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Strait of Hormuz: UN agencies call for diplomacy to end attacks

On the heels of the UN Secretary-General’s call on Sunday for further US-Iran negotiatio...

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‘Cycle of escalation must end’: UN condemns deadly Strait of Hormuz attacks

“We are gravely concerned by the latest attacks,” an IMO spokesperson said, adding that the agency is urgently working with authorities to confirm the circumstances.“IMO wholly co...

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Gulf crisis: Guterres calls for de-escalation, warns against return to full-on war

The fighting has broken an interim truce established under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two countries in June. The deal sought to end hostilities that erupted in la...

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Amid crushing European heatwave, things are about to get hotter for transport systems

Extreme weather forecasts are expected to pummel roads, railways, waterways, ports and airports between 2051 and 2080, according to the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptatio...

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Ukraine: Rescuers work to save trapped residents after wave of Russian attacks

According to reports, at least 18 people died in the capital, where densely populated residential areas sustained significant damage and several neighbourhoods had to be evacuated.

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Civilian dangers multiply as drones transform Ukraine’s battlefield

“The battlespace has become a lot deeper, a lot wider and a lot more lethal,” Paul Heslop, Senior Mine Action Adviser in Ukraine with the

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Ukraine: Latest Russian assault leaves at least 14 dead in Kyiv

The missile and drone attacks, which heavily damaged apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure, came just four days after another Russian attack that killed at least 30 civil...

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Srebrenica survivors warn of genocide denial while safeguarding memory of the dead

The Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces in a designated area in the eastern European town which had been declared safe by the UN

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Remembering the Srebrenica genocide: ‘Fear is all that kept me moving’

The massacre in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina was the largest in Europe since the Holocaust and among the darkest chapters in the Balkan wars that erupted following the breakup of the f...

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Peak heat in Europe just broke historic 1970s records

“Heatwaves like this are what we expect to see in a changing climate,” said John Kennedy, head of climate information at World Meteorological Organization (

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