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Flak jackets and final goodbyes: Lebanon’s first responders under fire
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Recent attacks killed two Lebanese Red Cross volunteers: Youssef Assaf, who died during a rescue operation on 9 March, and Hassan Badawi, killed in a drone strike on 12 April.According...
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Much of the violence has been concentrated in Cité Soleil, an impoverished neighbourhood in the capital, where humanitarian workers are now seeking to provide life-saving assistance. ©WFP/Odelyn Joseph A burnt-out...
Europe
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture visited France for the first time from 17–23 May 2026, eighteen years after ratifying OPCAT.
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Recently returned from a visit to the devastated enclave, Dr. Renee Van de Weerdt, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told reporters in Geneva, “Nothing...
Asia
The 1971 genocide in Bangladesh is one of the most brutal, and yet most under‑recognised, mass atrocities of the twentieth century. More than five decades on, the international community –...
Middle East
Pakistan's claim at the UN Human Rights Council that it protects religious minorities is a documented lie. The UN Special Rapporteur reports systematic persecution of Ahmadis, including denial of burial…
News
Denmark's first National Action Plan Against Racism faced scrutiny at the UN UPR in May 2026. Forty-four states raised concerns about racial discrimination, with Western and non-Western countries converging on…
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The warning comes from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP).They said “essential assistance to the refugees will be drastically scaled back even further in the coming...
News
The international system appears to be entering a historic transition. For more than three decades after the end of the Cold War, the world largely operated under a unipolar structure…
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WHO Representative in Lebanon Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar spoke to UN News from Beirut and said that Wednesday marked “one of the deadliest single days in the current escalation of violence” in...
