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A woman carries the body of a newborn killed in an attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office

The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces – bringing the total killed overall to 247 since the war began – should shock the world into action, the UN human rights…
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Damaged buildings in a town in the Donetsk region. (file)

World News in Brief: More deaths in Ukraine, lengthy detentions in Egypt, AI governance, US postal tariffs

A 76-year-old woman from Myanmar travelled alone to Thailand and works as a shrimp peeler in Rangong. (file)

Thailand grants work rights to long-term refugees from Myanmar, UN welcomes resolution

Women use a water pump provided by UNICEF in a village in Sindh province, Pakistan.

One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, has been hit several times by Israeli airstrikes since October 2023. (file)

Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital

Girls walking home after fetching water, in Itang Woreda, in the Gambela region of Ethiopia..

Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight

Dr Thierno Baldé (back to camera) at a health facility where WHO supported the deployment of an emergency medical team in Goma.

DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma

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