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UN fact-finding mission says Sudan conflict escalating, aid weaponised | Sudan war News

The crisis in Sudan has become ‘a grave human rights and protection emergency’, the United Nations mission says. The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has warned that both sides in the country’s civil war have escalated the use of heavy weaponry in populated areas while weaponising humanitarian relief, amid devastating consequences for civilians….

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UN cuts global aid plan as funding plummets | Humanitarian Crises News

‘Brutal funding cuts leave brutal choices,’ says aid chief, as humanitarian appeal slashes and priorities refocused. The United Nations has announced sweeping cuts to its global humanitarian operations, blaming what it described as the “deepest funding cuts ever” for a drastic scaling back of its aid ambitions. In a statement released on Monday, the UN…

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Israel kills at least 58 people in Gaza, many at US-backed aid site: Medics | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli fire and air strikes have killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, many of them near an aid distribution site operated by the United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to local health authorities, the latest deaths of people desperately seeking food for their hungry families. Medics at al-Awda and Al-Aqsa hospitals…

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Russia returns 1,200 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia has returned the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv, marking one of the largest repatriations of remains since the war began more than three years ago. The return on Friday was made following an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul last month. However, Moscow has claimed this latest exchange was one-sided, claiming…

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Areas near Sudan’s Khartoum at risk of famine, says UN agency | Sudan war News

Severe levels of ‘hunger, destitution and desperation’ found in the town of Jabal Awliya, south of Khartoum. The risk of famine in Sudan has extended close to the capital Khartoum, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned as the country’s brutal civil war grinds on into its third year. The agency has discovered “severe”…

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Seized Gaza aid boat Madleen carrying Greta Thunberg taken to Israeli port | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A Gaza-bound aid boat illegally seized in international waters by Israeli forces has been towed into Ashdod Port, with the dozen international activists who were on board now facing detention and deportation. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which launched the ship to draw international attention to the looming famine in besieged Gaza, said it was…

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Gaza health system ‘extremely fragile’ as aid point killings increase: ICRC | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli attacks at aid distribution sites sending increased number of casualties to hospitals says ICRC. Gaza’s healthcare system is “extremely fragile” amid the ongoing Israeli war, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned. The organisation said in a statement on Sunday that the enclave’s hospitals are in urgent need of protection and…

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Gaza aid sites branded ‘human slaughterhouses’ under deadly Israeli fire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

At least 13 Palestinians have been killed and more than 150 injured after Israeli troops and American security contractors opened fire on crowds waiting for food near two aid distribution sites in Gaza, one east of Rafah and another near the Wadi Gaza Bridge. Sunday’s killings are the latest in a series of attacks on…

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‘Clearly an excuse’: Does Netanyahu really want Hamas gone? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s war on Gaza rumbles on, even as international condemnation grows. Hamas has expressed that it is ready for a deal to end the war, even offering to turn over the administration of Gaza to a technocratic government. United Nations Security Council members have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a ceasefire, a resolution blocked from…