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More than 6,600 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, the government’s media office says. Thousands more are missing under the rubble amid relentless bombardment, it added. On Friday, Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, warned that Gaza is once again …

Source: Satellite image by Maxar Technologies Up to 1.8 million Gazans — around 80 percent of the population — have been forced to leave their homes since Israel began its bombardment in response to Hamas’s attack on Oct. 7. That number is expected to rise after Israel issued a new …

David Greene, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The envoy spoke while fielding questions in view of the growing moves by countries to form global alliance towards introduction of new economic trade separate from the …

Israeli officials were displeased when Mohammed Nazal, an 18-year-old Palestinian, described his ordeal in Israeli prisons after being released as part of a truce agreement with Hamas last week. The teenager from the town of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank told Arab and Western media how he was beaten …

Yamide Dagnet points to the urgency of climate action to meet the Paris Agreements, while protecting frontline communities and about 70 000 attendees grapple with issues during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28. Credit: COP28/Walaa Alshaer by Umar Manzoor Shah (dubai) Sunday, December 03, 2023 Inter Press Service DUBAI, Dec 03 …

The airport in Munich resumed limited operations Sunday morning after being closed for nearly a day because of record snowfall that disrupted transportation across the region. About 17 inches of snow fell in parts of southern Germany on Saturday, an unusually large amount for early December, and what local news …

A feminist coalition called for feminist approaches to combating climate change. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (dubai) Saturday, December 02, 2023 Inter Press Service DUBAI, Dec 02 (IPS) – The Feminist Green New Deal Coalition has highlighted feminist climate solutions and shared feminist policies and frameworks that are …

Clashes between two army factions broke out on Thursday night after two government officials were freed from custody. Gunfire and clashes that erupted in the capital of Guinea-Bissau this week were an “attempted coup”, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has said. Clashes between the National Guard and special forces of the …

Any officer found culpable would be dealt with as the service would not tolerate any form of misconduct or improper behaviour. The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has ordered investigation into allegations of passport racketeering against personnel of the service in the South East.

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:37 p.m. Philippine time, data from the agency shows. Read our coverage here. As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected …