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UN cuts global aid appeal to $46 billion to help 180 million in 2024 as it faces funding crisis

The United Nations is targeting fewer people and seeks less money in its 2024 global humanitarian appeal Facing as it faces a severe funding crisis

The Independent UK

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ends after 10 years, following the junta's pressure to go

The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the government’s request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West African nation

The Independent UK

Antony Blinken condemns Hamas sexual violence: ‘Beyond anything I’ve seen’

Secretary of state says ‘atrocities that we saw on October 7 are almost beyond human description or beyond our capacity to digest’

The Independent UK

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Report says United Arab Emirates is trying nearly 90 detainees on terror charges during COP28 summit

An activist organization says the United Arab Emirates is conducting a mass trial of nearly 90 prisoners on terrorism charges as it hosts the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit

The Independent UK

Hamas' use of sexual violence is an all-too-common part of modern war – but not in all conflicts

The United Nations, women’s groups and human rights groups are facing criticism for not quickly condemning Hamas fighters for raping and sexually violating Israelis during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

The Conversation

Israel continues to pound Gaza as it warns war could continue for ‘months’

Israeli air strikes and tanks continue to hammer all areas of Gaza, offering Palestinians no haven from the violence.

Al Jazeera

War-torn Sudan Faces 'Catastrophe' As UN Funds Run Short

The United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction of the nearly 25 million people needing aid in war-devastated Sudan, the head of the UN's humanitarian response in the country says.

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Jordan’s foreign minister says Israel aiming ‘to empty Gaza of its people’

Addressing the Doha Forum, Ayman Safadi says Israel’s operation in Gaza meets the ‘legal definition of genocide’.

Al Jazeera

Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Turns 75

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the hope of creating a better world after the horrors of World War II. Coming three years after the Allied victory over the Nazis, it was the first time that countries had agreed to protect…

International Business Times

Protesters at UN COP28 climate summit demonstrate for imprisoned Emirati, Egyptian activists

Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit have demonstrated for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations

The Independent UK

UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region

The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor

The Independent UK

US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

US deputy ambassador says an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would ‘only plant the seeds for the next war’.

Al Jazeera

Why Venezuela is threatening to annex Guyana's oil-rich province of Essequibo

The US air force has taken the unusual step of holding joint drills with Guyana as the United Nations scheduled an emergency meeting of the security council to discuss Venezuela’s threat to annex more than two-thirds of the oil-rich South American country.

The Conversation

A filmmaker-farmer duo script a story of transformation with natural farming

Narayanappa, a farmer from Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, has become a beacon of hope for sustainable agriculture in India. His journey, documented by Vishy, earned them global recognition at the Karmaveer Chakra Award. The 'Any Time Money' (ATM) model developed by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) has demonstrated the potential to revolutionise…

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Palestinians crowd into ever-shrinking areas in Gaza as Israel's war against Hamas enters 3rd month

Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanding ground offensive crowded into an ever-shrinking area of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war entered its third month Friday

The Guardian - AU

US highlights ‘gap’ in Israel’s commitment to protect civilians in Gaza

In some of the strongest criticism of Israel’s conduct in its war with Hamas, Antony Blinken says Israel must put a ‘premium on civilian protection’

The Independent UK

Israel urges Gaza civilians to flee to 'safe zone,' where arrivals find little but muddy roads

Israel has designated a small slice of land along Gaza’s Mediterranean coast as a safe zone

The Independent UK

United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions

The United Nations’ top peacekeeping official has defended its missions worldwide even as many countries where peacekeepers operate are demanding their withdrawal

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Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions

The Israeli military hit Rafah in southern Gaza overnight, residents say, as United Nations officials warn there are no safe places left in the besieged territory

France 24

🔴 Live: Fighting rages across Gaza as Israel-Hamas war enters third month

Heavy urban combat raged throughout Gaza on Thursday with some of the war’s most intensive fighting so far reported in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north and Khan Younis in the south. Aid groups warned that Gazans are running out of places to flee as Israeli strikes were also…

The Conversation

Creative bureaucracy is possible. Here are 3 things cities do to foster innovative local government

Heavyweight international players from the OECD to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United Nations have in recent years prescribed “innovation” as a solution for the many challenges city governments face.

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Israel presses U.N. to investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters

Israeli officials have accused international groups, including the United Nations, of ignoring what it describes as evidence of rape and sexual violence by Hamas fighters during the Oct. 7 attacks.

The Independent UK

As COP28 talks try to curb warming, study says Earth at risk of hitting irreversible tipping points

The world is in danger of hitting the point of no return for five of Earth’s natural systems because of human-caused climate change, a team of 200 scientists said on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations’ climate summit

Al Jazeera

Why is Israel at war with the UN?

Over the course of its war with Hamas in Gaza, Israel has repeatedly clashed with the United Nations.

International Business Times UK

Hundreds Dead, Thousands Displaced As Torrential Rain Hits Parts Of East Africa

The extreme weather has been attributed to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

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