Middle East

Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza

That’s according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, which said on Monday that the Kerem Shalom, Erez and Zikim…

1 year ago

Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture

“I always say that all Bahrainis have pearl diving in their blood,” Mohamed Alslaise, a pearl diver and field researcher…

1 year ago

Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’

Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, he announced that he will be travelling to the Egyptian capital, Cairo,…

1 year ago

Gaza: Despite challenges, UNRWA says ‘unparalleled progress’ made during ceasefire

Agency teams have worked around the clock to provide services to a people who are overwhelmed following 15 months of…

1 year ago

West Bank security situation remains alarming, warn UN aid agencies

The violence has seen exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants – and the use of bulldozers in…

1 year ago

‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN envoy

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag emphasised that peace in the Middle East is possible.“We can…

1 year ago

World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

On the opening day of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Secretary-General rounded on “warmongers who thumb their nose at…

1 year ago

New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

It follows a campaign last year that reached hundreds of thousands of young children under the age of 10.  Polio…

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Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 Palestinians have benefited from cash assistance, including people with disabilities and pregnant…

1 year ago

UN chief condemns ‘abhorrent and appalling’ treatment of hostages’ remains by Hamas

Hamas militants said the bodies of the four people who were returned to Tel Aviv on Thursday morning were those…

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