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- Renewed calls for two-State solution amid ‘perilously fragile’ conditions for Palestinians
on February 3, 2026The UN committee mandated to promote Palestinian rights opened its 2026 session on Tuesday with renewed calls for a two-State solution, amid a shaky […]
- Rafah reopening offers lifeline for patients, but aid flow still far from enough
on February 3, 2026The partial reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has allowed a small number of people to leave and return to the Strip – […]
- Gaza: Limited Rafah crossing reopening sparks hope – but also ‘massive trepidation’
on February 2, 2026The reopening of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday after more than a year is being met with both optimism and fear, a senior […]
- UN peacekeeping patrols suspended along Lebanon-Israel Blue Line
on February 2, 2026UN peacekeepers temporarily suspended patrols and other activities along parts of the ‘Blue Line’ in southern Lebanon after the Israeli military […]
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- Ukraine: Civilians injured, miners killed, in separate Russian attacks
on February 3, 2026A fresh wave of Russian strikes overnight across Ukraine injured several people and left thousands “without heat in the heart of winter,” the UN […]
- Myanmar crisis deepens five years after coup, as military ballot entrenches repression
on January 30, 2026Five years after Myanmar’s military seized power and jailed the country’s elected leaders, the United Nations says the country’s crisis has […]
- World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, ‘Olympic truce’, Ukraine’s freezing children
on January 30, 2026The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the mainly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic […]
- ‘We children saw things that no one should ever have to see’ Holocaust survivor tells the UN
on January 28, 2026Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, gave a harrowing and heart-rendering account of her childhood under Nazi persecution during Tuesday’s […]
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- Human trafficking depends on corruption at every step
on January 20, 2026In 2011, a trafficker in Chile was convicted for recruiting economically vulnerable Peruvian citizens and arranging for them to be brought into the […]
- Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
on January 19, 2026Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and […]
- Synthetic drug market disrupted in Syria after regime change
on December 22, 2025Past geopolitical tensions related to the synthetic drug “captagon” are now being mitigated with the Syrian authorities’ commitment to […]
- Corruption costs lives and livelihoods: Why this week’s UN summit in Doha matters
on December 15, 2025Last year, one in five people who dealt with a public official were asked to pay a bribe, according to a UN report. The world is doing something […]