UNRWA chief warns of ‘real risk’ of Gaza famine BERLIN: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday of the risk of famine in Gaza, a day... Updated 17 Oct, 2024 07:43am
World UNRWA chief fends off Israeli claims about Hamas ties GENEVA: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees vehemently defended it Monday against Israeli charges... Published 01 Oct, 2024 12:18am
World UNRWA chief: Gaza polio vaccination coverage has reached 90% DUBAI: Polio vaccination coverage in Gaza has reached 90%, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency... Published 16 Sep, 2024 05:44pm
World UNRWA says staffer killed in Israeli West Bank raid JERUSALEM: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday one of its employees was killed this week during an... Published 13 Sep, 2024 11:29pm
World Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza school draws global condemnation GAZA STRIP: Israel faced international condemnation Thursday after a strike killed 18 people at a... Published 13 Sep, 2024 07:33am
World Gaza rescuers say 18 killed in Israeli strike on school GAZA STRIP: Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Wednesday, which rescuers said... Published 12 Sep, 2024 11:14am
World Gaza rescuers say 14 killed in Israeli strike on school GAZA STRIP: An Israeli air strike Wednesday hit a central Gaza school, with the Hamas-run territory’s civil defence... Published 11 Sep, 2024 10:51pm
World UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza, as Israeli aggression continues Israel and Hamas agree to brief pauses in their 11-month conflict to allow the campaign to go ahead Updated 01 Sep, 2024 08:24pm
World Baby paralysed in Gaza’s first case of type 2 polio for 25 years, WHO says DUBAI: A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case... Published 23 Aug, 2024 05:18pm
World UN says nine employees ‘may have been involved’ in Oct 7 Hamas attack UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said Monday that nine employees of its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)... Published 05 Aug, 2024 10:48pm
Print Pakistan reaffirms commitment to Gaza help NEW YORK: Emphasising the critical shortfall in current funding levels for UNRWA, Pakistan has called for... Updated 14 Jul, 2024 09:36am
World Israel presses Gaza aggression hours after deadly airstrike on tent camp CAIRO: Israeli forces pressed their offensive in north and central Gaza on Wednesday, hours after an airstrike on a... Updated 10 Jul, 2024 11:25pm
World Israel says it can send Lebanon ‘back to Stone Age’ as UN warns against war Israel said it does not want war in Lebanon but could send its neighbour “back to the Stone Age”, as the UN’s... Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:34am
World Israeli airstrike kills eight Palestinians at Gaza aid centre CAIRO: Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday by an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being... Updated 24 Jun, 2024 07:10pm
World G7 says UNRWA, UN agencies must work unhindered in Gaza BARI: G7 leaders said Friday the UN Palestinian refugee agency must be allowed to work unhindered in war-torn Gaza,... Published 14 Jun, 2024 11:25pm
Opinion Leadership crisis in the Muslim world It is a massacre. It is a genocide. It is butchery. It is children. It is the new born. It is the unborn. Never has... Updated 14 Jun, 2024 08:01am
World Israel says struck Hamas at UN school, Gaza officials report 3 dead JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said its forces struck Friday a UN-run school near Gaza City, the second such facility... Published 07 Jun, 2024 10:35pm
World Dozens reported killed in Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza CAIRO/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel hit a Gaza school on Thursday with what it described as a targeted airstrike on up... Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am
World US calls on Israel to be ‘transparent’ on Gaza school strike WASHINGTON: The United States called Thursday on Israel to be transparent over a strike on a UN school in Gaza,... Published 06 Jun, 2024 11:27pm
World Italy pledges additional 35 million euros of aid for Palestinians ROME: Italy will resume funding for the United Nations’ Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA as part of a 35... Published 25 May, 2024 12:59pm
World Austria to resume aid to UN agency for Palestinians VIENNA: Austria said Saturday it will restore its funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after suspending... Published 19 May, 2024 03:00am
World Fierce fighting rocks Gaza after US warning of post-war ‘anarchy’ GAZA CITY: Israel battled Hamas in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
World Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government on Friday said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians... Published 27 Apr, 2024 12:52am
World Israel and U.N. disagree over Gaza aid figures JERUSALEM: Israel has accused the United Nations of undercounting aid entering Gaza, saying on Wednesday the U.N.... Published 10 Apr, 2024 06:21pm
World Germany faces Gaza genocide case at top UN court THE HAGUE: Germany faces charges from Nicaragua at the top UN court on Monday that it is “facilitating the... Published 08 Apr, 2024 10:53am
World Japan resumes funding to embattled Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday said it will lift its suspension of funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as... Published 02 Apr, 2024 10:43am
World Japan to resume funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency TOKYO: Japan is preparing to resume funding to the UN’s crisis-hit Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which... Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:42am
World France earmarks 30m euros for Palestinian agency UNRWA: ministry PARIS: France will provide 30 million euros ($32 million) for the embattled UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA if ... Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:21am
World Gaza’s hungry eat wild plant with no aid relief in sight GAZA: As the U.N. Security Council demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and concerns grow that famine may take... Published 25 Mar, 2024 10:50pm
World UN chief says there’s growing consensus to tell Israel a ceasefire needed AMMAN: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to Jordan on Monday that there is growing... Published 25 Mar, 2024 03:53pm