Nov 17 U.N. stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza amid communications blackout By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffrey, Lee Keath, Associated Press The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel. Continue reading
Nov 17 Over a million Afghans will be sent back after Pakistan begins expelling foreigners without papers By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Since Nov. 1, police in Pakistan have been going door-to-door to check migrants' documentation after a deadline for migrants without papers to leave or face arrest. Continue reading
Nov 15 UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The vote was 12-0 with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining. The final draft watered down language from a "demand" to a "call" for humanitarian pauses. Continue reading
Nov 10 The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion By Mead Gruver, Associated Press The bureau says the overall trend is longer lifespans offsetting fewer births. Even so, the global population growth rate continues a long-term trend of decline. Continue reading
Nov 08 Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman, Associated Press Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year's United Nations' climate talks in Egypt. Continue reading
Nov 04 Average Palestinian in Gaza is surviving on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region. Continue reading
Nov 04 Israeli strikes kill civilians sheltering in northern Gaza as assault on Hamas intensifies By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, David Rising, Associated Press Israeli military strikes killed multiple civilians Saturday at a U.N. shelter and hospital in the main combat zone in the Gaza Strip as the assault intensified on the besieged enclave’s Hamas rulers, amid growing international uproar over the soaring death… Continue reading
Oct 31 UN human rights official is alarmed by sprawling gang violence in Haiti By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press The United Nations expert on human rights in Haiti says he is alarmed by the rapid spread of gang violence and the bleak future awaiting children in the embattled country. Continue reading
Oct 31 A record 6.9 million people have been displaced in Congo’s growing conflict, the U.N. says By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Associated Press The region has long been overrun by dozens of armed groups seeking a share of the region's gold and other resources. Now outside multinational forces deployed to help stop the violence are under pressure to leave as frustration grows. Continue reading
Oct 27 UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas war By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press It was the first U.N. response to Hamas' surprise Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Israel's ongoing military response and vow to obliterate Hamas. Continue reading