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Tunisia summons US charge d’affaires
Tunisia has summoned US charge d’affaires Natasha Franceschi in protest at Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s criticism of Tunis’s draft constitutional referendum.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia said…
Syria: Australian teen’s death in prison was ‘utterly preventable’, rights experts say
Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of a Sydney teenager at a facility in the northeast, UN human rights experts…
Colombia: New government urged to combat rising violence in rural areas
The incoming administration in Colombia must prioritize tackling rising violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on…
UN delivers aid directly to Haitians caught up in gang violence
United Nations humanitarian agencies have started delivering aid directly to people in Haiti following a recent spike in violence between rival gangs which has fueled a worsening crisis across the capital, Port-au-Prince.…
Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress
The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday.
Despite some…
Israeli occupation forces demolish two houses of Palestinian detainees in Salfit
The Israeli occupation forces demolished this morning and last night the family houses of Palestinian detainees Yehya Miri and Samih Assi in Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Salfit, WAFA News Agency…
21 killed due to floods in in southern Iran
Flash floods in Rodbal River, Estahban County, southern Iran, have so far killed 21 people and left two others missing, said the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society Mehdi Valipour.
“Heavy rains in the city of Estahban, on the…
Guterres condemns missile strikes in Ukranian Black Sea port of Odesa
The UN Secretary-General 'unequivocally' condemned the reported strikes this Saturday in the port of Odesa. The attack took place less than 24 hours after the signing of the Black Sea agreements on the export of grain from…
Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization
Monkeypox is an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand ‘too little’, and which meets the criteria of an emergency under International Health Regulations.…
Women working together, to survive Lebanon’s economic crisis
Lebanon’s women-led cooperatives are helping communities to cope with the country’ recent wave of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and the notorious August 2021 Beirut Port Explosion.…