committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza. Campaigners against antisemitism have held protests outside universities in London ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
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This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29
António Guterres says global heating is super-charging disasters, and Cop hears warning of ‘inflation on steroids’. This year has been “a masterclass in human destruction”, the UN secretary general ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Israeli construction along buffer zone with Syria violates ceasefire, UN says
New trenches and berms are being constructed along the frontier in the occupied Golan Heights.Top stories - BBC News - 16 hours ago -
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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
