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Seven Yemeni UN workers detained in Sanaa: Houthi security source

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Several Yemenis working for the United Nations in the rebel-held capital Sanaa have been detained on accusations of spying for Israel, a Houthi security official told AFP Friday, in the latest arrests targeting the world body's staff. Earlier this week, 20 UN staff, including 15 foreigners, were released after being held in their compound since a ...

UN Day 2025: Lebanon Marks Ties with the United Nations

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President Joseph Aoun marked United Nations Day 2025 by recalling the principles that have guided both Lebanon and the UN since the organization’s founding 80 years ago. “This day is a reminder of a pact made eight decades ago – a pact that feels like a charter for Lebanon’s mission and struggle,” he said on Friday. Emphasizing the ...

Cyprus Border Deal Reaffirms Mikati’s 2011 Decision

Bassam Abou Zeid, 23/10 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Cabinet is set to approve the Lebanon-Cyprus maritime border agreement, despite claims that Lebanon forfeited around 5,000 square kilometers along the median line of the two countries’ exclusive economic zones. Lebanese negotiators assert that these claims have no basis in international law, and studies indicate that disputing them would ...

Drone Attacks in Khartoum for Third Consecutive Day

This is Beirut, 23/10 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Drones targeted the army-held Sudanese capital and its airport on Thursday, witnesses told AFP, marking the third consecutive day of such strikes. "At 4:00 am (0200 GMT) I heard the sound of two drones passing above us," one witness said, adding that the drones were headed towards military facilities. Another witness, meanwhile, said he saw the ...

12 UN Staff Leave Yemen's Sanaa After Huthi Detention: UN Statement

This is Beirut, 22/10 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Twelve international United Nations employees who had been held by Yemen's Huthis inside their compound flew out of the rebel-held capital on Wednesday, the UN said. The Iran-backed Huthis raided the UN compound in the capital Sanaa last weekend, holding 20 staff including 15 foreigners. Five Yemeni nationals were released on Sunday. The rebels ...

UN Says Yemen's Houthis Detaining 20 Staff, Including 15 Foreigners

This is Beirut, 19/10 18:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN's office in Yemen said Sunday that 20 of its staff were still being detained by Houthis following a raid on their building in Sanaa the day before. On Saturday, the UN office had said Houthi security forces had made an "unauthorized entry" into their compound, adding the staff there were "safe and accounted for." "Five national staff and ...

Hamas Says Committed to Gaza Truce and Returning Hostage Remains

This is Beirut, 17/10 22:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Hamas insisted it was committed to returning all the hostage remains still unaccounted for under Gaza's ruins, as a Turkish official said specialists dispatched to help find bodies were on Friday awaiting Israeli permission to enter. Responding to a call from Hamas for help locating the bodies of the 19 hostages, buried under the rubble alongside ...

Climate and Poverty: UN Warns of a Double Burden for 900 Million People

This is Beirut, 17/10 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday. "No one is immune to the increasingly frequent and stronger climate change effects like droughts, floods, heat waves, and air ...

UN Humanitarian Chief Says Israel Should Immediately Open Gaza Crossings to Aid

This is Beirut, 15/10 21:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher urged Israel on Wednesday to immediately open all crossings into Gaza for humanitarian aid, as called for in a US-backed ceasefire plan. "It should happen now. We want it to happen immediately as part of this agreement," Fletcher told AFP in an interview in Cairo, ahead of a planned trip to the Gaza ...

Uncertainty Surrounds Rafah Crossing Reopening Despite Initial Israeli Announcement

This is Beirut, 15/10 09:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Despite earlier reports indicating that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip would reopen on Wednesday for the delivery of humanitarian aid, its status remains uncertain, with conflicting information emerging from Israeli sources. According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Israeli authorities had approved the reopening of ...

Macron Praises Lebanon’s Efforts to Consolidate State Authority

This is Beirut, 14/10 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday hailed what he described as Lebanon’s “courageous decisions” aimed at ensuring that arms remain solely in the hands of legitimate state forces. In a letter to his Lebanese counterpart, President Joseph Aoun, Macron reaffirmed his commitment to convening two international conferences in support of ...

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