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How to raise rational children in our modern world

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...

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...

Middle East: Regional crisis risks engulfing Syria, UN envoy warns

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Geir Pedersen expressed grave concern over the mounting violence and its cascading impact on Syria, which has been...

Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist

The humanitarian network is currently at a standstill because the internet shut down earlier this week after the last fibre cable route serving central...

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...

Can Creationists disagree with Anti-Creationists without angering them or God, at least scientifically? –...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Creationists and their opponents have been having harsh discussions about their views on the origin of the universe for a long...

What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border

One of the UN’s longest-standing peacekeeping missions – the UN Disengagement Observer Force, known by its acronym UNDOF – began more than a half century...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 6 April: Strikes persist across region amid rising humanitarian needs

Strikes and counter-strikes continue across the Middle East, with dozens of casualties reported over the weekend in Lebanon following Israeli strikes targeting the south...

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...

Miss This Simple Scientific Formula, and You Could Always Get the Origin of the...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). (Georgia, USA. December 30, 2025) – What if a simple scientific formula could...

Afghanistan quake: Aid teams still scrambling to reach survivors

The magnitude six quake has already left more than 800 dead and at least 2,000 injured, but the total impact could be in the...

Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts

“Goods indispensable for people’s survival are either depleted or expected to run out in the coming weeks…The entire population is facing high levels of...

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...

Science180 Reveals Mathematical Proof of God’s Existence and a New Theory Explaining the Origins...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). American scientist Dr Nathanael-Israel Israel has announced findings claiming that Earth formed 2.82 days after the universe began, the Moon 3.32...

Lebanon: Families flee Beirut as Israel threatens renewed strikes on Hezbollah

Thousands of people fled the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, on Monday after Israeli announced that it will carry out renewed strikes targeting Hezbollah militants sheltered...

How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza

UN News looked at the needs triggered by the ongoing conflict through a lens of how much aid is getting into Gaza compared with...

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...

Lebanon: UN condemns increasing loss of life and civilian suffering

“All actors must adhere to international law and protect civilians and civilian infrastructure,” he said, adding that the UN mission which remains in place...

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...

Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns

They warned that foreign military action, political exclusion and dwindling resources threaten to undo fragile gains.UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen – who announced that...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE 17 March: Crisis impact ripples across region

The crisis in the Middle East has entered its third week, with fighting continuing across the region and humanitarian needs rising. Oil prices continue...

Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes

The Council cleared its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing from the head of the UN-backed international nuclear watchdog, who...

‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses

For many, running a small business has become the only viable path to earning an income – and a way to support other women...

UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages

Alice Edwards, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture, also condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages earlier this month and called...