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The Latest | A Rafah incursion would put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk, UN aid agency says

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The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if ...

Pentagon is building the Gaza pier to deliver food, humanitarian aid

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American military forces are building two floating platforms off the Gaza coast as a temporary port for delivering as many ...

Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress

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BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a ...

Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?

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Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, ...

ICJ will rule on Nicaragua’s ask for halt on German weapons sales to Israel

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N. court rejected on Tuesday a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to ...

A US-led effort to bring aid to Gaza by sea is moving forward, but concerns remain

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The construction of a new port in Gaza and an accompanying U.S. military-built pier offshore are underway, ...

Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new ...

UN calls for investigation into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals

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United Nations leaders demanded a “clear, transparent and credible” investigation Tuesday after mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of ...

Review of UNWRA finds Israel did not express concern about staff

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel ...

Israel reportedly failed to prove claims against UN agency

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Blinken: G7 condemns Iran attack on Israel Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the “unprecedented” attack on Israel by Iran ...