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UN: Humanitarian Aid Stuck at Gaza Border Amid Urgent Need

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UN: Humanitarian Aid Stuck at Gaza Border Amid Urgent Need

Wed 21 May 2025 06:41 CEST

Gaza is in acute need of humanitarian aid, but the help is delayed. Most of what has been allowed in since Monday has been loaded onto the UN's trucks, but has not been able to leave the border area, according to the UN

Drone Attacks Ignite Fires in Sudanese Fuel Depots

Drone Attacks Ignite Fires in Sudanese Fuel Depots

Thu 8 May 2025 02:28 CEST

New drone attacks are being reported from Sudan on Thursday after several days of attacks in the war-torn country. Wednesday's attack on a naval base in the port city of Port Sudan means a significant deterioration of the already strained situation, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Nearly 400,000 Displaced in Gaza as Ceasefire Collapses

Nearly 400,000 Displaced in Gaza as Ceasefire Collapses

Mon 7 Apr 2025 21:30 CEST

Up to 400,000 inhabitants in Gaza have become internally displaced persons in recent weeks, since Israel resumed attacks on the Gaza Strip.

UN Scales Back Gaza Operations Following Headquarters Incident

UN Scales Back Gaza Operations Following Headquarters Incident

Mon 24 Mar 2025 18:27 CET

The UN is to "reduce its footprint" in Gaza since an Israeli tank fired at one of the world organization's facilities last week and killed an employee and injured five others.

The Ayatollah after Trump's letter: "Bullying"

The Ayatollah after Trump's letter: "Bullying"

Sat 8 Mar 2025 01:54 CET

Iran's highest leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now speaking out after the US President Donald Trump demanded new negotiations on Iran's nuclear energy program. Bullying, says the Ayatollah during a meeting with advisors

Almost 50,000 displaced in northwestern Syria

Almost 50,000 displaced in northwestern Syria

Tue 3 Dec 2024 01:04 CET

Almost 50,000 people have recently been displaced in Idlib and northern Aleppo in Syria, announces the UN's disaster relief organization, Ocha. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres is concerned about the situation

UN: Food to Northern Gaza Stopped by Israel

UN: Food to Northern Gaza Stopped by Israel

Thu 14 Nov 2024 17:43 CET

Protest letter from the UN chief to Netanyahu

Protest letter from the UN chief to Netanyahu

Tue 29 Oct 2024 17:14 CET

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres is protesting in a letter to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the new laws that can prevent UNRWA from helping Palestinian refugees.

Thirty Killed in Northern Gaza

Thirty Killed in Northern Gaza

Sun 27 Oct 2024 07:16 CET

At least 33 people, including eleven women and two children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on northern Gaza, according to the health department in the Hamas-ruled territory.

The UN pauses deliveries to Gaza after shelling

The UN pauses deliveries to Gaza after shelling

Wed 28 Aug 2024 20:25 CEST

A UN vehicle was hit by gunfire from Israeli military on Tuesday evening when it participated in a vehicle convoy in Gaza coordinated with the Israeli military, IDF. Now the UN's food program WFP is pausing all transports in Gaza

UN: 90 per cent of Gazans have been forced to flee

UN: 90 per cent of Gazans have been forced to flee

Fri 23 Aug 2024 08:56 CEST

90 percent of Gaza's 2. 1 million inhabitants have been forced to flee since the war began in October

Twenty people killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza

Twenty people killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza

Thu 22 Aug 2024 03:39 CEST

A score of people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Wednesday and Thursday. The UN warns that Israel's mass evacuation order forces Palestinians into insecure and overcrowded areas along the coast of Gaza

Israel: No to Palestinian State

Israel: No to Palestinian State

Thu 18 Jul 2024 07:57 CEST

Israel's parliament has voted through a resolution against the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Rebels storm against the UN's Swedish office

Rebels storm against the UN's Swedish office

Fri 7 Jun 2024 12:02 CEST

Several aid workers and UN employees were kidnapped in Yemen on Thursday by Houthi rebels. The group reportedly attacked the office used by the UN's envoy to the country, the Swede Hans Grundberg