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Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent staffers spark outrage

·August 5, 2025·2 min read

Meanwhile, on Thursday and again on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants published disturbing videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages, sparking worldwide outrage and condemnation from UN leaders, including Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday. The hostages pictured, Rom Braslavsk and Evyatar David, are two of the 49 are still...

UN chief condemns latest Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping

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·July 13, 2025·1 min read

According to news reports, the Yemen-based rebel group – which has been battling the internationally-recognised Government for control of the country since the early 2010s – attacked the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C on Monday and again on Tuesday, causing it to sink on Wednesday morning. Four crew members are reported...

At least eight die in Red Sea tragedy as smugglers force migrants overboard

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·June 11, 2025·1 min read

At least eight people are feared dead and 22 others are missing after smugglers stopped a boat carrying around 150 passengers likely bound for Yemen on 5 June. “These young people were forced into impossible choices by smugglers who show no regard for human life,” said Celestine Frantz, the UN...

UN official warns against further escalation amid attacks in Yemen, Israel and the Red Sea

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·December 31, 2024·8 min read

Briefing the Security Council in New York, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, warned the Middle East was witnessing another dangerous escalation. He said that attacks in Israel and Yemen, as well as in the Red Sea, are of grave concern, and warned that further...

Guterres warns against Red Sea escalation

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·January 14, 2024·1 min read

The UN chief’s appeal came a day after the United States and the United Kingdom, with the support of other countries, launched airstrikes across multiple parts of Yemen in response. The UN Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss the crisis, just days after adopting a resolution demanding...

Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war

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·January 4, 2024·12 min read

Key points: UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari said “no cause or grievance” could justify continuing Houthi attacks against freedom of navigation in the Red Sea All incidents originating in Houthi controlled areas “must stop” He encouraged “all concerned parties” in the wider region to avoid any further escalation and de-escalate...

World News in Brief: Engagement with Sudan, Red Sea vessel attacks, SDGs disabilities promise

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·December 2, 2023·2 min read

On Friday, the Security Council adopted a resolution to close the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) following a request last month from the authorities. UNITAMS was established in June 2020 to provide support to Sudan for an initial 12-month period during its transition to democratic rule following...

UN and Red Cross call for restrictions on autonomous weapon systems to protect humanity

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·October 5, 2023·3 min read

“We call on world leaders to launch negotiations of a new legally binding instrument to set clear prohibitions and restrictions on autonomous weapon systems and to conclude such negotiations by 2026,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres and ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said on Thursday. “In the current security landscape, setting clear...