In Damascus, top UN envoy stresses need for credible, inclusive, ‘Syrian owned’ transition
The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria also called for all parties to prioritize the protection of civilians as the country grapples with...
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 –...
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...
Lebanon: Peacekeepers pledge to stay, doing ‘whatever they can to help’
“Despite demands to move from positions close to the Blue Line, a unanimous decision was taken by all UNIFIL Troop Contributing Countries and...
Syria risks grave division and destruction, Security Council hears
Geir Pedersen told the Security Council the country faced grave risk of further division that was in no Syrian’s interest.“As I brief you today,...
Lime-flavoured memories drive innovation on Saudi farm
Mohamed Alnwairan stands in front of a verdant citrus tree which four months hence will bear his first harvest of limes.A former businessman turned...
UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
He stressed that the assistance must be delivered swiftly and directly to those most in need.He told journalists in New York that UN humanitarians...
Do a show on the Biblical power of modern science
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Since its invention, science has tremendously helped humankind. At the same time, science is one of the modern means used by...
Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent...
Meanwhile, on Thursday and again on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants published disturbing videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages, sparking worldwide outrage...
Middle East: Gaza markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms
In an alert, the World Food Programme (WFP) described markets “in decay” across the enclave. “Fresh foods, eggs, and meat barely exist and the...
Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank
Several refugee camps are nearly empty after Israeli forces launched Operation Iron Wall on 21 January, making it the longest operation in the West...
Why is the war between mathematics and physics drifting science in the wrong direction?
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Scientists have collected a lot of data on nature based on specific hypothesis, but because these data did not yield the...
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 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...
Gaza aid delivery ‘grinding to a halt’ alongside rampant insecurity
The delivery of life-saving aid across Gaza “is grinding to a halt” amid a surge in armed looting targeting humanitarian convoys, the senior aid...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
Scientifically cracking the code of turbulence
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Turbulence is one of the mysteries in physics and solving it can be very fulfilling for many scientific disciplines. But how...
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
Existing supplies of basic necessities have been running dangerously low and on Wednesday the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said that its nutrition stocks to prevent...
Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for...
Last Sunday, a joint PRCS and UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) mission uncovered a shallow grave in Rafah. The bodies of eight PRCS paramedics, six civil...
How to raise rational children in our modern world
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In our modern secular world, and with the many things that kids are taught at school and over which parents have...
