UN

The United Nations human rights rapporteur presses Israel to stop the abuse of minors in Gaza and the West Bank

Over 2,300 minors in the Strip have died under the Israeli bombardment, while those who remain in the war zone are exposed to hunger, thirst and serious damage to their mental health

These armored vehicles, which incorporate advanced cameras and artificial intelligence, constitute one of the great Israeli strengths for the urban combat with Hamas that is anticipated in the Strip

The ambition for self-determination faces the obstacle of the impossibility of exercising total sovereignty in Gaza and the West Bank

Four million people die each year from diseases related to the use of wood or charcoal at home. Some companies are now beginning to use carbon credits to finance newer, safer and more efficient ways of cooking

Cairo is preparing to open the Rafah border with the Strip to allow the passage of humanitarian aid after 14 days of war

Joe Biden accepts Israel’s accusation against Islamic Jihad for launching a failed rocket that hit the al-Ahli hospital while Gazan authorities blame Israel for the tragedy

As the Kremlin’s war entered its 600th day, Ukrainian forces repelled 15 Russian attacks from four directions on Avdiivka over the previous 24 hours compared with up to 60 attacks a day in the middle of last week

The invasion announced by the Israeli army to ‘completely destroy’ Hamas will involve urban warfare that favors the Islamist militia and will entail large numbers of casualties

The border crossing with Egypt is the only one not controlled by Israel, which has bombed it at least three times. Cairo fears a huge influx of refugees and wants security guarantees to reopen it for humanitarian access

Palestinian civilians across Gaza are struggling for survival in the face of an unprecedented Israeli operation against the territory

Glaciologist Ximena Aguilar Vega has dedicated herself to investigating the tones of the seas and ice of the Arctic and Antarctic, mixing science with art, photography, and poetry

With schools demolished by shelling and students evacuated, educators continue to give classes from basements or air raid shelters to provide a small sense of normalcy

Taliban restrictions and poverty are causing a mental health crisis, with families feeling increasingly forced to marry off their daughters to make ends meet, or to prevent them being forced to wed extremists

This meteorological summer — June, July, and August — has been the warmest on Earth since at least the mid-1850s, when reliable records began

Last July, Russia broke the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement signed in summer 2022 with Turkey and the UN that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported to international markets

The most recent figures show that the number of planted coca hectares increased from 204,000 to 230,000 in 2022 and the government is rolling out a ‘concerted effort to swap one economy with another’

The fighting that broke out in April, added to previous violence, especially in the Darfur region, has forced over seven million people to flee their homes

Azerbaijan is increasing its demands on the government of Nikol Pashinyan after regaining control of the territory, while the opposition has called the prime minister a ‘traitor’ for seeking peace negotiations

Populist and far-right parties are capitalizing on the discontent and fatigue of their citizens in the middle of electoral periods in Slovakia and Poland

The inhabitants of the Libyan city devastated by Storm Daniel have survived the overthrow of Gaddafi, Islamic State, and the conflict between parallel governments for control of the country

Medical material and humanitarian aid has begun to arrive in Libya, where the total number of dead and missing after the floods has risen to 20,000

The lungs of Indians, Congolese and Bangladeshis are in worse condition than those of a person who has smoked for years. The UN wants to create a global fund to combat an issue that has become the world’s biggest public health problem

The Libyan Red Crescent puts the death toll from the disaster at over 11,000 with thousands of people still missing. An investigation is being called for amid public anger over institutional failures and lack of response