Middle East
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Middle East
Strait of Hormuz: UN evacuates 2,500 seafarers before attack freezes rescue operation
The United Nations’ maritime agency said on Friday that it had successfully evacuated about 2,500 stranded seafarers from the Persian…
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Middle East
Stranded Hormuz seafarers begin mass evacuation operation
As the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) released more details of its plan to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stranded…
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Humanitarian Aid
Gaza: Sneeze and you might get shot, warns UNICEF in alert on child killings
After another deadly night of clashes in Lebanon, aid agencies issued a new alert for Gaza, where 265 Palestinian children…
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Middle East
US-Iran deal: technical work can begin, says atomic energy agency
The head of the UN-affiliated atomic energy agency on Thursday welcomed the signing of an initial Iran-US memorandum aimed at…
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Peace and Security
While world waits for details on Iran-US accord, UN calls for Hormuz aid corridor
As representatives of Iran and the United States reportedly prepared to sign a new peace agreement at the end of…
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Peace and Security
Lebanon crisis: Needs soar as UN launches new funding appeal
The UN in Lebanon appealed for an additional $331.5 million on Friday to help 1.4 million people in crisis as…
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Middle East
Lebanon hospital strikes impact most vulnerable patients, warns WHO
The UN health agency in Lebanon is verifying reports of strikes on a hospital in the southern city of Tyre…
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Middle East
Children shot, stabbed and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank
Israeli military operations and surging settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are killing and maiming a growing number of…
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Economic Development
Middle East war: After oil and gas, concerns grow over minerals crunch
The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat:…
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Middle East
As Gaza misery continues, shortages in Iran begin to bite
Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave’s people, the UN health agency…
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