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UN Rights Chief Urges Sri Lanka To Ensure Accountability For Wartime Atrocities
The United Nations human rights chief urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to ensure accountability for crimes committed during its protracted ethnic war.
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2.5 Million Refugees Face Uncertainty As Global Resettlement Access Shrinks
An estimated 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, the UN said Tuesday, at a time when the United States but also other nations are shrinking resettlement access.
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UN Condemns "Weaponisation Of Food" In Gaza
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned what it said was Israel's "weaponisation of food" in Gaza and called it a war crime, urging its military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food".
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UN Condemns Israel's "Weaponisation Of Food" In Gaza, Calls It A War Crime
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel's apparent "weaponisation of food" in Gaza, a war crime, and urged Israel's military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food".
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Risk Of Genocide In Sudan 'Very High': United Nations
The risk of genocide in Sudan's devastating civil war remains "very high", amid ongoing ethnically motivated attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a top UN official warned Monday.
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Violence Against Children In Conflict Zones Hit 'Unprecedented Levels': UN
From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached "unprecedented levels" in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday.
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Israel Has Struck Iran's Natanz Underground Nuclear Facility: UN Agency
Israel's precision strikes on one of Iran's most secretive and secure nuclear facilities - the Natanz nuclear complex, located deep underground, have hit the target, the UN's nuclear body said on Tuesday.
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UN Slashes Global Aid Plan Over 'Deepest Funding Cuts Ever'
The United Nations said that it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the "deepest funding cuts ever" -- leaving tens of millions of people facing dire straits.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Faces Ultimate Test After Israeli Strikes
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has weathered a series of challenges but Israel's unprecedented strikes mark his most serious crisis yet, threatening both the clerical system he leads and his own physical survival.
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Bangladesh Directs Fugitive Leader Sheikh Hasina To Return To Face Trial
Bangladesh's war crimes court ordered fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina on Monday to return to face trial on charges amounting to crimes against humanity.
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North Korea Relaunches Damaged Destroyer: Report
A North Korean naval destroyer damaged in a botched launch last month has been relaunched, with leader Kim Jong Un presiding over the ceremony, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported early Friday, citing the North's state media.
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May 2025 Second Warmest On Record: EU Climate Monitor
Global heating continued as the new norm, with last month the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans, according to the European Union's climate monitoring service.
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Trump's Cuts Are 'Devastating' For Vulnerable Women Worldwide: UN
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has faced budget cuts before, but the impact of President Donald Trump's policies has been even more "devastating" for reproductive health worldwide, chief Natalia Kanem said.
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4 Million People Have Fled Sudan Since Start Of War In 2023: UN
More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a "devastating milestone".
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Oceans Feel The Heat From Human Climate Pollution
The ocean not only stores heat, it has also taken up 20 to 30 percent of all humans' carbon dioxide emissions since the 1980s.
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UN Rights Chief Urges Sri Lanka To Ensure Accountability For Wartime Atrocities
The United Nations human rights chief urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to ensure accountability for crimes committed during its protracted ethnic war.
-
2.5 Million Refugees Face Uncertainty As Global Resettlement Access Shrinks
An estimated 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, the UN said Tuesday, at a time when the United States but also other nations are shrinking resettlement access.
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UN Condemns "Weaponisation Of Food" In Gaza
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned what it said was Israel's "weaponisation of food" in Gaza and called it a war crime, urging its military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food".
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UN Condemns Israel's "Weaponisation Of Food" In Gaza, Calls It A War Crime
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel's apparent "weaponisation of food" in Gaza, a war crime, and urged Israel's military to "stop shooting at people trying to get food".
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Risk Of Genocide In Sudan 'Very High': United Nations
The risk of genocide in Sudan's devastating civil war remains "very high", amid ongoing ethnically motivated attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, a top UN official warned Monday.
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Violence Against Children In Conflict Zones Hit 'Unprecedented Levels': UN
From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached "unprecedented levels" in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday.
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Israel Has Struck Iran's Natanz Underground Nuclear Facility: UN Agency
Israel's precision strikes on one of Iran's most secretive and secure nuclear facilities - the Natanz nuclear complex, located deep underground, have hit the target, the UN's nuclear body said on Tuesday.
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UN Slashes Global Aid Plan Over 'Deepest Funding Cuts Ever'
The United Nations said that it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the "deepest funding cuts ever" -- leaving tens of millions of people facing dire straits.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei Faces Ultimate Test After Israeli Strikes
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has weathered a series of challenges but Israel's unprecedented strikes mark his most serious crisis yet, threatening both the clerical system he leads and his own physical survival.
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Bangladesh Directs Fugitive Leader Sheikh Hasina To Return To Face Trial
Bangladesh's war crimes court ordered fugitive ex-leader Sheikh Hasina on Monday to return to face trial on charges amounting to crimes against humanity.
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North Korea Relaunches Damaged Destroyer: Report
A North Korean naval destroyer damaged in a botched launch last month has been relaunched, with leader Kim Jong Un presiding over the ceremony, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported early Friday, citing the North's state media.
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May 2025 Second Warmest On Record: EU Climate Monitor
Global heating continued as the new norm, with last month the second warmest May on record on land and in the oceans, according to the European Union's climate monitoring service.
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Trump's Cuts Are 'Devastating' For Vulnerable Women Worldwide: UN
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has faced budget cuts before, but the impact of President Donald Trump's policies has been even more "devastating" for reproductive health worldwide, chief Natalia Kanem said.
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4 Million People Have Fled Sudan Since Start Of War In 2023: UN
More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure a "devastating milestone".
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Oceans Feel The Heat From Human Climate Pollution
The ocean not only stores heat, it has also taken up 20 to 30 percent of all humans' carbon dioxide emissions since the 1980s.
