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UNHCR to Cut 3,500 Jobs Amid Funding Shortfall

UNHCR to Cut 3,500 Jobs Amid Funding Shortfall

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UN Warns Refugee Numbers Remain Unsustainably High at 122 Million

UN Warns Refugee Numbers Remain Unsustainably High at 122 Million

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The number of people who have been forced to flee their homes has decreased slightly, but continues to be "unacceptably high" in the world, according to the UN.

UN Security Council Faces Dysfunction Amid Global Conflicts

UN Security Council Faces Dysfunction Amid Global Conflicts

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Raging wars and blatant war crimes are shaking the UN to its foundations. Something is being torn apart when principles are politicized and no one is able to put their foot down, says the UN's outgoing refugee chief Filippo Grandi to TT: If we do not demand accountability for crimes, we are in a dangerous situation

Deadly Israeli Air Raid on Southern Beirut

Deadly Israeli Air Raid on Southern Beirut

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Israeli fighter jets attack southern Beirut in raids targeting Islamist Hezbollah's strongholds. A border crossing between Lebanon and Syria was also attacked

UNHCR: 100,000 have fled from Lebanon

UNHCR: 100,000 have fled from Lebanon

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Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

Sudan: One of the World's Worst Humanitarian Crises

The ongoing war in Sudan has caused one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world in decades, according to the organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Warnings are also coming from the UN's refugee agency UNHCR, which states that the risk of famine has risen in the country