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UN warns time running out for families with terrorist ties stranded in Syria camps
- UN News
Six years after the defeat of ISIL, also known as Daesh, tens of thousands of people with alleged or actual ties to the terrorist group remain detained in camps in northeast Syria in dire conditions that continue to worsen.
Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenals
- UN News
The UN Secretary General on Friday warned a high-level meeting in New York focused on ridding the world of nuclear weapons that the threat is only “accelerating and evolving”.
Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive
- UN News
The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four more hospitals forced to shut down this month alone in the north of the war-torn enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Disarmament over destruction: A renewed push for a world without nuclear weapons
- UN News
Nuclear weapons continue to pose an existential threat to humanity. On Friday in New York as high-level week draws to a close, world leaders will revisit the grave dangers these weapons pose and push for renewed global efforts to eliminate them.
Gaza City suffering escalates as Israeli strikes inflict more heavy casualties
- UN News
While the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza City ramps up, conditions in the south of the war-torn enclave are so cramped that displaced and starving Gazans are sleeping on rubble-strewn open ground, UN aid teams said on Thursday.
Syria: Return of millions brings hope but challenges remain
- UN News
In just nine months, one million Syrians have returned home following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Wednesday.
AI must not decide humanity’s fate, UN chief warns Security Council
- UN News
Artificial intelligence holds vast potential but poses grave risks if left unregulated, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
‘Iran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb,’ President tells General Assembly
- UN News
Iran’s President affirmed that his country has no intentions to build a nuclear bomb in his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
Guterres warns against loss of ‘fragile’ diplomatic momentum over Ukraine
- UN News
Speaking at a high-level briefing on Ukraine on Tuesday, the UN Secretary General António Guterres told the Security Council that the international community cannot afford to lose “fragile” diplomatic momentum over ending the war with Russia.
Haiti’s security crisis ‘is like the Sword of Damocles above us’: Foreign Minister
- UN News
Foreign Ministers from across the Americas met on the margins of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to rally for greater support for Haiti.
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