# United Nations
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This week
21st April 2024 - 26th April 2024
Nasser Hospital
Mass graves at Gaza hospitals must be investigated, says EU as Israel calls reports 'baseless'
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24 Apr
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Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
United Nations
Palestinian bid for statehood recognition fails after US vetoes UN Security Council motion
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18 Apr
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UNIFIL
Ireland to increase number of peacekeepers deployed to south Lebanon to beef up security
16 Apr
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This month
April 2024
Human Rights Council
Bodies of six aid workers killed by Israel taken out of Gaza
The attack has prompted global condemnation, with US President Joe Biden saying that Israel has “not done enough to protect civilians”.
The remains of the six international staff, who were killed alongside one Palestinian colleague, are set to be taken out of Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.
The chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces said that the strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy was "a grave mistake".
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3 Apr
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Last month
March 2024
Gaza
UN Human Rights Chief: 'Plausible' that Israel is using starvation as weapon of war
Twelve people reportedly drowned trying to wade into the sea to get aid packages that went astray.
Hamas has called on the United States to stop its airdrop deliveries of aid into Gaza.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform.
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28 Mar
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insurmountable challenges
UN: 'Delivering aid to Gaza is like navigating a brutal obstacle course'
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27 Mar
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Rafah
Israel carries out overnight strikes on southern Gaza while pleas ring out for more aid
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27 Mar
7.7k
ongoing offensive
Israel continues strikes on Gaza despite UN ceasefire resolution
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10 hrs ago
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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.
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24 hrs ago
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Gaza
UN chief visits Gaza border as Israel vows to attack Rafah despite international condemnation
Updated
23 Mar
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departing the golan
As Irish soldiers depart, peace looks as remote as ever in the violence-ravaged Golan
The Journal recently travelled to Syria to visit Irish troops peacekeeping on the contested Golan.
Niall O'Connor
9 Mar
6.3k
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
This year
2024
Israel
ICJ rejects South Africa's request to put more legal pressure on Israel over Gaza
Updated
16 Feb
8.2k
The Hague
ICJ says it has jurisdiction to rule on part of Ukraine's genocide case against Russia
2 Feb
6.6k
FACTCHECK
FactFind: What is a ‘safe country of origin’ and how many asylum seekers come from one?
31 Jan
12.9k
7 October
UN agency for Palestinian refugees sacks employees over claims of involvement in Hamas attack
3 hrs ago
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Middle East
UN says Gaza is now 'uninhabitable' as Western diplomats make trips to Middle East
The death toll in Gaza now stands at least 22,722 people, most of them women and children.
In Khan Younis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) evacuated its staff and their family members from the area around the Al-Aqsa hospital
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Turkey today at the start of his fourth regional tour since the conflict began.
In a statement on Saturday, the Gaza health ministry said it had recorded more than 120 deaths over the past 24 hours.
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6 Jan
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Last year
2023
War in Ukraine
Dozens killed in separate strikes across Ukraine and Russian city of Belgorod
Updated
30 Dec 2023
17.6k
Palestine
'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive
The Israeli army is keeping up its campaign across the length of the Gaza Strip in the face of mounting international pushback.
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30 Dec 2023
11.3k
Afghanistan
UN Security Council calls for increased engagement with Taliban through special envoy
29 Dec 2023
5.7k
Israel
UN postpones vote on calls for ceasefire in Gaza for second time
The members will reconvene to vote on Wednesday.
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19 Dec 2023
15.3k
Israel-Gaza war
Israeli hostage allegedly killed in Gaza amid failed rescue operation
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9 Dec 2023
30.8k
Domestic Violence
More than 54,000 reports of domestic violence made to gardaí so far this year
7 Dec 2023
6.9k
International Energy Agency
Gas and oil industry faces ‘moment of truth’ ahead of COP28, report states
23 Nov 2023
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Climate Change
COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions, as UN warns about rising temperatures
21 Nov 2023
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Human Rights Council
Russia loses bid to regain seat on UN’s top human rights body
11 Oct 2023
12.4k
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Airstrikes
Israel's Defence Minister orders 'complete siege' of Gaza, says 'we are fighting animals'
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9 Oct 2023
72.8k
On Tour
President Higgins starts month of travel in Portugal, with climate change high on agenda
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6 Oct 2023
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