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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
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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

06 August 2025, 08:15

Obtaining food is no longer a routine journey in Gaza; it has become a race, fraught with death on all sides as women and children risk their lives to get aid.

Read the full story, “Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15

High stakes negotiations got underway at the UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution, attended by delegates from nearly 180 countries.

Read the full story, “The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15

Children in Gaza are dying not just from hunger, but from the total collapse of the systems meant to protect them, UN agencies warned on Tuesday.

Read the full story, “Gaza crisis deepens as UN warns children are ‘dying before reaching hospital’”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15

On Tuesday, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported the deaths of five children with a dozen seriously injured, following the detonation of an unexploded mortar shell in the city of Lakki Marwat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the weekend.

Read the full story, “World News in Brief: Child deaths in Pakistan, Ukrainian rail station attack, new UN-India development partnership”, on globalissues.org

06 August 2025, 08:15
Putin is unlikely to bow to US sanctions as he believes he is winning the war, Russian sources told Reuters.
06 August 2025, 08:15
Hiroshima’s mayor, Kazumi Matsui, warns of the dangers of rising global militarism.