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Pakistan's Counsellor to the United Nations, Saima Saleem, has confronted India at the UN Security Council over its alleged involvement in supporting terror proxies and committing civilian casualties in Pakistan. The exchange highlighted India's role in the Khuzdar attack, which resulted in the deaths of 40
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UN human rights investigators said on Thursday that war crimes may have been committed in predominantly Alawite areas of Syria in a wave of deadly violence earlier this year. The victims were largely Alawite civilians, including adult men, women, the elderly, and children, with approximately 1,400 people reported killed.
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The situation in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, has reached a "strikingly horrific" level, with 3,000 people killed in gang-related incidents since the beginning of the year, according to Ulrika Richardson, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti. The city is plagued by violence, with
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Syria's coastal regions experienced a significant outbreak of sectarian violence in March, with a UN report indicating that over 1,400 people, primarily civilians, were killed in the violence. The report, released by the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry, found that Alawite communities were primarily targeted, and members
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The international community is sounding the alarm as the Israeli Security Cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, with warnings of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis marked by hunger, deprivation, and the risk of forced starvation. The United Nations (UN) secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and the UN high
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UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have discovered a cache of unauthorized weapons, including rocket launchers and mortar rounds, while the country struggles with a severe drought that threatens millions with life-threatening water shortages. The discoveries were made on Tuesday and Wednesday in separate incidents in Sectors East and West, with
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The European Union has provided €3 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support a regional initiative aimed at strengthening disaster preparedness across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The project, titled "Strengthening SADC Preparedness: Supporting SHOC for Effective Disaster Response,
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A bitter dispute erupted between more than 100 nonprofit groups and Israel over rules governing aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank. The groups, including Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, and CARE, accused Israel of "weaponizing aid" and using it as a tool to entrench
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France, Germany, and the UK, collectively known as the E3, have warned Iran that they will reimpose sanctions on the country unless it resumes talks with the US over its nuclear program. The threat was made in a letter to the UN, citing a "snapback" mechanism that would
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In March, sectarian violence erupted in Syrian coastal communities, resulting in the deaths of over 1,400 people, mostly civilians. The violence was perpetrated by members of Syria's government security forces and other armed groups, including rebel factions and extremist groups. A report by the UN's
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A large-scale assault on El Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, and the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp, has left at least 40 civilians dead and 19 injured. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are suspected to be behind the attack, which has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation. The
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Casualties from the acute lack of food and resources mount as airstrikes and bombardment across Gaza continue to kill, injure, and displace people and destroy civilian infrastructure, said UN humanitarians on Wednesday. The desperation is palpable, with families living in overcrowded, unsafe, and unsanitary conditions, struggling to access basic necessities
