News headlines for “Middle East”, page 34
The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
- UN News
Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave.
‘Israeli Offensive in Gaza City an Existential Threat to the Two-State Solution’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 28 (IPS) - Ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to the press on the “unfolding tragedy that is Gaza,” calling Israel’s new plans to take over Gaza City with the military a “deadly escalation” and an “existential threat to the two-state solution.”
Afghan Journalism Under Siege: Arrests, Censorship, and Collapse
- Inter Press Service
PRAGUE, August 28 (IPS) - Ahmad Siyar works in road construction in Balkh province. He wears a safety helmet to protect himself from debris constantly falling from the mountain where the road is being built. Once, he wore the same type of helmet for a very different reason. He was reporting from various parts of northern Afghanistan. Back then, his helmet bore the word “Journalist” in both Dari and English.
World News In Brief: Iran sanctions, Yemen floods appeal, new SDG advocates
- UN News
The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that France, Germany and the United Kingdom have initiated a process that could lead to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme within the next 30 days.
Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for a ‘final time’
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and Lebanon received the unanimous support of the Security Council on Thursday to extend through 31 December next year.
UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
- UN News
Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank underscore the need to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, a top UN official in the region told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Iraq unveils historic migration plan to boost development and stability
- UN News
Iraq has taken an historic step with the launch of its first ever national migration plan, designed to promote safe, orderly and regular pathways for Iraqis returning home and around 370,000 migrants living and working inside the country.
Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
- UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation.
UN peacekeeping mandate in Lebanon faces scrutiny ahead of Security Council vote
- UN News
Following a devastating 15-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants focused on southern Lebanon, the November 2024 cessation of hostilities created a fragile calm along the Blue Line separating the two countries.
Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
- UN News
The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces – bringing the total killed overall to 247 since the war began – should shock the world into action, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday.
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