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Ukraine: Russian strike on village kills over 20, mostly pensioners

·September 9, 2025·2 min read

The attack on Yarova injured nearly 20 others. Many elderly civilians have decided to stay at home in frontline communities, despite the escalating danger from Russia’s continuing offensive, said Assistant Secretary-General Matthias Schmale, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country. “This lasting violence continues to tear lives apart. In recent...

World News in Brief: Shipwreck off Italy kills at least 27, anniversary of Taliban takeover, Peru amnesty law

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·August 17, 2025·2 min read

UNHCR is supporting at least 60 survivors who have been brought ashore, but the Italian coast guard warned more bodies could still be recovered. According to local news reports, the passengers were travelling from Libya in the hopes of reaching Italy. Migrants and refugees heading to Italy from the...

Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors

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·July 30, 2025·1 min read

Meanwhile, another attack on Tuesday reportedly killed five civilians and injured three in the Kharkiv region, located in eastern Ukraine. According to authorities, Russian armed forces dropped several powerful glide bombs on Bilenkivska Penal Colony No. 99 on 28 July. The prison is located about 25 kilometres from the frontline...

New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30

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·May 8, 2025·4 min read

The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, maintained that Israeli forces hit the school in Al Bureij, Middle Gaza, at around 6pm on Tuesday and again at 10.20pm. “The school sustained severe damage and a fire broke out in the shelter, making it difficult to evacuate the casualties. Residents had...

Gaza war: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five

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·January 3, 2024·2 min read

Airstrikes and missiles struck dwellings and public buildings on Tuesday including Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis killing five, among them a five-day-old baby, reports indicate. “No child in the world should be killed, let alone one sheltering under the emblem of a humanitarian organisation; this has to end,” said Gemma...

Earthquake kills at least 100 in Herat, Afghanistan

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·October 8, 2023·1 min read

Initial assessments indicate that the 6.3 magnitude quake caused deaths across eight villages, with a further 500 people injured, according to the latest update from UN humanitarian office (OCHA), which reported that it destroyed 465 houses and damaged another 135. Mahal Wadakah was the worst affected village. Rescuers search collapsed...

WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’

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·January 24, 2023·2 min read

Industrially produced trans fat – commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads – is responsible for up to 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year, the UN agency said. WHO has released a status report that follows up on its 2018 call for the...