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A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel — A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli military said Saturday, days after Israeli airstrikes hit Houthi rebels who have been launching missiles in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen …

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A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza

Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel — A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people injured by shattered glass, the Israeli military said Saturday, days after Israeli airstrikes hit Houthi rebels who have been launching missiles in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. One strike hit a residential building in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central …

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A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza

Politico

“A flash of light, a blow and we fell to the ground. The Israeli strikes Thursday caused “considerable damage” to the Houthi-controlled Red Sea ports that will lead to the “immediate and significant reduction in port capacity,” U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. One strike hit a residential building in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least …

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Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed Syria’s navy. An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in …

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Haiti gang kills 180 people, mostly elderly, over suspicion of black magic

India Today

Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft. The National Human Rights Defense Network, an NGO in Haiti that monitors state institutions and promotes human rights …

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3 weeks ago

Cessation of hostilities in Syria urged

China Daily

UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities amid the recent escalation of violence in Syria, his spokesman said on Monday. Guterres' statement came after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group designated as terrorist group by the Security Council, and its allied opposition factions launched a major rebel offensive last week in northwest Syria's Aleppo …

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UN chief alarmed by escalating violence in Haiti: Spokesperson

China Daily

A woman carries a piece of furniture on her head while fleeing her neighbourhood following gang attacks that sparked a violent civilian response, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov 19, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by the escalating violence in Haiti, where armed gangs are reported to be gaining ground in the capital Port-au-Prince, his spokesperson said …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows

Associated Press

CAIRO, Egypt — Sudan’s military-controlled government said Wednesday that a key border crossing with Chad will stay open to keep much-needed humanitarian aid flowing into the western Darfur region which has been a center of fighting in the country’s ongoing war. The decision on the Adre crossing followed a meeting with United Nations agencies and local and international aid groups, …

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US prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti and UN suspends flights after planes were shot by gangs

Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Federal Aviation Administration prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot three planes and the United Nations also Tuesday temporarily suspended flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country. Dujarric warned that cutting off flights would mean “limiting the flow of humanitarian aid and humanitarian personnel into the country.” …

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2 months, 1 week ago

UN chief warns attacks on Lebanon peacekeepers could be a war crime

Daily Mail

The UN secretary general has warned that attacks on peacekeepers 'may constitute a war crime', after five were left injured by the IDF. General António Guterres reiterated that UNIFIL personnel and its premises 'must never be targeted' and attacks on peacekeepers are 'in breach of international law'. It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief …

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United Nations chief says attacks on peacekeepers 'may constitute a war crime' after five were injured by IDF - as Israeli Prime Minister tells UNIFIL forces they must now move out of 'harm's way'

Daily Mail

The UN secretary general has warned that attacks on peacekeepers 'may constitute a war crime', after five were left injured by the IDF. It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of 'harm's way', alleging Hezbollah was using them as 'human shields'. Speaking ahead of a cabinet …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Brutal Gang Attack on Haitian Town Leaves at Least 70 Dead

Associated Press

A week-long gang attack in Haiti has resulted in the deaths of at least 70 people, with the majority of victims being killed by gunshot wounds to the head. The attack, which took place in the Artibonite region, has left hundreds of families seeking shelter in an outdoor plaza in the nearby coastal city of Saint-Marc. The Haitian government has …

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3 months ago

UN chief speaks to Maduro about 'rights violations' in Venezuela

The Hindu

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced concern Friday to President Nicolas Maduro about alleged human rights violations in Venezuela, in their first telephone conversation since the disputed July 28 Presidential election. The men discussed the precarious political situation in the South American nation, and Mr. Guterres "expressed concern over reports of post-elections violence and allegations of human rights violations," the …

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3 months ago

UN chief alarmed by communication devices explosions in Lebanon, Syria: spokesman

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-19 10:19 A Lebanese army soldier stands guard near fire trucks at the scene of a reported pager device explosion in Saida in southern Lebanon on Sept 18, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply alarmed by reports that a large number of communication devices exploded across Lebanon and in Syria on Tuesday and …

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UN chief alarmed by communication devices explosions in Lebanon, Syria: spokesman

China Daily

A Lebanese army soldier stands guard near fire trucks at the scene of a reported pager device explosion in Saida in southern Lebanon on Sept 18, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply alarmed by reports that a large number of communication devices exploded across Lebanon and in Syria on Tuesday and Wednesday, his spokesman said. "The …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 19 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza’s al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’

Al Jazeera

Officials say a number of victims still to be recovered from Gaza tent camp for displaced Palestinians. At least 19 people have been killed and many wounded in an Israeli strike on a designated “safe zone” in southern Gaza, according to officials. Al-Mawasi has been crowded with Palestinians sleeping in tents since the Israeli army designated the coastal area a …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli soldiers rammed UN vehicles with bulldozer and fired shots before letting them go, says UN spokesperson

CNN

CNN — Shots were fired during the Israeli military’s hours-long detention of a convoy of United Nations vehicles in Gaza, the UN Secretary General’s spokesperson said Tuesday. Dujarric said the Israeli soldiers had pointed their weapons at the UN personnel and that at some point during the incident “shots were fired.” He said IDF tanks and bulldozers then “proceeded to …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Draft resolution circulated for UN peacekeepers in Haiti amid ongoing gang violence

Firstpost

The U.S. and Ecuador have proposed a draft resolution to transition from the Kenya-led mission in Haiti to a U.N. peacekeeping operation to maintain progress in quelling gang violence. This follows U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit and highlights concerns over funding and effectiveness of the current multinational force The United States and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution on …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said, even though Afghanistan’s rulers issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission after it criticized them. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric in New York defended the United Nations Assistance Mission in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deadly Israeli raids in occupied West Bank as Gaza war rages

Al Jazeera

The Israeli military is pressing on with its deadly offensive in the occupied West Bank despite widespread international condemnation from countries and rights groups. The Israeli military said its forces killed five Palestinian fighters on the second day of its so-called “counterterrorism” operations. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the Israeli operations took place “in close …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants

Associated Press

AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin. Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesman, said “large forces” had entered Jenin, long a militant stronghold, as well as Tulkarem …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

UN humanitarians struggle to deliver aid in Gaza

China Daily

A man checks a destroyed building after an Israeli bombardment in Deir al-Balah refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Aug 25, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - A recent spate of Israeli evacuation orders has forced a shutdown of UN agency humanitarian aid operations in Gaza, a senior UN official said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …

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4 months ago

Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues

The Independent

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Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues

Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh’s capital Thursday allowed police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection with the murder of a garment worker, who joined recent student protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that forced her to step down and flee to India earlier this month. On Thursday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ahmed …

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A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza

A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza

A rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injuring 16, and Palestinians mourn a dozen children in Gaza

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

Haiti gang kills 180 people, mostly elderly, over suspicion of black magic

Cessation of hostilities in Syria urged

UN chief alarmed by escalating violence in Haiti: Spokesperson

Sudan keeps key aid crossing from Chad open for hard-hit Darfur region as famine grows

US prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti and UN suspends flights after planes were shot by gangs

UN chief warns attacks on Lebanon peacekeepers could be a war crime

United Nations chief says attacks on peacekeepers 'may constitute a war crime' after five were injured by IDF - as Israeli Prime Minister tells UNIFIL forces they must now move out of 'harm's way'

Brutal Gang Attack on Haitian Town Leaves at Least 70 Dead

UN chief speaks to Maduro about 'rights violations' in Venezuela

UN chief alarmed by communication devices explosions in Lebanon, Syria: spokesman

UN chief alarmed by communication devices explosions in Lebanon, Syria: spokesman

At least 19 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza’s al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’

Israeli soldiers rammed UN vehicles with bulldozer and fired shots before letting them go, says UN spokesperson

Draft resolution circulated for UN peacekeepers in Haiti amid ongoing gang violence

UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women

Deadly Israeli raids in occupied West Bank as Gaza war rages

Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants

UN humanitarians struggle to deliver aid in Gaza

Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues

Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues