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UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes

“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that their partners continue their scale-up efforts, despite reported Israeli airstrikes across the Strip,” he said, noting that some...

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...

Iran-Israel crisis: IAEA chief calls for access to damaged nuclear sites

Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was addressing the agency’s Board of Governors, amid fresh reports of new Israeli missile...

In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level

Latest data simulations from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) point to the average Gazan eating just 1,400 calories per day – “or 67...

Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians

In the past 24 hours in Gaza, there have been more reports of casualties in shootings along aid convoy routes, where desperate crowds of...

New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

It follows a campaign last year that reached hundreds of thousands of young children.  Polio virus was recently detected in wastewater samples in Gaza,...

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,...

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...

Syria’s humanitarian crisis: 16.5 million in need amid continuing conflict

Briefing journalists in New York from Damascus, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, explained that the country remains at a critical juncture...

UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank

Since the start of the offensive on 21 January, Israeli forces have killed at least 44 Palestinians, including five children and two women, in...

Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian situation is ‘extremely serious’

Humanitarian conditions are “extremely serious,” UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi told the Security Council on Wednesday.There are over 16 million people in...

Iran crisis: UN stays and delivers

“In the early morning hours of 13 June, a number of attacks took place in Tehran, and other parts of Iran,” said Stefan Priesner,...

The inspiring female engineer breathing new life into Yemen’s ancient capital

"There is a common language between me and the buildings. In every house I try to preserve. I feel that the city is grateful...

Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’

This follows Israeli airstrikes in southern suburbs of the city that targeted the leader of the Hezbollah armed group, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed,...

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...

UN envoy strongly condemns continuing Israeli attacks inside Syria

Geir Pedersen said in a statement that “such actions are unacceptable and risk further destabilising an already fragile situation, heightening regional tension and undermining...

How Creationists can follow up with the critiques of Evolutionists, Atheists, and other Anti-Creationists...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Undoubtedly, as far as the origin of the universe is concerned, a significant disagreement exists between creationists and anti-creationists. In short,...

Father of Gaza hostage calls for an end to war – and a two-State...

On 7 October 2023, Corporal Nimrod Cohen was guarding the area near the Nirim kibbutz close to Gaza frontier, when his tank malfunctioned and...

How was the Solar System formed?

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Many theories have been proposed about the origin of the Solar System, but until recently, the scientific community was unsure of...

UNRWA delivers bulk of aid in Gaza, as destruction mounts in West Bank

UNRWA’s communications director Juliette Touma described catastrophic scenes at the camp, where some 100 buildings had been “destroyed or heavily damaged” by the detonations...

Syria at a crossroads: UN warns fragile transition needs global support

The UN on Monday hailed the determination of Syrians working to rebuild their country but cautioned that sustained international engagement is essential to keep...

UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises...

“Today the world looks on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues to deteriorate to levels not seen in recent...

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...

Gaza: As world waits for Hamas response, aid teams call for ceasefire

Winter is fast-approaching and heavy ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza City continue to drive mass displacement.“It's important that we get that ceasefire and...