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Dozens of civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. Agency for Palestine Refugee (UNRWA) school in central Gaza, Palestinian medics and the militant group Hamas said, a claim Israel denies. Gaza’s Hamas-controlled health authority said at least 30 people were killed in the attack on Wednesday evening and most of the victims […]

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — United Nations Special Representatives for Human Rights have called on Belarusian authorities to investigate the torture and deaths of political prisoners. Five people who died in custody in Belarus have been convicted on politically motivated charges, according to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus. The report noted that

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A fire at a displaced persons camp in eastern Congo destroyed about 50 makeshift tents Wednesday afternoon, leaving dozens of families without shelter, the United Nations said. A UN spokesman said the fire is believed to have started during cooking in a camp. The Muganga displaced persons camp near the provincial

Standing in the remains of her home, partially destroyed by a Russian artillery strike, Raisa Abramtseva painted a bleak picture of her daily life in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. “Nowhere to live, no water,” she said, summarizing the daily affairs of her village of Novovorontsovka, which regularly faces Russian bombings and continues to

Ukrainian special forces used naval drones to track down a Russian tugboat near Crimea on Thursday. Kiev has been forced to pursue smaller Russian ships in the Black Sea in recent weeks. Moscow has withdrawn its larger warships to reduce their vulnerability to attack. Ukraine is using its arsenal of exploding naval drones to hunt

By Ali Sawafta and Raneen Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and wounded at least 13 others on Thursday during an attack on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry and medics said. The Palestinian Red Crescent said it was treating at least six people who

The state-owned Power Construction Corp. of China has brought a 5 GW solar power plant into commercial operation, with the project taking over the status of the world’s largest operational photovoltaic (PV) facility. The solar park, which went into operation on June 3, is located in a desert area of ​​China’s northwestern Xinjiang province, near

The African continent is home to a remarkable range of cultures, landscapes and histories. This vast country covers 54 recognized African countries, each with its own identity. Here we explore the countries of Africa, divided into the main regions: North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. This list includes countries with

Parts of southern Germany are again threatened by heavy rainfall after a heavy storm last week, meteorologists said on Thursday, as the government promised aid to those affected by the recent floods. For southern Bavaria, models predict rainfall in some areas of up to 60 millimeters between Saturday evening and Monday afternoon, said meteorologist Dirk

“We need to feel that we are all citizens of this one planet, because unless we do that, we will not solve the problems,” Mr Attenborough said in an interview with the UN. Over the course of his more than seventy-year career at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the legendary natural history broadcaster, who turned