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This week
21st April 2024 - 27th April 2024
Nasser Hospital
Mass graves at Gaza hospitals must be investigated, says EU as Israel calls reports 'baseless'
Updated
24 Apr
9.4k
Gaza
UN calls for investigation into reports of mass graves at Gaza hospitals destroyed by Israeli strikes
23 Apr
3.5k
UNRWA
Review finds Israel has not provided evidence of widespread terrorism links among UN agency
22 Apr
6.0k
Last week
14th April 2024 - 27th April 2024
Israeli Military
UN condemns 'purposeful and wanton destruction' of medical equipment in Gaza maternity wards
19 Apr
11.2k
Last month
March 2024
ongoing offensive
Israel continues strikes on Gaza despite UN ceasefire resolution
Updated
26 Mar
9.2k
UN Resolution
Higgins says failure to implement Gaza ceasefire 'would be unforgiveable' after UN vote
The resolution demands an “immediate ceasefire” for the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan that leads to a “lasting” truce.
Elsewhere, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees have said that Israel had definitively barred it from making aid deliveries in northern Gaza.
Updated
25 Mar
29.6k
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Gaza
Israel steadfast on Rafah assault after US-backed ceasefire call vetoed at UN Security Council
Updated
22 Mar
14.8k
International Monetary Fund
Paschal Donohoe appears to rule himself out for the top IMF job
11 Mar
13.8k
22
UN Human Rights Council
Iran responsible for ‘physical violence’ that killed Mahsa Amini, UN report says
8 Mar
3.2k
World Food Programme
Israeli forces turn away 14-truck UN food convoy headed into Gaza as famine 'almost inevitable'
5 Mar
13.0k
Gaza
UN says there are 'reasonable grounds' to believe Hamas committed rapes during 7 October attacks
5 Mar
8.8k
Gaza
Kamala Harris calls for 'immediate six-week ceasefire' as US pushes to lock in Gaza truce
The comments from Harris are the most forceful to date by a US administration official.
Updated
4 Mar
11.6k
February
February 2024
Gaza
President Higgins urges countries to 'think again' and reinstate funding to UN Palestinian agency
20 hrs ago
5.5k
Gaza
Strikes kill dozens in Gaza, as Israel's war cabinet is to meet after talks with Hamas
Updated
24 Feb
8.8k
Gaza
Blinken says there should be 'no Israeli reoccupation of Gaza' as Netanyahu proposes post-war plan
Updated
23 Feb
12.0k
Gaza
Israeli minister says Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo have raised 'possibility of progress'
A UN official has said has said Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis has turned from a “place of healing” to a “place of death”.
The UN's World Food Programme has announced a pause in food and aid deliveries to northern Gaza.
Hamas called the move a "death sentence".
Aid groups warn a ground offensive could turn Rafah into a "graveyard".
Updated
21 Feb
12.7k
Israel
ICJ rejects South Africa's request to put more legal pressure on Israel over Gaza
Updated
16 Feb
8.2k
UNHCR
UN refugee agency calls on Irish Government to end asylum seeker homelessness and use of tents
14 Feb
18.8k
The Hague
ICJ says it has jurisdiction to rule on part of Ukraine's genocide case against Russia
2 Feb
6.6k
UNWRA
SF calls on Govt to boost Palestine agency support, amid fears it will close after funding cuts
Updated
1 Feb
7.9k
This year
2024
Gaza
Hamas reviewing six-week truce proposal, as UN says half of Gaza's buildings have been damaged
31 Jan
4.0k
UNRWA
UN Secretary General asks countries to restore funding to agency for Palestinian refugees
31 Jan
3.3k
Gaza
US Secretary of State urges UN agency to address claims of staff involvement in Hamas attack
UNRWA said Israel had provided the agency with information about the alleged involvement of several employees in the 7 October attack.
The European Union is one of UNRWA's top donors.
On Saturday, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said Ireland was not withdrawing its funding.
He said today he has no issue with the EU reviewing the situation as long as the aid keeps flowing.
Updated
29 Jan
11.6k
Last year
2023
Israel
UN postpones vote on calls for ceasefire in Gaza for second time
The members will reconvene to vote on Wednesday.
Updated
19 Dec 2023
15.3k
US
Former president Mary Robinson says Joe Biden is ‘losing respect’ due to his position on Gaza
19 Dec 2023
13.5k
relief supplies
Israel to carry out examinations of relief supplies entering into Gaza
12 Dec 2023
5.8k
Israel-Gaza war
Israeli hostage allegedly killed in Gaza amid failed rescue operation
Updated
9 Dec 2023
30.8k
Defence Forces
Remembrance mass to be held for Irish soldier killed in Lebanon last year
9 Dec 2023
8.2k
Israel-Gaza war
Israel forces squeeze Gaza's main cities as UN Security Council to consider urging ceasefire
The council is under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to back an immediate ceasefire after weeks of war.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said Ireland will co-sponsor the resolution on Gaza before the UN Security Council today.
Weeks of fighting have left 17,177 people dead in Gaza, according to the latest toll from Hamas which rules the coastal strip.
Updated
8 Dec 2023
10.1k
Sanctions
US, UK and Canada sanction human rights abusers linked to trafficking and repressive regimes
8 Dec 2023
5.0k
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Domestic Violence
More than 54,000 reports of domestic violence made to gardaí so far this year
7 Dec 2023
6.9k
Northern China
WHO makes official request to China for information on rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
23 Nov 2023
14.4k
International Energy Agency
Gas and oil industry faces ‘moment of truth’ ahead of COP28, report states
23 Nov 2023
7.8k
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Climate Change
COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions, as UN warns about rising temperatures
21 Nov 2023
4.9k
Jabalia refugee camp
UN says Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp, the second in two days, could be war crimes
1 Nov 2023
15.1k
Security Council
Israel accuses UN Secretary General of justifying terrorism with Hamas attack comment
25 Oct 2023
4.4k
israel-hamas war
Israeli UN ambassador calls for resignation of UN chief after rejecting ceasefire
24 Oct 2023
26.8k