More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in just one month of conflict, they said, citing local health authorities. Children, women and the elderly account for 75 per cent of the victims, and upwards of 26,000 people have been injured. “Furthermore, according to multiple sources, the number of Palestinian childrenContinue Reading
“Water is scarce and fear is pervasive” in Gaza, Mr. Türk told journalists in Amman, recounting a conversation he had minutes earlier with a colleague in Gaza who had to flee Israeli bombardments with his family. “His children, aged nine and seven, are asking him questions he does not knowContinue Reading
The assessment by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) looks at preliminary socio-economic impacts, warning that poverty could spike while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could plummet by 8.4 per cent, which translates into a loss of $1.7 billion. Lamenting the lossContinue Reading
Israel War – Hamas in Gaza LIVE today Friday, November 10, 2023 | Last minute of the conflict in Israel and Gaza, ground offensive | news, ground operations, dead, injured, exodus, kidnapped, hostages, bombings and more | Palestine | Benjamin Netanyahu | WORLD | THE PERU COMMERCE SourceContinue Reading
The thousands of migrants that kept a highway in the Mexican state of Chiapas (south), border with Guatemalaagreed to release her this Thursday after an agreement with the authorities, the Mexican Government reported. A statement from Migration’s national institute (INM) explained that it was agreed to reopen the road, afterContinue Reading
Luis Manuel Díaz, footballer’s father Luis Diazof the Liverpool and of the Colombian team, was released this Thursday after twelve days kidnapped by the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (THE N), official sources reported. #ATTENTION | First images of Don Luis Manuel Díaz in freedom. The player’s father LuisContinue Reading
Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the “heart-breaking” plight of children in the territory, whom he saw last week “pleading for a piece of bread and a sip of water.” Mass displacement hasContinue Reading
Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said in a statement that Wednesday’s attack came on the heels of a series of assaults that killed and inured civilians, destroyed grain supplies and damaged the historic Fine Arts Museum in the Ukrainian port city. “I share my condolences with the family of the killedContinue Reading
In parallel and independent voting conducted by secret ballot, the Assembly and the Council re-elected one judge who is currently serving, Hilary Charlesworth of Australia. Another justice currently on the bench, Kirill Gevorgian of Russia, was not successful in securing another term. Four new justices were elected: Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu (Romania);Continue Reading
Stéphane Dujarric was responding to a journalist’s question following the White House’s announcement that Israel has agreed to halt military operations in northern Gaza to allow daily four-hour humanitarian pauses. Parties must agree “How any such halt in the fighting, and how it would work for humanitarian purposes, will needContinue Reading
