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Body of brave Irish soldier killed in ambush to arrive in Dublin today

Sean Rooney, 23, was shot dead while on United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon last week

Dublin Live · Dec 19, 2022

Head of United Nations World Food Program stepping down

The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, which won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago, says he will step down at the end of a six-year term heading the world's largest humanitarian organization.

France 24 · Dec 19, 2022

South Carolina ex-Gov. Beasley to step down as UN food chief

Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley has announced he will step down from his role as executive director of the U.N. World Food Program

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Sean Rooney: Body of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon ambush to be repatriated to Ireland

Private Rooney of the Irish Defence Forces was killed during a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon this week

Dublin Live · Dec 18, 2022

Governments move closer to deal at biodiversity conference

There were signs that negotiators were closing in on a deal at a U.N. conference that would protect nature and provide financing to set up protected areas and restore degraded ecosystems

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Body of Irish UN peacekeeping soldier Sean Rooney to arrive home on Monday

Defence Forces member Private Sean Rooney was killed on active service in Lebanon earlier this week.

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

UN and Lebanon hold memorial for killed Irish peacekeeper

The Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers have held a memorial at Beirut airport for an Irish soldier killed in southern Lebanon last week

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Ministers near global deal at landmark U.N. nature talks

Negotiators at a U.N. summit to protect nature were closing in on a new global deal on Sunday that could see 30% of the world's land and seas protected by 2030, with hundreds of billions of dollars directed toward conserving wild places and species.

Reuters · Dec 18, 2022

Body of young soldier killed in ambush to be repatriated to Ireland and reunited with family

A member of the Irish Defence Forces, Private Rooney, was killed on active service when his convoy came under attack in Lebanon this week.

Irish Mirror · Dec 18, 2022

Yemen Army Accuses Gangsters in Marib of Coordinating with Houthis

The Yemeni army has released an official statement on Sunday threatening tribal militants who are blocking roads between the governorates of Hadramout and Marib and coordinating with Houthi militias. The warning follows confrontations with the army during which deaths and injuries occurred on both sides. The Yemeni government, at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 18, 2022