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Israeli Defence Minister: Deepening Gaza operations makes hostage deal mor
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"The more we deepen our operations, the closer we get to a realistic deal in order to return the hostages," Gallant said. He was speaking at a display of items seized from Hamas by the Intelligence Directorate's intelligence collection and technical spoils unit.
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'Every war is ultimately reflected in the banks': Israeli bank freezes UNR
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bank Leumi, one of Israel's largest and oldest banking institutions, alerted UNRWA to suspicious financial transfers, but the UN agency did not provide satisfactory explanations, prompting bank officials to freeze the account, the Israel Hayom daily reported on Sunday.
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Countries halt funding to UNRWA over complicity in October 7 massacre
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The US and a number of other countries suspended funding for a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees after it fired a number of employees accused of participating in Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel.
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'Gaza on brink of full-blown collapse': UN agency director
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) highlighted on Friday that Gaza is on the brink of full-blown collapse as civil order is breaking down in the region, The Times of Israel reported.
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Assam Police "Goes Blue" on World Children's Day
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The 'Go Blue' campaign was initiated by UNICEF, the UN agency working on child rights across the globe. Participating in this international campaign, iconic landmarks the world over are illuminated in the blue colour to express solidarity with the cause of child rights.
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UN Palestinian Refugee Agency says 29 staff killed since Gaza conflict beg
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said that 29 of its colleagues in Gaza have been killed since October 7, half of them UNRWA teachers.
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UNRWA says fuel and humanitarian aid stolen from Gaza compound
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency which supports Palestinian refugees, said on Monday that equipment had been taken from its facility in Gaza, where security cameras covering the entrance and exit "were damaged further to blasts from the conflict in previous d
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11 UN staff, 30 students at UN schools killed in Gaza": UN spokesperson
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, "11 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff and personnel have been killed since Saturday", referring to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees which also runs schools in Gaza.
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Taliban has imposed 'severe restrictions' on movement of female UN employe
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The measures will have disastrous effects on Afghanistan's prosperity, stability, peace, and future, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in its report
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World Food Programme halts aid operations in Sudan after 3 staff killed in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In a statement, Executive Director of the UN agency Cindy McCain, on Sunday, said that all the operations in Sudan have been suspended, pending a review of the evolving security situation.
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IAEA chief to travel Ukraine next week, visit NPPs to deploy experts: UN a
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Director General will travel to the South Ukraine and Rivne Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) as well as to the Chornobyl site to launch the missions consisting of two IAEA experts at each of the facilities.
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2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: UN agency
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The average global temperature in 2022 was about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.27] °C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels. 2022 is the 8th consecutive year (2015-2022) that annual global temperatures have reached at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels, according to all datasets compile
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