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US escalating regional tensions, Iran warns UN
Feb 26, 2024 10:48The Iranian foreign minister denounced the US’ attempts to escalate tensions in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that such militaristic approaches will ruin joint efforts by Iran and the United Nations.
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Jordan rules out relocation of Palestinians
Feb 26, 2024 10:33The foreign minister of Jordan categorically dismissed any plan for the displacement of Palestinians and their forced resettlement in neighboring countries.
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UNRWA: Gaza crisis ‘man-made disaster’, famine can be avoided if political will exists
Feb 26, 2024 05:17The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is a “man-made disaster,” calling for urgent steps to deliver aid to the besieged territory.
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General Assembly president calls for ‘sustainable support’ for UNRWA amid funding cuts
Feb 26, 2024 03:40Dennis Francis, the President of the UN General Assembly, has called for UN member states to provide “sustainable and predictable financial and political support” to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees operating in Gaza.
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Palestinians dying of hunger as world watches in silence: Gaza official
Feb 24, 2024 11:45The world is watching in silence as the Palestinians are dying of hunger in light of Israel’s savage campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip, says the civil defense spokesperson in Gaza.
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South Africa urges countries to testify at ICJ against Israel
Feb 24, 2024 11:44South Africa has called on all countries to testify in a case it has filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in order to punish the occupying regime for its crimes against the besieged Gaza Strip.
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UN experts urge countries to immediately halt arms exports to Israel
Feb 24, 2024 11:41A group of UN experts have warned that any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel that would be used in ground and aerial assault against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip is likely to violate international humanitarian law, and must cease immediately.
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Leader slams US for ‘brazenly vetoing’ Gaza truce resolution
Feb 24, 2024 08:43Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has denounced the US for “brazenly vetoing” a UN Security Council resolution to stop the ongoing Israeli genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Arms transfer to Israel must stop immediately: UN experts
Feb 23, 2024 12:12UN experts have called for an immediate halt to weapons transfer to the illegal Zionist entity, warning that state officials involved in arms exports to the regime "may be individually criminally liable for aiding and abetting any war crimes" in the Gaza Strip.
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Sexual violence in Sudan may amount to war crimes: UN report
Feb 23, 2024 11:42The United Nations has warned that sexual assault reports coming from Sudan may amount to war crimes as at least 118 people have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in more than 10 months of conflict.