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Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN
At just 41 kilometres long (25.4 miles) and two to five kilometres wide (1.2 to 3.1 miles), few places in the Gaza Strip had been left unscathed by the constant…
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UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
The allocation, announced on Monday by Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, will support the immediate scale-up of aid operations across the Gaza Strip, including food, water, healthcare and shelter for…
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Gaza: Hostages reported released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
António Guterres expressed his "profound relief" that the hostages had been freed, two years since they were among some 250 taken during Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel on 7 October…
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Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave
“There is little information available on the details or how the agreement will be implemented. However, we call for all crossings into Gaza to be open immediately so that humanitarian…
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Civilians in Ukraine face death and injury amid new attacks
Civilian casualties were 31 per cent higher from January to September 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to HRMMU’s monthly report published on Thursday.“High civilian casualties last month…
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In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes
The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping humanitarian emergencies.“Across the central Sahel, people…
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Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US peace plan
That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing correspondents in New York on Monday as indirect talks got underway in Egypt, which has been mediating negotiations along with Qatar and…
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Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies
“The pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of the “abhorrent” attacks, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher.“I renew my call for the unconditional, immediate release of all the hostages – and…
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Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns
The surge in displacement in late September marks a turning point in the conflict – now entering its eighth year – with more than 100,000 people already uprooted during 2025.The…
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Haiti: ‘Unprecedented’ number of children on the run
An alarming 3.3 million children — the highest number on record — are now in need of humanitarian assistance and cases of acute malnutrition, child recruitment, gender-based violence and other…