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(LONDON) — Russia unleashed a massive aerial attack on Friday in what Ukrainian officials said was the largest and most destructive assault on its energy infrastructure since the start of the war. Over 150 missiles and drones were involved in the bombardment, striking targets across the Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force, knocking out […]

(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. effort to ramp up political pressure on Israel by casting an international spotlight on its concerns failed Friday in the United Nations Security Council when Russia, China and Algeria voted against it. The resolution draft emphasized “concern that a ground offensive into Rafah would result in further harm to civilians and […]

(EL ARISH, Egypt) — Those who were too weak to walk boarded the plane in wheelchairs and stretchers. Some had already been receiving treatment in Egypt; others arrived straight from Rafah, the southern Gaza town bordering Egypt. “I was at the sea, it was meant to be a safe area. We got hit with four […]

(NEW YORK) — Access to clean and safe water is the “great connector” of our world and critical in promoting peace, according to the 2024 United Nations World Water Development Report released on World Water Day. Globally, 2.2 billion people still live without access to safely managed drinking water and 3.5 billion people lack access […]

(WASHINGTON) — As U.S. and Israeli officials publicly sound off over a potential ground incursion into Rafah in southern Gaza, officials in Washington have set the stage for a flurry of diplomatic engagements between the countries — aiming to head off a humanitarian catastrophe and avert a significant divide between the two allies. Secretary of […]

(TEL-AVIV, Israel) — Displaced Gazans at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza were reportedly being told to evacuate immediately Thursday, as Israel’s raid on the hospital continues into a fourth day amid the ongoing war with Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an operation at Al-Shifa on Monday, claiming “senior Hamas terrorists” were using the […]

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for “an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Saudi news outlet Al Hadath on Wednesday. “Well, in fact, we actually have a resolution that we put forward right now that’s […]

(LONDON) — The investigation at the London hospital where Kate, the princess of Wales, underwent abdominal surgery and a nearly two-week stay has reportedly expanded to three staffers. The unidentified staffers at the London Clinic, where Kate was admitted in January, are reportedly suspected of trying to access the 42-year-old’s private medical records, according to […]

(LONDON) — Humanitarian organizations are sounding alarm over the crisis in Sudan, warning the conflict has created “one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory.” Speaking at a briefing to the security council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan, Edem Wosornu, director of Operations and Advocacy at the United Nations Office for the Coordination […]

(UNITED NATIONS) — At the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, four doctors from the U.S., U.K. and France who have spent decades working on the frontlines, warned that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached “a tipping point” and that an Israeli invasion of Rafah would be “apocalyptic.” The group pleaded for help from global […]