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UAE allocates 70 per cent of its USD 100 million pledge to United Nations,
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasised that the aid will be allocated to key partners and UN agencies, including the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN World Food Programme (WFP), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Food and Agriculture Organ
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At least 49 dead, 140 missing after boat carrying refugees, migrants from
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
At least 49 people lost their lives and 140 went missing after a boat sank which was carrying refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, Al Jazeera reported, citing the United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli attempts to undermine UNRWA efforts
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
According to a ministry statement carried Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Kingdom stressed that Israel, as an occupying power, must abide by the international law and the international humanitarian law and stop obstructing the work of international organisations.
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GCC chief condemns Israel occupation's attempts to undermine UNRWA
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Al-Budaiwi affirmed that the International community must support UNRWA and its work, and end illegal practices committed by the Israeli occupation.
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"Current actions are unforgivable atrocities": Kerala MP AA Rahim on Israe
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The strikes on the Rafah refugee camp occurred after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its operation in Rafah, triggering international outrage.
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"Matter of deep concern": MEA on Israeli strikes on refugee camps in Rafah
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
India also expressed 'deep concerns' about Israeli strikes on the refugee camps in Rafah and emphasised that New Delhi has consistently called for the protection of the civilian population and respect for international humanitarian law, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. Read More
Italy to resume UNRWA funding amid worsening humanitarian situation in Gaz
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Italy has announced that it will restore the funding for the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) months after it suspended aid to the agency over Israel's allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attack, Al Jazeera reported.
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Canada: Indian-origin truck driver involved in 2018 bus crash that killed
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
An Indian-origin truck driver who caused a horrific bus crash in Canada involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been ordered to be deported.
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UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access and, ultimately, a c
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LS polls: BJP counts on CAA to retain Matua stronghold Bongaon, TMC sets h
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Centre's much-debated Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), by which members of religious minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who settled in the country as refugees after fleeing alleged persecution in their homelands, are to be given permanent Indian residency; could well
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"Indians now, will not be called Pakistanis": Pak refugees in Delhi thank
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The refugees hailing from Pakistan and residing in Delhi on Thursday expressed gratitude to the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing them with Indian citizenship through Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
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5 Israeli soldiers killed in friendly fire incident
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The incident took place in the Jabalya refugee camp where Hamas has been trying to regroup. An initial probe found that a tank fired two shells at a building where soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade's 202nd Battalion were gathered.
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