MANHATTAN: Following US-UK strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen, a day after the Security Council adopted a resolution demanding that the Houthis cease attacking commercial vessels, a senior UN official on Friday (12th of Jan, 2024) warned the 15-nation body of the consequences of further escalation in the region and urged restraint by all parties. […]
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UNITED NATIONS: With no let-up in Israeli bombardments across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better access across the enclave, where relief is arriving “too little, too late” to help civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict. “Even if there is no ceasefire, you would expect humanitarian corridors to operate… in a […]
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TEL AVIV: Antony Blinken was back in Israel Tuesday (9th Jan, 2024) on a regional tour aimed at stopping the war escalating across the Middle East. Intense bombing has been reported overnight in Khan Yunis and Rafah, the biggest cities in the south of the besieged Palestinian territory which are crowded with internally displaced people. […]
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GENEVA: The UN voiced alarm Monday (8th of Jan, 2024) at the many journalists killed in the war in Gaza, a day after two Al Jazeera reporters died in an alleged Israeli strike on their car. Al Jazeera on Sunday said two of its Palestinian journalists were killed in the southern city of Rafah, in […]
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GAZA: According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, by 31st December, 2023 at least 77 journalists and Media workers had been killed since the 7th October start of the war between Israel and Hamas. Of those 77, 70 were Palestinian, four Israeli, and three Lebanese. On Sunday (7th day of January, 2024) an […]
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UNITED NATIONS: After almost three months of Israeli bombardments of Gaza, malnutrition and disease are creating a deadly cycle that threatens over 1.1 million children in the ravaged enclave. A total of 90% of the 1.1 million young people in the region are not fully supplied with nutrients, the UN agency said. “Children in the […]
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