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The Security Council renews sanctions against Haiti
The sanctions regime was established in 2022 and includes a travel ban, an assets freeze and an arms embargo. Panama and the United States authored the resolution, which also renews…
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Negotiations on a net-zero shipping framework are on hold as nations fail to reach consensus
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) decided to adjourn its extraordinary session convened this week in London and to resume it in a year. In the meantime, nations are expected…
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World news briefs: Airstrikes in Lebanon, hope in CAR, call to ban lead paint
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents at the daily press briefing on Friday that this included mortar shells and damaged rockets. Since the last cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and…
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UN faces ‘race to bankruptcy’ as Guterres unveils sharply reduced 2026 budget
THE revised proposal marks a significant decline compared to its initial request of $3.715 billion for next year and is 15.1 percent lower than Credit approved for 2025. Addressing the…
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Crypto-asset data exchange
On the proposal of Minister of Finance Jan Jambon, the Council of Ministers approved a preliminary draft law transposing European Directive 2023/2226 amending Directive 2011/16 relating to administrative cooperation in…
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UN calls for all Gaza crossings to be opened to deliver food for three months
The agency says it already has enough supplies to feed the entire population of the Gaza Strip for three months – if full access is granted by Israel. A week…
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Haiti is subject to a UN arms embargo: so why are 500,000 illegal weapons circulating?
Haiti faces an acute security crisis as rival gangs fight for control of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areas, while terrorizing local communities through extortion, sexual violence, kidnapping for ransom…
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WFP warns of food aid collapse in six countries
Millions face worsening hunger as the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns that six of its critical operations are on the brink of collapse due to severe funding shortages. The…
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Record increase in carbon dioxide levels in 2024, says UN weather agency
This increase is due to continued human emissions, increased wildfires, and weakened absorption by land and ocean “sinks” – a development that threatens to create a vicious climate cycle. Tripled…
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Israel restricts aid to Gaza, says Hamas must do more to return dead hostages
Israel's military body that coordinates with the U.N. and other international organizations, COGAT, said in a statement that starting Wednesday it would allow only 300 of the previously agreed 600…