Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Yemen civilian deaths double since UN monitors removed: NGO

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DUBAI – Civilian deaths and injuries in Yemen’s civil war have almost doubled since UN human rights monitors were controversially removed in October, a non-governmental organisation said on Thursday. The ejection of monitors had opened the door to “unchecked, horrific violations”, the Norwegian Refugee Council said, urging their reinstatement. It said 823 civilians were killed … Read more

UN ‘deeply concerned’ about civilians trapped by fighting in Afghanistan 

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UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is ‘deeply concerned’ about the safety and protection of tens of thousands of people in Lashkar Gah, capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, who could be trapped by fighting between government forces and the Taliban, according to a UN spokesman. Taliban fighters have moved in on three provincial capitals in the … Read more