Peace and Security
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Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict
Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said that…
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UN envoy calls again for removal of restrictions on Afghan women
The UN envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday repeated her call for the Taliban to reverse its numerous restrictions on the…
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Allow more aid into Gaza now, pleads UN health agency chief
Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the…
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11 months into Sudan war, ‘world’s worst hunger crisis’ looms
Nearly 11 months since rival generals declared war in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the conflict risks triggering…
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Gaza: Efforts to deliver food aid to stricken north ‘largely unsuccessful’
Efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern Gaza resumed on Tuesday,…
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South Sudan: Top UN official calls for greater political investment as polls loom
With only nine months remaining before the polls in December, South Sudan is not ready to hold elections and a…
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World News in Brief: Fighting continues in DR Congo, Russian anti-war campaigner harassment, LGBTQ rights
Fighting between Government forces and the M23 rebel group has flared up again in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Deadlock over disarmament ‘not acceptable’: Guterres
Amid geopolitical divides, arms competition, increasingly dangerous new technologies and an elevated nuclear risk, the Secretary-General on Monday highlighted his…
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World News in Brief: Fresh Ukraine attacks condemned, Gaza healthcare, DR Congo needs escalating
The top UN aid official in Ukraine deplored new attacks on the cities of Odesa and Dnipro on Friday, as…
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‘High time for peace’, UN chief says, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters third year
The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the fundamental need to honour the sovereignty, independence, unity and…
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