Global IssuesNews headlines for “Nuclear Weapons”, page 10
UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed growing alarm over Israel’s military operations in northern Gaza, warning that the combination of relentless attacks, forced displacement and severe restrictions on humanitarian aid could amount to the wholesale “destruction” of the Palestinian population in the region.
Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an observation tower and the perimeter fence of a UN position earlier on Sunday in Marwahin, in the southern part of the country.
First Person: Football dream alive in Gaza despite ‘constant fire’
- UN News
A young Gazan footballer who says he feels like he is “dying every day,” is trying to keep his dream alive of one day playing the game professionally, despite living “under constant fire.’
UN Security Council extends sanctions, arms embargo on Haiti
- UN News
The UN Security Council on Friday renewed for one year the sanctions regime on Haiti – including a targeted assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo measures – aimed at curbing the illicit flow of weapons to criminal gangs which have sown chaos across the Caribbean island nation.
Gaza at a ‘critical juncture’ as top UN officials call for a ceasefire now
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General has said the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should lead to a swift end to the year-long war in Gaza, the release of all hostages and unimpeded delivery of aid, his Deputy Spokesperson told reporters on Friday.
Lebanon: Peacekeepers pledge to stay, doing ‘whatever they can to help’
- UN News
Despite ongoing heavy shelling every day across the UN-patrolled Blue Line separating southern Lebanon and Israel, the UN peacekeeping force that's stationed there reiterated its determination on Friday to fulfil its mandate from the Security Council and assist civilians wherever possible.
Lebanon: Drone brought down by UNIFIL ship as cross-border fire intensifies
- UN News
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported on Thursday that one of its Maritime Task Force vessels off the southern Lebanese coast intercepted an approaching drone.
Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger
- UN News
More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated during the ongoing Israeli military offensive, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Thursday has revealed.
Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war
- UN News
The UN health agency has warned that a first case of highly infectious cholera virus has been detected in northern Lebanon, raising fears that those displaced by Israeli bombardment may already be at risk from the potentially deadly disease.
‘Yet another’ Israeli strike on peacekeepers’ position in southern Lebanon
- UN News
In another serious security incident in southern Lebanon, a UN peacekeeping position has been “apparently deliberately” struck by incoming fire from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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