par This Is Beirut, 14/08 01:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday officially launched a new data-driven "vulnerability" index that would help small island States and developing nations gain access to low-interest financing. The "Multidimensional Vulnerability Index" (MVI) is set to act as a complement to GDP and other development metrics. Since the 1990s, small island ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/08 19:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A United Nations task force on Sunday warned of soaring child malnutrition in Yemen's government-controlled areas, reporting "extremely critical" levels of malnutrition in parts of the country's south for the first time. "The number of children under the age of five suffering acute malnutrition, or wasting, rose by 34 percent compared to the ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/08 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The United Nations condemned on Monday the "unacceptable" level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023. And it warned that the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is potentially fueling even higher numbers of such deaths this year. "The normalization of violence against aid workers ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/08 21:28 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The United Nations said Monday it had been forced to halt its humanitarian operations in Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, a senior UN official said. "We are not operating today. As of this morning, we're not operating in Gaza," the official said, adding that since the start of the war the UN has sometimes had ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/09 12:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Sudan has rejected a call by UN experts for the deployment of an "independent and impartial force" to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes by more than a year of war. The conflict since April last year, pitting the army against paramilitary forces, has killed tens of thousands of people and triggered one of the world's worst ...
18/09 18:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Those responsible for a deadly wave of explosions across Lebanon targeting paging devices used by members of the Hezbollah militant group "must be held to account," the UN rights chief said on Wednesday. The Iranian-backed group accused Israel and vowed to retaliate over the explosions that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up ...
18/09 20:09 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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UN member states formally demanded in a non-binding resolution Wednesday an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within 12 months and sanctions for non-compliance. The text, which Israel said would fuel violence if adopted, is based on an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice calling Israel's occupation ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/09 20:49 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Following the strike on Beirut's southern suburbs that killed Hezbollah elite force commander Ibrahim Aqil, the Israeli military congratulated itself on its operation. "Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a targeted strike on Beirut, eliminating Ibrahim Aqil, head of Hezbollah's operations unit, commander of the Radwan unit," an Israeli ...
21/09 16:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday that he requested a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, in a bid to "normalize" relations between their countries. The two countries severed all official relations in 2011, following the start of the Syrian ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/09 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Several countries issued statements on Monday over Israel's recent airstrikes on various areas in Lebanon. Israel has been engaging in a series of heavy attacks on Lebanon since the past week, notably detonating communication devices of Hezbollah operatives and elimating the group's military commanders. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/10 19:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned Iran's missile attack against Israel, following criticism by Israel that he hadn't specifically called out Tehran when he initially condemned the "broadening conflict." "As should have been obvious yesterday in the context of the condemnation I expressed," Secretary-General Guterres told an ...
par This is Beirut, 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stated on Saturday that it would not abandon its positions in southern Lebanon, despite what it described as an Israeli request to "relocate." "On September 30, the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) notified UNIFIL of its intention to undertake limited ground incursions into Lebanon. ...
