The appeal launched on Friday will help the Lebanese people to move from immediate lifesaving relief towards reconstruction and recovery,…
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Guterres ‘deeply concerned’ over environmental threat posed by stricken oil tanker off Yemen coast
Built in 1974, the ship reportedly sprang a leak in 2019, after being used as a storage vessel since the…
“Already by August, Afghanistan has far exceeded last year’s figures”, said Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human…
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), latest national data shows that about four in ten people in the DRC are…
Instead, governments in Europe and elsewhere should increase search and rescue efforts, and combat human smuggling and trafficking rings –…
Now a Health and Risk Communication Officer with the NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC), Mr. Mohammedali spent a year in…
“Annexation would effectively close the door for a renewal of negotiations and destroy the prospect of a viable Palestinian State…
UN rights experts express ‘outrage’ at Belarus police violence against peaceful protesters
Large numbers of protesters have been detained, and the experts have called on the international community to put pressure on…
WHO chief calls for solidarity in financing, ensuring equal access to future COVID-19 vaccine
With the ripple effects of the pandemic upending people’s lives, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that to move forward,…
UN rights experts call for accountability following Beirut’s ‘unprecedented’ lethal explosion
“The scale and impact of the lethal explosion are unprecedented”, the UN human rights experts said in a joint statement….