Telecoms forecast to maintain input to Nigeria GDP
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George Washington University Anti-Zionist Group Hurls Racist Remarks at UN Ambassador
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An anti-Zionist student group at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC staged an unprecedented disruption of a talk by US...
Is It Possible to Destroy Hamas? Experts Weigh in as US Rhetoric Shifts
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Amid a shift in rhetoric among US officials regarding Israel’s ability to destroy Hamas, there has been growing uncertainty about whether...
Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency
“Any ground operation would mean more suffering and death” for the 1.2 million displaced Palestinians sheltering in and around the Strip’s southernmost city, OCHA...
Israel Rejects European Bid to Unilaterally Recognize Palestinian State as ‘Reward for Terrorism’
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Israel’s foreign ministry on Monday warned four EU member states that unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank...
News in Brief 8 February 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gazans ‘stalked by hunger, disease and death’ warns UN’s top aid official Amid further fighting across...
Miss Israel Gets Threatened by Knife-Wielding Antisemite While Talking to New Yorkers About Israel
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Former Miss Israel Noa Cochva was threatened by an antisemitic woman in New York City this week while trying to have...
News in Brief 19 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortagesThe UN Children’s Fund warned...
PODCAST: Getting the word out – letting the world know how the UN is...
On today’s episode of The Lid is On, Conor speaks to Melissa Fleming, the head of Global Communications at the United Nations, and host...
US State Secretary Blinken to Travel to Saudi Arabia Next Week
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday and Tuesday to meet with regional partners and discuss...
Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams
Most of those uprooted by Israeli military evacuation orders in eastern Rafah have already been displaced from other areas of Gaza; they are now...
EU Sanctions Hamas Wings Over Sexual Violence on Oct. 7
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EU countries on Friday put the military and special forces wings of Hamas and the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad...
Myanmar: Technology key to aid war crimes investigations |
UN News: Can you tell us the circumstances that led to IIMM’s creation?Nicholas Koumjian: The IIMM was created following the crisis of the clearance...
UN launches investigation into Lebanon explosion that injured peacekeepers
In a statement released on Saturday, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti, said that the casualties – three military observers from the UN Truce Supervision Organization...
Gaza: Children ‘paying the heaviest price for this conflict’ |
More than 3,500 children have been killed and over 6,800 injured in Gaza during the current Israel-Palestine crisis according to the UN Children's Fund...
COP27 PODCAST: Now the hard work begins |
COPs are a marathon, not a sprint. During the first week, country negotiators set the parameters for the serious, and often exhausting, horse-trading that...
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Development |
In the final episode of Humanitarian Leadership Stories, a mini-series produced in collaboration with the UN Humanitarian Office, OCHA, we find out why there’s...
Biden Uses Hamas Casualty Figures, Calls for Ceasefire in Apparent U-Turn on Gaza War
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US President Joe Biden used the Hamas terror group’s casualty figures for the war in Gaza and called for a six-week...
Madagascar under threat of Cyclone 20
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PODCAST: A new generation of SDG champions picks up the baton
On today’s episode of The Lid Is On, Conor Lennon speaks to three exceptional young changemakers who have been recognized by the UN for...
East Africa devastated by climate change, El Niño
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News in Brief 21 December 2023 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations. Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down: WHOThere are...
Sudan: Security Council members call for immediate halt to military escalation in El Fasher
The call comes amid reports of an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militia against the city, which could...
ICJ Rejects Nicaragua’s Request to Halt German Arms Sales to Israel
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i24 News — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Nicaragua’s request to issue emergency orders to Germany, urging it...
