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Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now

Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge the international community “based on the...

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...

Why do most people believe in and stick with incorrect universe origin theories? –...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). With the plethora of scientific data and beautiful pictures of celestial bodies that modern telescopes are collecting, scientists have been feeding...

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...

Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked

Since 13 July, around 176,000 people have been displaced from Sweida,  according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Mostly migrating...

‘A fire no one can control’: UN warns of spiralling Iran-Israel war

In an address to the UN Security Council on Friday, Mr. Guterres made an urgent plea for de-escalation, calling the spiralling confrontation a defining...

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...

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 warns of escalating conflict in Yemen amid humanitarian crisis, regional tensions

The crisis in Yemen, which worsened in 2014 after Houthi rebels (known officially as Ansar Allah) seized the capital, has been marked by complex...

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 4 December

The Middle East crisis continues to deepen, with families in Gaza struggling to secure basic food amid constant displacement, plummeting temperatures, and relentless conflict....

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...

‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon

“Families I spoke with had run for their lives and have no idea what tomorrow may bring after an exhausting, dangerous journey to the...

Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at a news briefing at UN Headquarters on Thursday that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate rapidly.“Children are...

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...

WHO ‘working tirelessly’ to help save lives as Middle East crisis grinds on

Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, was speaking during a press briefing on emergencies in the occupied Palestinian territory and...

Scientifically unchaining the power of the turbulence code that cracked the universe formation

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Scientists and engineers have long known that cracking the code of turbulence would be highly gratifying, but they did not know...

He can assist scientists who haven’t understood the universe-origin properly

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Most people in the whole world are interested in understanding the origin of the universe, but most of them don’t know...

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,...

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...

Winter rains and aid convoy obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans

In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, stressed that attacks on civilian infrastructure have not stopped, “particularly in North Gaza, where the...

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,...

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...

Syria’s new ‘flame of hope’ must not be extinguished: Guterres

That’s the warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking to reporters in New York on Thursday morning. He said there is “a real risk that...

Over half a million people severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen

“Yemen is facing yet another devastating chapter in its relentless crisis, exacerbated by the intersection of conflict and extreme weather events,” emphasised Matt Huber,...