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Drone strikes are posing deadly risks to civilians in Sudan and hampering humanitarian efforts to…
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Drone strikes are posing deadly risks to civilians in Sudan and hampering humanitarian efforts to reach them as attacks continue to affect conflict-hit areas, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.
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Israeli forces reportedly killed more than two dozen Palestinians in Gaza and violated Lebanese airspace more than 100 times over the weekend despite ongoing ceasefire agreements, UN agencies and peacekeepers said on Monday.
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Amid a deepening hunger crisis in Somalia, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to deliver aid to the people who need it most.
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Drone strikes are posing deadly risks to civilians in Sudan and hampering humanitarian efforts to reach them as attacks continue to affect conflict-hit areas, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said…
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Israeli forces reportedly killed more than two dozen Palestinians in Gaza and violated Lebanese airspace more than 100 times over the weekend despite ongoing ceasefire agreements, UN agencies and peacekeepers…
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Amid a deepening hunger crisis in Somalia, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to deliver aid to the people who need it most.
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Breastfeeding rates are rising worldwide, but millions of mothers and families still lack the services and protection they need to feed their babies safely, the UN has warned.
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New UN-backed centres will serve eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as confirmed Ebola cases continued to climb sharply over the weekend in the largest ever outbreak of the…
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Washington 30 July 2026 #2
Washington 30 July 2026 #2 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:32 Washington Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 30 July 2026 The IRGC that “the Strait of Hormuz is not reopenable as long as the excessive rhetoric and threats by U.S. officials and their interference in maritime movements in the region continues, and threats and interventions will make […]
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Washington 30 July 2026 #1
Washington 30 July 2026 #1 lalasor Thu, 07/30/2026 – 23:32 Washington Thu, 07/30/2026 – 12:00 30 July 2026 The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against “six entities and individuals in China, India, Russia and Iran, including multiple companies serving as general sales agents for the U.S.- and European Union-sanctioned Iranian airline Mahan Air”. It also blacklisted “an […]
Hormuz crisis speeds up transition to electric cars, IEA data shows
The spiking price of oil helped increase global sales of electric cars in the second quarter of 2026 despite total car sales falling, a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report shows. The IEA’s latest update on the market for electric cars said sales increased by 4% in the second quarter, after the war between the […]
“Do we have the appetite?” – Shell’s fear of Niger Delta clean-up costs revealed
Newly-released internal documents from Shell suggest that a desire to avoid incurring the costs of shutting down its oil pipelines and cleaning up spills from them was part of the energy giant’s motivation in selling off its onshore oil assets in the Niger Delta. The company has been accused by campaigners of cutting and running […]
UN bid to keep 1.5C alive exposes deepening divisions over fossil fuels
A UN effort to keep the threatened 1.5C warming limit alive is exposing deep divisions over the future of fossil fuels, pitting climate-vulnerable nations seeking a faster move away from coal, oil and gas against major emerging economies and producers that oppose targeting particular energy sources. As countries weigh in on the “Belém Mission to […]
The case for making polluters pay has moved into the mainstream
Anne Jellema is executive director of 350.org and David Hillman is director of Stamp Out Poverty. This coming week, as record-breaking heat has morphed into killer wildfires, major oil and gas companies will report their second-quarter earnings and are widely expected to announce profits that have doubled or even quadrupled in the last three months. […]
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Nicaragua: Constitutional reform seeks to dismantle the right to participate in public affairs
In response to the constitutional reform initiative put forward by the Nicaraguan authorities to extend the presidential term and permanently exclude from electoral processes people labelled by the government as “traitors” or “coup plotters”, Amnesty International warns that these measures represent a further step in dismantling the right of Nicaraguans to participate in the public […]
India: Continuing weapons exports to Israel could risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza – new investigation
Ammunition, parts and accessories exported to Israeli forces At least 2,596 shipments of weapons to Israel since 7 October 2023 Companies directly owned and controlled by state of India identified India continued to supply arms to Israel despite the substantial risk they could be used in its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza […]
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Shell, oil spills and human rights in Nigeria: What you need to know
The Niger Delta is one of the world’s largest wetlands and also one of its most valuable oil-producing regions. For decades, oil spills, gas flaring, waste dumping and failed clean-ups have devastated communities who depend on its land, rivers and creeks for food, water and livelihoods. Amnesty International’s research has shown that Shell’s record there […]
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Are Iran and Ukraine wars getting tangled in Caspian Sea?
Tehran has threatened a response after a Ukrainian strike on an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea that Kyiv says was carrying weapons to Russia. Still, Ukraine says it wants to avoid escalation with Tehran.