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- Helpless in the face of hunger: Gaza families pray for deliverance – or deathon June 1, 2025
“I stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,” said Zeenat, […]
- As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’on June 1, 2025
A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no longer hypothetical. AI-driven drones are reshaping warfare, […]
- Lifting of Israeli blockade ‘the only way to avert mass starvation’ in Gaza: UNRWA chiefon June 1, 2025
Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine […]
- Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aidon May 30, 2025
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN […]
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- ‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialismon May 30, 2025
Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans […]
- UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting foodon May 28, 2025
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution […]
- ‘My husband died in my arms’: UN probe says Russian drone strikes may be crimes against humanityon May 28, 2025
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN-appointed […]
- UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attackson May 26, 2025
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the daily killings and destruction across Ukraine, following a weekend […]
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- Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangleon May 28, 2025
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has […]
- New judge elected to the International Court of Justiceon May 27, 2025
A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United […]
- Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warnon May 21, 2025
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.
- Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chainon May 20, 2025
The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, […]