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06 August 2025, 08:15
Preview A cloudburst triggered flash floods that killed at least four in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Tuesday
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06 August 2025, 08:15
Preview Men often seek to show off to escorts and let information slip, Kirill Budanov has said
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06 August 2025, 08:15
Preview The US president has increasingly threatened secondary tariffs on Russia’s trading partners to pressure Moscow to take a peace deal
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06 August 2025, 08:15
Preview US President Donald Trump has hinted that Vice President J.D. Vance is the “heir apparent to MAGA”
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06 August 2025, 08:15

The Security Council is meeting to discuss rising concern in Israel and elsewhere over the dire conditions facing the dozens of hostages who remain in Gaza. It follows the release of recent videos by Hamas and other Palestinian militants showing emaciated Israeli hostages, which the UN Secretary-General called “an unacceptable violation of human dignity.” A senior UN political affairs official is expected to brief. Stay with UN News for live updates in coordination with UN Meetings Coverage. App users can follow the coverage here.

Read the full story, “SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Israel calls for focus on Gaza hostages’ plight”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15

Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since then, little has changed – no aid trucks have reached the region, the nearby city of El Fasher is still under siege and food prices are four times higher than other parts of the country.

Read the full story, “Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15

As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN official upheld the need for a political solution to the crisis in Gaza that can lead to a lasting peace between the two peoples.

Read the full story, “Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15
Preview The US has become “the hottest country anywhere in the world,” the president has claimed
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06 August 2025, 08:15

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 56 people had died and 132 were missing after a vessel carrying 200 migrants capsized off the coast of Shuqrah, in Yemen’s Abyan Governorate on 3 August.

Read the full story, “Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling for Pakistan to halt the forcible return of Afghan refugees holding proof of registration (PoR) cards, Spokesperson Babor Baloch said on Tuesday in Geneva.

Read the full story, “UNHCR urges Pakistan to stop forced returns of Afghan refugees”, on globalissues.org