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First Person: How many more children must die before the world acts?

Juliette Touma, the director of communications for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has visited Gaza several times during and before the war...

Why is the war between mathematics and physics drifting science in the wrong direction?

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Scientists have collected a lot of data on nature based on specific hypothesis, but because these data did not yield the...

Interview this mind-blowing expert on the science behind the Biblical account of creation

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). People from all nations and all educational background including scientists, laypeople, religious and nonreligious people have been trying to understand the...

Guterres condemns Iran attack on Qatar

It comes in the wake of reports that Iran launched missiles at an American military base in Qatar in retaliation for the US bombing...

Iraq: UN mission ends, with pledge of continued support

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, Mohammed Al Hassan, briefed members for the last time as the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) prepares to conclude its mandate on 31 December after more...

‘RC blog: ‘It will take years to help people deal with the invisible consequences...

“I am continually inspired by the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people. As I have travelled to Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and...

Scientific Discovery Proved Biblical Creation Timeline and Challenged Evolution and the Big Bang Theory

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com).Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel of Science180.com unveils a 12-year study on the mathematical evidence of God’s existenceDr. Nathanael-Israel Israel...

UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in...

Tom Fletcher said in a statement on Monday that nine UN trucks were cleared to enter the southern Kerem Shalom crossing earlier in the...

How was the Moon formed?

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). A lot of expensive and complicated research has been conducted to unearth the real origin of the Moon, but to this...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors look for diplomatic way forward in Gaza and Ukraine

The UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday that growing recognition for Palestine has created new political momentum in favour of a two-State...

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...

UN News Champion: ‘Are you keeping up with the death?’ The grinding toll of...

“My team — my friends — are the reason I stand where I am today.This will, inevitably, evolve into a homage to them, but...

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...

Syria: UN chief urges de-escalation as Sweida violence escalates, Israel strikes Damascus

News reports estimate that the sectarian violence in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, south of the capital, has killed more than 200.Israel explained...

Middle East crisis: Latest updates for 8 November

The UN human rights office released a scathing report on the ongoing war in Gaza as deadly Israeli military operations continue to pound the...

LIVE COVERAGE: Day 3 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “at a breaking point” and headed toward a one-State reality marked by...

Gaza: UN agencies warn of escalating attacks, mass displacement and famine

The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OHCHR) says Israeli military tactics in Gaza City – including strikes on homes and schools –...

Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe

Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that water pumps had...

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...

How to raise rational children in our modern world – Science180

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). In our modern secular world, and with the many things that kids are taught at school and over which parents have...

Gaza: Polio could spread unless vaccines reach war-torn north

“It is imperative to stop the polio outbreak in Gaza before more children are paralysed and the virus spreads,” said Louise Wateridge, spokesperson for...

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...

UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, including many children,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents...

UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians

Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations for humanitarian coordination wing, OCHA, were briefing ambassadors in the Security Council,...