Tag: #Gaza
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5 MILLION CHILDREN STILL DIE ANNUALLY DESPITE GLOBAL PROGRESS — UN WARNS
Progress is slowing, inequality is widening, and millions of child deaths remain preventable—this is the UN’s urgent warning to the world. The United Nations is raising alarm over the slow pace of progress in reducing child mortality, revealing that about 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, despite decades of global gains.…
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UN WARNS: MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT COSTING $1B DAILY AS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS DEEPENS
The UN’s top humanitarian official says the Middle East war is burning through about $1 billion every day, even as global aid efforts struggle with massive funding shortages. Tom Fletcher, the UN emergency relief chief, said the cost of the conflict is deeply troubling at a time when humanitarian needs are rising rapidly and aid…
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HAMAS REJECTS ‘INTERNATIONAL GUARDIANSHIP’ OVER GAZA IN UN RESOLUTION
Hamas has strongly criticized a recent US-backed UN Security Council resolution concerning the future of Gaza, calling it an attempt to impose “international guardianship” over the territory. The draft resolution proposes deploying an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which Hamas and other Palestinian groups say risks external control over Palestinian decision-making. Hamas warns that handing Gaza’s…
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NORTH KOREA VOWS NEVER TO RELINQUISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT UNGA
Kim Son Gyong asserts nukes as sovereignty and right to existence amid rising regional military tensions. North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong made a powerful declaration at the UN General Assembly that the country will never give up its nuclear weapons, calling them “state law, national policy, sovereign power, and right to existence.”…
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UN CONDEMNS KILLING OF FIVE PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS IN GAZA, CALLS FOR JUSTICE
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) condemned the killing of five Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, bringing the total journalist deaths since October to 247. The journalists worked for major outlets like AP, Al Jazeera, and Reuters, highlighting the urgent need for accountability and protection of media workers under international…
