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Report claims Yemen’s Houthis have a hypersonic missile

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia's state media reported Thursday, potentially raising the stakes in their...

Chaos across Haiti amid high risk of famine

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that Haiti is on the brink of a devastating hunger crisis, with aid operations at...

Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict

Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said that more children have been...

Britain secretly issued gold visas to Russian oligarchs

The UK government is accused of withholding information after refusing to publish a review of the Tier 1 visa program, known as the Golden...

UN rights expert condemns ‘systematic’ war-time mass destruction of homes

An independent UN housing rights expert condemned on Tuesday the arbitrary destruction of civilian homes and infrastructure during conflicts, comparing the ongoing bombardment of...

Gaza: ‘Children are dying from hunger’

“Hunger has reached catastrophic levels,” Jamie McGoldrick, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists at UN Headquarters on Wednesday, describing...

Russia confirmed World’s first ever combat test of hypersonic glide vehicle

Following multiple reports from Russian and Western sources that the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile was used by Russian forces to support ongoing operations in...

‘Mega election’ 2024 could be a landmark for democracy

Dozens of elections taking place this year around the world will likely be “free from hatred” and respect the will of the people, but...

North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger

A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first time in months has been welcomed by UN...

Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis

Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as the UN’s top rights official warned that the...

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