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Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias continue to violate international humanitarian and human rights law, Martha Pobee, Under-Secretary-General for Africa at the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), said in a speech to the Security Council. “Violations included summary executions, abductions and […]

More than 50 staff from the UN, international and national NGOs, civil society and diplomatic missions are being held by the de facto Houthi authorities in the capital Sana’a. In addition, four UN staff have been detained since 2021 and 2023. Protect emergency workers “Attacks on humanitarian workers, including arrests and false accusations, violate international

By 124 votes to 14, with 43 abstentions, the resolution calls on Israel to abide by international law and withdraw its military forces, immediately cease all new settlement activity, evacuate all settlers from the occupied territory and dismantle parts of the separation barrier it has built in the occupied West Bank. The General Assembly further

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said the country’s de facto rulers, who have imposed their own interpretation of strict Islamic law, have “delivered a period of stability not seen in decades” in Afghanistan, but the population is at risk of a worsening humanitarian and development crisis as international funding dwindles. The actual

International media reported that walkie-talkies belonging to members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded on Wednesday, a day after hundreds of pagers exploded simultaneously across the country. Mr Guterres is deeply concerned by reports that a large number of communications equipment have exploded in Lebanon and Syria over the past two days, his spokesman said

Farmer Crescencio Hernández checks seedlings in his chinampa on the collective land of San Gregorio Atlapulco, in the municipality of Xochimilco, in the south of Mexico City’s sprawling metropolitan area. Credit: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (san gregorio atlapulco, mexico) Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Inter Press Service SAN GREGORIO ATLAPULCO, Mexico, Sept 18

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s former opposition candidate Edmundo González said Wednesday he was forced to sign a letter effectively acknowledging his defeat in July’s presidential election, which electoral authorities said was won by President Nicolás Maduro. The letter’s disclosure is the latest tension in the country’s political crisis, which was exacerbated by the disputed

Following the explosions in Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has announced a “new phase” of the war. The focus is on the “northern front,” several Israeli media reported Wednesday, citing Gallant’s office. The Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia have been engaged in clashes on Israel’s northern front for months. According to Gallant,

Passengers on board a flight in Colombia experienced frightening moments when a heavy thunderstorm caused severe turbulence and forced the plane to be diverted to Cartagena. The dramatic incident, captured on camera by passenger Zuleima Ebratt, shows the terrifying moments as she and another passenger prayed amid the chaos. The crew’s urgent pleas over the

Somewhere in the Koesberg Mountains of South Africa, deep in the arid Karoo region northeast of Cape Town, lies a stunning cave painting of a remarkable creature. The creature, known as the “Horned Serpent,” bears no resemblance to any animal that lives in the region today; the creature’s distinctive, downward-facing tusks are more reminiscent of