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Senior UN officer on Gaza hunger strike claims assault by guards at New York HQ

Bruno Donat, head of UN Mine Action Service in Geneva who is fasting over child victims of war, in ‘intense pain’ after incident

The Guardian - US

Assailants Attack Central Bank As Gang Violence Grips Haiti

Security forces in Haiti killed at least three people, repelling an attack on the central bank as gang violence surges in the capital of Port-au-Prince, an employee said Tuesday.

International Business Times

UN Agency Chief Says Israel Blocked Him From Entering Gaza

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday Israel had blocked him from entering the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip where the United Nations has warned of impending famine.

International Business Times

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UN: 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen last year released

All ‘five colleagues’ kidnapped 18 months ago are in good health, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres says.

Al Jazeera

Syria gives green light to UN to keep two crossings from Turkey to rebel-held northwest open for aid

The United Nations says Syria has agreed to keep two crossings open from Turkey to its rebel-held northwest for the delivery of aid for another three months

The Independent UK

Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land

Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas

The Independent UK

Kenya considers leading a force in Haiti: What you need to know

Support for foreign intervention in crisis-racked Haiti has grown, but civil society groups warn of past abuses.

Al Jazeera

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UN chief welcomes Kenya's offer to `positively consider' leading police force to combat Haiti gangs

The United Nations chief has welcomed Kenya’s offer to “positively consider” leading a multinational police force to help combat Haiti’s gangs and improve security in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation

The Independent UK

Cancer patients head for Turkey after border closure protests in NW Syria

Referrals had temporarily stopped earlier in July after UN failed to agree on extension to cross-border aid mechanism.

Al Jazeera

Sudan on brink of all-out civil war, UN chief warns, after airstrike kills at least 22

António Guterres decries conflict’s ‘utter disregard’ for human rights law as clashes reported in multiple states

The Guardian - AU

The U.N. secretary-general says Sudan is on the brink of a 'full-scale civil war'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the war between the Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary force is likely to destabilize the entire region.

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UN warns Sudan faces 'full-scale civil war' as air raid kills 22

WAD MADANI, Sudan: Conflict-torn Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.

Bangkok Post

UN chief says Sudan on the brink of a 'full-scale civil war' after nearly 3 months of fighting

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war,” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum

The Independent UK

UN warns that Sudan faces 'full-scale civil war'

Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war" that could destabilise the entire region, the United Nations warned Sunday, after an air strike on a residential area killed around two dozen civilians.

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The Independent UK

The UN refuses to retract its condemnation of Israel over the Jenin military operation

Israel’s United Nations ambassador is calling on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of the country for its attack on the Jenin refugee camp

Al Jazeera

US to give Ukraine widely banned cluster munitions despite fears

Banned by many countries, cluster munitions leave unexploded bombs that pose a risk to civilians for decades to come.

Radio France Internationale

UN vote on maintaining its peace force in Mali is postponed until Friday

The UN Security Council is due to hold a vote Friday on whether to maintain Minusma - the UN peacekeeping force in Mali - after 30 June when the mission ends.

The Independent UK

US, UK, France demand UN investigate Russia's sanctions-busting use of Iranian drones in Ukraine

The United States, Britain and France are demanding that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of hundreds of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine, which would violate U.N. sanctions

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UN chief tells Israel to halt illegal settlements in Palestine

Antonio Guterres says construction of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory is driving violence.

The Independent UK

UN official hopes for breakthrough on Russian food, fertilizer shipments

A top U.N. official says he hopes for a breakthrough soon after months of efforts to ensure that Russian food and fertilizer can be shipped to developing countries struggling with high prices

ABC News

UN condemns violence as Gaza militants fire hundreds of rockets amid deadly Israeli air strikes

Palestinian militants fire more than 400 rockets into Israel as Israel presses ahead with a series of deadly air strikes on the Gaza strip.

Reuters

UN chief condemns civilian deaths in Gaza, urges restraint by all

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned civilian deaths in Gaza as "unacceptable" and appealed for them to "stop immediately" and for all parties to exercise maximum restraint, Deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Outbound inspections resume under Black Sea grain deal - UN

The United Nations said inspections resumed on Tuesday of outbound vessels under a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Moscow has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its own grain and fertilizer exports.

The Independent UK

UN again seeks to reassure Afghans it will deliver aid

The United Nations is seeking yet again to reassure the Afghan people that it won’t abandon them

Reuters

UN to continue keeping Afghan staff at home over Taliban ban on women

The United Nations said on Friday it will continue to keep Afghan staff working from home after the Taliban administration began enforcing a ban on Afghan women working for the world body a month ago.

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