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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 20 April: Uncertainty grows in the Strait of Hormuz

Tensions have escalated in the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed security incidents, including reported attacks on vessels and a US interception of an Iranian...

UN officials call for urgent action in Yemen to push peace, reduce hunger

Addressing the 15-member Council about the current situation on the ground, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that while the 2022 truce...

Security Council: Middle East envoy warns against escalation, highlights continued Israeli settlement activity

“The series of explosions across Lebanon and rockets fired toward Israel in recent days adds to the volatility,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for...

Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive

“This brings the total functioning hospitals in Gaza to only 14…the situation at the remaining eight hospitals and one field hospital in the city...

Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy

The “current trajectory is deeply concerning,” he told ambassadors, updating them on the latest political developments in the country, where Houthi rebels – formally...

Iraq: Security Council briefed on major milestones and ongoing challenges

“As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five...

Reconciling Science and Creation Accurately – BOOK REVIEW by By Global Diaspora News

 Nathanael-Israel Israel, Reconciling Science and Creation Accurately, Science180, 2025 Nathanael-Israel Israel. Reconciling Science and Creation Accurately, is A Brave Bridge Between Science and Genesis. It was...

We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR...

“The atrocities perpetrated in Gaza and the West Bank, in Ukraine, Sudan or Myanmar are evidence of the deliberate abandonment of norms in...

Gaza: War has set Palestine’s development back nearly 70 years

“Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward...

Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of pager explosions in Lebanon

The coordinated attacks reportedly targeted the Hezbollah militant group, with hundreds of electronic pagers belonging to its members blowing up at the same time,...

Gaza ceasefire improves aid access, but children still face deadly conditions

That’s the assessment of two senior officials from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking on Monday to journalists in New York following a...

UN firmly rejects allegations against agencies in Yemen

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General,  dismissed the allegations, stating “such false statements are baseless, and further threaten the safety of staff and...

UN strongly condemns Israel’s unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the facility, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the social media platform X.Police motorcycles, trucks and forklifts were brought in and all communications were...

Lebanon: Increased violence is the ‘horrific new normal’ for children, warns UNICEF

Peacekeepers have witnessed the “shocking” destruction of villages in southern Lebanon along the UN-patrolled Blue Line that separates the country from Israel, along with...

Gaza humanitarian crisis ‘far from being over,’ UN aid coordination office warns

“The humanitarian situation and crisis in Gaza is far from being over,” Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Friday...

UN’s Türk urges dialogue after deadly clashes on Afghan-Pakistan border

“This situation calls for urgent political dialogue, rather than escalating the use of force,” said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, following a sharp...

Escalating violence in Syria raises fear of ‘large-scale war’

After over a decade of brutal fighting, the Commission Chair, Paulo Pinheiro, said that deadly dynamics are causing new waves of hostilities.“The recent direct...

The scientific and technological revolution following the groundbreaking decoding on the universe-origin – Science180

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). The world just witnessed the #1 discovery of all time: the decrypting of the formation of the universe and life. No...

Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel’s Groundbreaking Discovery: The Intersection of Science and Faith

In a pioneering achievement that merges science and faith, Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel, founder of Science180, has mathematically demonstrated the creation timeline of Earth, Moon,...

Science180 Announces Scientific Milestone in the Turbulent Origin of the Earth, Moon, and Sun

Science180 reveals a groundbreaking scientific approach, providing a new understanding of the formation of Earth, Moon,...

Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon

A press statement issued by the Mission, formally known as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, said Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) “deliberately demolished” the...

Guterres urges global community to repeat ‘utter condemnation’ of 7 October Hamas terror attack

The horrific attack by Gaza-based militants also saw more than 250 abducted, including many women and children.“It is time for the release of the...

Syria: Chemical weapons watchdog hits reset button in Damascus, following productive meetings

In a press release on Saturday the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Director-General Fernando Arias and his team had met...

Security Council LIVE: Situation in the Middle East

The UN Security Council meets at 3 PM (New York time) on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, with rising tensions...