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US vetoes UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The US on Friday (local time) vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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"Taliban imposed system of widespread discrimination against women in Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has emphasised the limitations of "how the Taliban have really clamped down and imposed a system of widespread discrimination against women and girls," TOLOnews reported.
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Afghanistan to receive humanitarian assistance from Iceland
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Iceland is set to provide 40 million Icelandic Krona to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, according to a statement from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Khaama Press reported.
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Hamas fired rockets from Gaza humanitarian zone
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Hamas fired rockets at Israel from the humanitarian zone in southern Gaza, near displaced civilians and a United Nations facility, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday.
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World Bank office to resume operations in Afghanistan within a month: Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Bank's office will become operational in Afghanistan within a month, and it will restart its projects, halted since 2021, as reported by Khaama Press.
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UK Defence Minister to visit Israel, West Bank to push humanitarian aid in
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is scheduled to open for foreign nationals and dual citizens to exit the strip, including 63 US citizens and individuals from Romania, the UK, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, along with 13 United Nations personnel intending to enter Gaza.
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In rare move, UN Secretary-General Guterres invokes Article 99 amid Gaza w
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a rare move, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter and formally referred the situation in Gaza to the UN Security Council, urging its members to "avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in the besieged enclave, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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COP28 unifies global efforts aimed at finding effective solutions to clima
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Albino Akol Atak, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management of the Republic of South Sudan, stressed that the UAE exerts immense efforts to help and support people and communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and natural disasters.
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Afghanistan world's sixth vulnerable, least ready country to address impac
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan Daniel Peter Endres has said that Afghanistan ranks as the world's sixth vulnerable, least-ready country to address the impacts of climate change, TOLO News reported. TOLO News is an Afghan news channel.
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US announces 21 million USD in additional aid for Gaza
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the fresh hostilities between Israel and Hamas, after a brief pause for the release of hostages, the United States announced an additional 21 million USD in aid to Gaza, CNN reported quoting US Aid Administrator Samantha Power on a trip to Egypt.
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Assam Accord: SC begins hearing on pleas challenging Section 6A of Citizen
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Surya Kant, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said that Section 6A was enacted as a humanitarian measure in the wake of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and is deeply interwoven in our history.
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Israel repudiates UN official's claim it ordered evacuation of humanitaria
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus falsely claimed on Tuesday that the WHO received instructions from the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) to, "remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations wil
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