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Gaza: More deaths reported as starvation spreads
In an update on Friday, OCHA said that the starvation crisis is deepening across the enclave, with the local health authorities announcing that two more people had died from starvation…
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Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, told ministers and ambassadors that ongoing talks must lead to a permanent end to hostilities, the release of all hostages, unimpeded entry…
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Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
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World News in Brief: Houthi-Israel tensions, Sudan cholera cases rise, deadly attacks in Ukraine
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People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
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