At least 35 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 00:50 UTC

The United Nations warn that the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza could get exponentially worse as it expects to distribute its final batch of supplies and critical aid to Gaza’s population, exhauste…

Israel has no duty to allow UN aid agency into Gaza, says US state department lawyer

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 18:50 UTC

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Joshua Simmons tells international court of justice that Israel’s concerns about Unwra are ‘credible’

Israel’s urgent security needs override its obligations to provide aid to Palestinians in Gaza, a …

Guterres warns Israel-Palestine two-state solution 'near a point of no return'

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 07:45 UTC

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The United Nations says the promise of a two-state solution is at risk of disappearing as Israel-Hamas war continues in Gaza, with Israel intensifying its ground and aerial operations across the encl…

Ukraine war briefing: UN slashes humanitarian aid after ‘sharp’ fall in funding

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 02:20 UTC

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Official says UN and its partners have ‘reprioritised’ operations in Ukraine, amid wider drop in aid funding from the US. What we know on day 1,162

Faced with a drastic drop in funding, the United Nat…

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns two-state solution is 'near a point of no return'

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 00:35 UTC

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The United Nations says the promise of a two-state solution is at risk of disappearing as fighting continues in Gaza with Israel intensifying its ground and aerial operations across the enclave in a …

QUENTIN LETTS: Major Tim was a chatty fellow... space travel does that - look at the Clangers!

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 23:45 UTC

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Astronaut Tim Peake (pictured) was at a House of Lords committee to discuss outer space. Discussion soon landed on the crucial matter: should space be governed by the United Nations?

Syria’s new three-starred flag raised at UN

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 15:55 UTC

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised the country’s new three-starred flag at the United Nations headquarters.

Could Canada really become the US’s 51st state?

found 2025 › Apr › 25 (Fri) @ 14:45 UTC

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Could Canada become the 51st US state? Redi Tlhabi speaks with Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae.

Out of the Woods by Gretchen Shirm review – a compelling reflection on bearing witness

found 2025 › Apr › 21 (Mon) @ 18:55 UTC

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For her fourth novel, the former lawyer draws on her experience working as a legal intern in the UN tribunal for former Yugoslavia

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Out of the Woods, the four…

Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

found 2025 › Apr › 16 (Wed) @ 21:55 UTC

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Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crime

The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline

The doctor who carried out the postmortems…