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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...

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...

UN says Gaza crisis remains dire, children hardest hit

Briefing reporters in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described the situation as still “dire” for hundreds of thousands of families across the Strip...

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,...

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,...

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...

Aid surging into Gaza ‘at scale’ but massive needs remain: OCHA, WHO

On day three of the ceasefire which entered into force on Sunday 19 January, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, welcomed the “surge” in...

UN committed to supporting ‘free, fair and transparent election with the participation of all...

Special Representative Mohamed Al Hassan, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), provided updates on developments over the past six months...

UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus

Speaking from Damascus after meeting the leader of the caretaker authorities, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Mr. Türk said that he had been “assured…of the importance of...

Development cooperation agreement marks new chapter in UN-Iraq partnership

On Thursday, the UN and Iraq signed a new agreement, the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2025 to 2029, to assist the country in making progress on its...

Why you don’t have to embrace evolution or deny God to scientifically prove that...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Most Christians and atheists think that it is impossible ever to demonstrate how God created the universe. Some Christians compromisingly embrace...

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...

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,...

Syria emergency: Four children a day killed by leftover explosives

Ricardo Pires, UNICEF Communication Manager for Emergencies, told journalists from Damascus that in the last nine years, at least 422,000 incidents involving unexploded ordnance...

MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha ‘opens new and perilous...

The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday, while highlighting the “very positive...

The Science of Decoding the Universe-Origin: How to find truth, joy, and accuracy at...

Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com). Surveys on people’s belief showed that most Americans don’t literally believe in the Biblical account of creation. Some think that God...

Force will not secure Middle East peace: UN General Assembly President

Addressing the 193-member Assembly, President Philémon Yang reiterated the importance of the two-State solution, calling it the only path to lasting peace.  “After more...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship

The information is based on public statements by host countries, contacts with immigration services from inside Syria, and border monitoring by the agency and...