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Israeli authorities have ordered six United Nations schools for the children of Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem to close this week

Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programme

The Trump administration could soon start sending third country deportees to Libya. It is also looking to fly migrants to Rwanda

Drone attacks have battered Port Sudan since Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict. Until now, the city — which became the temporary capital following the destruction of Khartoum — had remained largely untouched. Port Sudan is now home to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people, many of…

Israel has launched a new plan for Gaza which could induce ethnic cleansing and advance a genocide, say experts.

Other nations call for restraint while offering mediation to ease tensions.

How the global wrangle for natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fuelling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises

UN calls for maximum restraint from two nuclear powers. Plus, Israeli minister accused of ethnic cleansing for vowing ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed’

The UN's human rights chief told AFP Wednesday that Israel's plan for an expanded offensive in the Gaza Strip represented "a very dangerous moment" for civilians there.