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West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies

·February 26, 2025·2 min read

The violence has seen exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants – and the use of bulldozers in refugee camps for the first time in 20 years which have destroyed public services, including vital electricity and water networks. Israel’s defence minister said on Sunday forces could remain in...

‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy

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·February 26, 2025·5 min read

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag emphasised that peace in the Middle East is possible. “We can achieve a future where a safe and secure Israel exists alongside a viable and independent Palestinian State. This requires continued, concerted effort, dedication and political courage by all parties,”...

WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty

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·February 26, 2025·3 min read

The agency is this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) – one of the most widely embraced UN treaties in history. The Convention provides a legal framework and a comprehensive package of evidence-based tobacco control measures which...

UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions

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·February 26, 2025·2 min read

“While a number of countries argue that it lies within their national sovereignty, from my perspective, it is incompatible with human dignity and the right to life,” the High Commissioner told Member States, during a discussion about the contribution of judiciaries to advancing human rights over the issue. The punishment had...

Ukraine: Post-war reconstruction set to cost $524 billion

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·February 25, 2025·3 min read

The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) commissioned by the Ukrainian Government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN, comes as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fourth year. It covers damage incurred since intensified conflict erupted on 24 February 2022 through to 31 December 2024....

Eastern DR Congo: Crisis deepens as crime and insecurity surges

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·February 25, 2025·1 min read

According to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, aid workers have been among those killed, and widespread human rights violations have been reported, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York. “In Lubero Territory, north of Goma, clashes last week forced more than 100,000...

Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’ warns Guterres

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·February 25, 2025·1 min read

“The nuclear option is not an option at all,” he said, addressing the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. “It is a one-way road to annihilation. We need to avoid this dead-end at all costs.” Arms race spreading to space Mr. Guterres warned delegates of heightened global security concerns, noting...

Breast cancer cases projected to rise by nearly 40 per cent by 2050, WHO warns

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·February 25, 2025·1 min read

The findings, published in Nature Medicine on Monday, warn that if current trends continue, the world will see 3.2 million new breast cancer cases and 1.1 million related deaths each year by mid-century. The burden will be disproportionately felt in low- and middle-income countries, where access to early detection, treatment...

UKRAINE LIVE: Diplomatic debate steps up a gear as world marks three years since full-scale Russian invasion

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·February 24, 2025·1 min read

February 24 marks three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of civilians have been killed and injured, the economy shattered and energy infrastructure destroyed. As the General Assembly and Security Council debate how peace and security can be restored in eastern Europe, we’ll bring you full...

World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

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·February 24, 2025·4 min read

On the opening day of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Secretary-General rounded on “warmongers who thumb their nose at international law, international humanitarian law and the UN Charter”. To date, Ukraine has seen more than 12,600 civilians killed, many more injured and entire communities reduced to rubble, Mr....

UN chief condemns ‘abhorrent and appalling’ treatment of hostages’ remains by Hamas

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·February 24, 2025·2 min read

Hamas militants said the bodies of the four people who were returned to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning were those of a mother and two children from the Bibas family, along with 84-year-old peace activist Oded Lifshitz. It is the first time that Hamas – which has controlled the Gaza...

Colombia: Fleeing the thunder of violence in Catatumbo

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·February 24, 2025·5 min read

Miguel Ángel López, the director of a funeral home in Tibú, used to recover bodies that appeared along the roads of one of Colombia’s most violent regions, Catatumbo. On 15 January, he was murdered along with his wife and their 10-month-old baby while driving a hearse toward Cúcuta, according to...