Iran Sentences Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Over 2022-23 Unrest
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An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran‘s 2022-23 unrest, his...
News in Brief 24 April 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Dangerous food insecurity worsens for fifth year in a row Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected...
New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines
The Humanly Possible joint global communication campaign aims to boost vaccination programmes around the world, with support from the UN World Health Organization (WHO)...
Israel Says It Is Poised to Move on Rafah
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Israel’s military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold-outs in the southern Gaza Strip city, a...
Hopes rising of historic treaty to curb plastic pollution |
UN News: Plastics have been mass produced for over seven decades now, widely used in practically every sphere of life. What plastics are causing...
UNRWA seeks $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs in Gaza and the West Bank
The funding will cover humanitarian response through the end of the year, with the goal of meeting the most urgent needs of 1.7 million...
U.S. Decides Against Sanctions on IDF’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion
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i24 News – The United States has opted not to impose sanctions on Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Netzah Yehuda Battalion, Ynet...
PODCAST: Breaking barriers around teen pregnancy in Thailand |
Thailand has been lauded for the progressive legislation it has passed into law which ensures that women and girls have the right to a...
Dell reports massive uptake of GenAI
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News in Brief 18 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Gaza hospital destroyed, WHO chief reiterates ceasefire callThe head of the UN health agency Tedros...
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has...
In Gaza, ‘things are getting worse’: Palestine refugees agency |
In northern Gaza, nearly 200 people were killed and injured following attacks this weekend on the UN-run Al-Fakoura school, according to Adnan Abu Hasna,...
Latest global nutrition data reveals extent of famine risk and ‘widespread death’
According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises, more than one in five people in 59 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2023,...
PODCAST: Bringing order to the AI ‘Wild West’
This episode of The Lid Is On focuses on cutting edge online technology, and the UN’s role in making sure that it benefits humanity,...
Electricity crisis plunges Guinea into tragedy
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News in Brief 19 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEFGaza is by far the most dangerous...
UNRWA staff member recounts agency’s ‘impossible mission’ in Gaza |
Negotiations continued on Thursday towards the implementation of the Israel-Hamas truce in Gaza, where staff from the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA,...
WATCH: Peace and reconciliation in Kosovo ‘starts with youth’ |
In Kosovo, where tensions remain high between the ethnic Albanian and ethnic Serb communities, the United Nations is leading efforts to promote open communication...
UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch
The Climate Promise 2025 aims to accelerate efforts from local to international levels to take more ambitious steps to ensure the global temperature does...
‘Completely Baseless’: Reports of Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals are False, IDF Says
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i24 News – Claims that IDF troops left mass graves on the territory of two Gaza hospitals, where they buried executed...
News in Brief 20 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warnsGazans have...
UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a joint statement calling on the...
Israel Intensifies Strikes Across Gaza, Orders New Evacuations in North
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Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, residents said, as the army ordered...
France: Man Suspected of Abducting, Raping Jewish Woman ‘to Avenge Palestine’
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i24 News – A man in a suburb of Paris is suspected of abducting and raping a Jewish woman, French media...
