The Security Council resolution, watered down to avoid a U.S. veto, directs urgent action to increase aid, but does not call for a cease-fire that would make it safe to distribute the aid.
Tag: Refugees and Displaced Persons
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Airstrike in Gaza Kills U.N. Worker and More Than 76 of His Relatives
Issam Al Mughrabi had worked at the U.N. Development Program for 30 years. Officials said he died along with his wife, five children and more than 70 other relatives.
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Brexiteers Vowed to ‘Take Back Control’ of U.K. Borders. What Happened?
Record numbers of legal immigrants came to Britain from outside the E.U. in recent years. Some on the right call that a “Brexit betrayal.”
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Gaza Death Toll Nears 20,000 During Israel-Hamas War
The death toll reported in Gaza has reached roughly 20,000, according to officials in the territory, the heaviest loss on the Arab side in any war with Israel since the 1982 Lebanon invasion.
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European Union Agrees on Migration Pact
The agreement was pitched by the bloc’s executive arm as a patchwork of compromises aimed at allaying pressures from the far right.