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People who have fled their homes in the conflict are living in tents in Beirut city centre.

Hundreds feared dead in Lebanon strikes

The United Nations has strongly condemned airstrikes by the Israeli military across Lebanon on Wednesday which have resulted in significant casualties and destruction.  
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A satellite image shows the Strait of Hormuz. (far right)

Iran ceasefire raises hopes for reopening key Strait of Hormuz

Shaun Hughes (left), WFP Country Director for Palestine, walks amid massive destruction in Gaza.

Over 1,000 humanitarians have been killed in three years, Security Council hears

Photos of victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

‘Entire families brutally erased’: Remembering the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

The Busher nuclear power plant in Iran. (file photo)

UN nuclear agency chief ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of latest attack on Iran power plant

Women are more likely to have their pain dismissed, their symptoms misread, and their conditions diagnosed too late. This is the result of a medical system that was not designed with women in mind.

From misdiagnosis to medical bias: Why women are living longer but not better

Families returning to Khartoum face the mounting task of rebuilding their lives and livelihoods amid damaged homes and limited access to basic services (file).

World News in Brief: ‘Skyrocketing’ needs outpace Sudan funding, Ukraine strikes update, global water security

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