International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Palestinian Red Crescent Society workers in Gaza

Human Rights

U.N. report finds Israeli captors abused Palestinian detainees

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ICC prosecutors could use the U.N. report to bolster the court's work of investigating suspected war crimes in Gaza.

U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal repel attackers in 2022 at Congo's Ituri Province.

Humanitarians & Peace

U.N. panel demands combatants protect humanitarian aid workers

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The vote reflects the alarming number of attacks and threats that aid workers face each year around the world.

Security & Geopolitics

Gaza operations put on life support as fuel runs out and war rages on

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Humanitarian agencies were forced to scale back as fuel and other items were depleted and diplomats were at an impasse.

Humanitarians & Peace

Caught up in the war in Gaza, civilians anxiously await aid

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Despite some humanitarian aid trickling into Gaza through Egypt's Rafah crossing, needs are soaring as tensions flare.

Humanitarians & Peace

WFP warns funding shortfall will push millions to 'brink of starvation'

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Its new analysis shows each 1% cut in aid to its $5.2 billion annual budget could push 400,000 people toward starvation.

Flags fly above the ICRC's headquarters and museum in Geneva

Humanitarians & Peace

ICRC financial crisis grows with more job cuts as funding shrinks

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Funding for humanitarian aid has been getting hard to find amid global economic pressures, but the needs are soaring.

Swiss President Alain Berset leads a U.N. Security Council session on protecting civilians.

Humanitarians & Peace

More than 100 armed conflicts, most lasting for more than 30 years

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A Swiss-led U.N. Security Council session called on all countries and armed groups to fulfill their obligations for protecting civilians under international humanitarian law.

The U.S. military's X-45 concept for an autonomous unmanned military aircraft.

SciTech Diplomacy

U.N. stalemate over autonomous weapons enters second decade

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Delegates in Geneva mustered a non-binding report that essentially prolongs a decade-old geopolitical impasse.

Nuclear Security & WMD

Nuclear tensions fuel disarmament agenda for Hiroshima G-7 summit

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Humanitarian leaders say the risk of nuclear catastrophe is the highest 'since the worst moments of the Cold War.'

The United Nations and other aid organizations were forced to put staff into 'hibernation' in Sudan.

Humanitarians & Peace

Aid flows constrict and civilians in danger as Sudan descends into chaos

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Sudan's unraveling forced humanitarian aid organizations, including those with staff killed by fighting, to suspend operations, despite millions of civilians in great need.

Twitter verification is essential to curb impersonation and fake news.

Global Opinions

The great Twitter cull looms for leaders and organizations

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Hundreds of accounts of world leaders and their institutions, plus 40 organizations and their leaders, were to be demoted.

Tahrir Square in Sanaa, the Houthi-held capital of Yemen, where protests and public executions have taken place.

Humanitarians & Peace

Humanitarians arrange multi-day prisoner swap in Yemen's long war

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The deal brokered by U.N. and Red Cross officials between Yemen's Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Houthi rebels is the first major prisoner swap in almost three years.