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At least 26 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday – the eve…
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At least 26 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday – the eve of one of the most important holidays in Islam – the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Friday.
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The UN Secretary-General has expressed alarm after a drone struck a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați overnight into Friday, reportedly injuring two people.
At the African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings this week, several African leaders called for investments in electricity infrastructure which go beyond lighting homes to powering economies. Applauding the AfDB for its energy programmes like Mission 300 – which aims to provide electricity access to 300 million Africans by 2030 – the Central African Republic’s […]
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At least 26 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday – the eve of one of the most important holidays in Islam – the UN human rights office,…
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The UN Secretary-General has expressed alarm after a drone struck a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați overnight into Friday, reportedly injuring two people.
At the African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings this week, several African leaders called for investments in electricity infrastructure which go beyond lighting homes to powering economies. Applauding the AfDB…
Andreas Sieber is head of political strategy at 350.org. Shady Khalil is a senior global policy strategist at Oil Change International. COP31 will take place in the context of what…
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Ethiopian authorities have intensified their crackdown on press freedom in a cynical attempt to silence criticism in the lead-up to the country’s national election on 1 June, Amnesty International said…
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Tehran 12 November 2025 #2
Tehran 12 November 2025 #2 nrafati Fri, 11/14/2025 – 22:09 Tehran Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:00 12 November 2025 G7 foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, jointly urged Iran to “fully implement its obligations both under UN Security Council resolutions and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons”. They also called on Tehran […]
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Washington 12 November 2025 #3
Washington 12 November 2025 #3 nrafati Fri, 11/14/2025 – 22:03 Washington Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:00 12 November 2025 G7 foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, jointly urged Iran to “fully implement its obligations both under UN Security Council resolutions and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons”. They also called on Tehran […]
After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War
After El Fasher: Ending Sudan’s Atrocious War emactaggart Fri, 11/14/2025 – 16:34 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List Screenshot of a video released by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces […]
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council
What to Look for as the Gaza Peace Plan Comes to the UN Security Council emactaggart Fri, 11/14/2025 – 12:26 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List A Palestinian man […]
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Israel 13 November 2025
Israel 13 November 2025 nrafati Thu, 11/13/2025 – 22:34 Israel Thu, 11/13/2025 – 12:00 13 November 2025 The Israeli military reported striking what it described as “a weapons storage facility and an underground terror infrastructure site used by Hizbollah in southern Lebanon”.
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Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv
Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital and the wider Kyiv region early on Friday.
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Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher
Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? That’s the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, since paramilitary fighters overran the regional capital of North Darfur last month, after a 500-day siege.
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Families in Sudan ‘running out of time’ as hunger spreads
More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as the war between rival militaries continues, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
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Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported.
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Sudan: Migration chief hears horrific accounts of exodus from El Fasher
Some 90,000 people have been displaced following the fall of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur – with another 50,000 fleeing violence in the Kordofans, according to the UN migration chief.