Middle East
UN hails new era of cooperation over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile – but concerns persist
However, serious concerns remain over potential undeclared stockpiles and more than a decade of incomplete or inconsistent disclosures…
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Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system ‘overwhelmed’
Ten days after a 7.7 magnitude quake levelled buildings and buckled bridges across central Myanmar, the latest death…
The Nation
Middle East
New children’s book promotes the value of all languages
What Makes Us Human is the work of Brazilian linguist and writer Victor Santos, with illustrations by Italian…
Middle East
UKRAINE LIVE: Diplomatic debate intensifies as world marks three years since full-scale Russian invasion
February 24 marks three years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of civilians have been…
Middle East
Sudan situation ‘absolutely devastating’ as UN ramps up food aid
The situation in western Sudan is “shocking” and people in the capital, Khartoum face “absolutely devastating” conditions according…
Middle East
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
Latest data simulations from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) point to the average Gazan eating just 1,400…
Middle East
Northern Thai communities put nature before profit
The Indigenous Karen people and the Thai Lanna community of Thailand are concerned about plans to divert and…
Middle East
‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
These are the results of the ammunition from last nights’ attacks, or at least from the munitions which…
UAE News
DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi
“We’re pushed to our limits,” said Ayaki Ito, Director for Emergencies for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. One…
Middle East
UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution ‘alive’
“It is absolutely essential to keep alive the two-State solution perspective with all the terrible things we are…