Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

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Addressing the UN-backed body meeting in Rome on Monday, António Guterres underscored that the session was taking place “at a moment of crisis for global food security” and provided some sobering statistics. “Last year, 735 million people went hungry. More than 3 billion cannot afford a healthy diet,” said the…

Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

Dialogue and building trust, key to defusing tensions — Global Issues

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Briefing ambassadors, Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General cited a “serious” incident on 24 September, that saw five people – including a Kosovo police officer – killed and others injured. “[These events] exacerbated an already deteriorating security environment, characterized by an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and contradictory perceptions touching…

Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

American Weapons Used in Gaza Trigger War Crime Accusations Against US — Global Issues

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by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) – The widespread use of American weapons by Israel, which has killed thousands of civilians in Gaza, has triggered accusations of war crimes against the United States. But US has always escaped these charges…

Damning Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza — Global Issues

Damning Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza — Global Issues

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Families sheltering in an UNRWA school. Credit: UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh Opinion by an IPS Correspondent (new york) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) – Amnesty International (AI), one of the leading human rights organizations, has accused Israeli forces of continuing “to intensify their cataclysmic assault on…

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Second aid convoy in Gaza; U.S. braces for escalation in Middle East

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Second aid convoy in Gaza; U.S. braces for escalation in Middle East

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A second convoy of aid trucks entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing late Sunday, offering only a small fraction of the relief needed but also a “glimmer of hope,” United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said. President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a phone call Sunday…

Omer Balva rushed from Maryland to Israel to fight. On Friday, he was killed.

Omer Balva rushed from Maryland to Israel to fight. On Friday, he was killed.

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Add to your saved stories Save Omer Balva, a 22-year-old native of Rockville, Md., was back from his home in Israel. Then, during his U.S. vacation earlier this month, Hamas stormed southern Israel, kidnapping hundreds and killing more than 1,000. Balva’s reserve infantry unit in the Israel Defense Forces quickly…

Hezbollah stepping up attacks, IDF says, as fears of wider conflict mount

Hezbollah stepping up attacks, IDF says, as fears of wider conflict mount

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Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save JERUSALEM — Fears mounted Sunday that the Israel-Gaza war could swell into a wider conflict amid rising cross-border attacks on Israel’s north from Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and expanding Israeli airstrikes across the region. Syria’s state news agency said…