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Gazans ‘hanging by a thread’, warns WFP
- UN News
The UN emergency food relief agency (WFP) warned that Gaza is “hanging by a thread”, calling for urgent access to allow it to reach the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians on the verge of famine.
UPDATING LIVE: US vetoes Algerian resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza
- UN News
The Security Council is meeting in New York on Gaza, where the United States has vetoed the latest resolution, put forward on behalf of Arab States by Algeria, demanding “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire that must be respected by all parties”. Follow all our live coverage here of another day of high stakes diplomacy.
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
- UN News
Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN peacekeeping mission in the country has called on the M23 rebels to cease its offensive, the UN Spokesperson said on Monday as the Security Council prepares to meet on Tuesday at 3 PM New York time to discuss the situation.
Imperialism, Globalisation and Its Discontents*
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb 19 (IPS) - Imperialism continues to dominate the world. Globalisation is losing to some of its anti-theses, but imperialism still rules, increasingly by law, albeit in changing even contradictory ways.
World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline
- UN News
At least 25 million people are struggling with soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition as the crisis arising from the war in Sudan sends shockwaves around the region, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday.
UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’
- UN News
Somalia remains resilient and strongly committed to state-building but more is needed to sustain the gains made in the fight against terrorist insurgency, the UN Special Representative in the country told the Security Council on Monday.
Gaza: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’
- UN News
An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have been forced to shelter, will have “dire humanitarian consequences”, the UN Senior Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza said on Monday.
We all want an Afghanistan at peace, UN chief says in Doha
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need for an end to restrictions imposed by the Taliban de facto authorities on women and girls in Afghanistan.
South Africa vs Israel: ICJ Reclines SA's New Application But Says Israel Duty Bound to Protect Civilians
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (IPS) - The International Court of Justice has declined the South African government's urgent application for further measures to prevent an "unprecedented military offensive against Rafah,” but reiterated that Israel is bound to protect civilians in the country.
World Social Forum Activists Unravel Roots of Israel’s Occupation of Gaza
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Feb 17 (IPS) - Romi Ghimire has a busy life running a non-profit organization dedicated to Nepal’s rural people, but she also feels driven to do something about Gaza. “There are a lot of issues happening in the world, but right now the genocide in Gaza is the most urgent one,” she said inside the Palestine tent at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Kathmandu on Saturday.
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