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Eurovision bosses to consider if Israel should take part amid boycott threats

Eurovision bosses to consider if Israel should take part amid boycott threats

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - National broadcasters behind the Eurovision Song Contest meet on Thursday to discuss whether Israel...

05.12.2025 1

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Eurovision faces major test as countries weigh Israel's participation

Eurovision faces major test as countries weigh Israel's participation

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest faces a "watershed moment" on Thursday when members of the body that...

03.12.2025 3

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Landmine casualties hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty

Landmine casualties hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by...

02.12.2025 4

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Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel controversy

Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel controversy

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced on Friday changes to voting rules to avoid state...

23.11.2025 2

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Food supply improving in Gaza since truce but long way to go, says UN

Food supply improving in Gaza since truce but long way to go, says UN

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -More food supplies are getting into Gaza since the October ceasefire but are still falling short of huge...

22.11.2025 3

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UN Human Rights Council begins emergency session on Sudan

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -A special session on the situation in al-Fashir, Sudan, opened on Friday at the U.N. Human Rights Council in...

15.11.2025 4

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UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -UNICEF said on Tuesday essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula...

12.11.2025 2

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Nearly 100 people abducted or disappeared in Syria since January, says UN

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Nearly 100 people have been recorded as abducted or disappeared in Syria since the start of the year, with...

08.11.2025 20

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Israel seeks to make Gaza City unliveable, says UN expert Francesca Albanese

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights, Francesca Albanese, said Israel was trying to make Gaza City...

16.09.2025 5

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Funding urgently needed as thousands homeless after Afghanistan quake, says UN

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Urgent funding is needed to scale up life-saving support for families forced to sleep outdoors following...

12.09.2025 5

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Evacuation of Gaza City would be unsafe and unfeasible, says head of Red Cross

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the Red Cross warned on Saturday that it would be impossible to keep people safe during a mass...

31.08.2025 2

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Modest food aid increase not enough to stop starvation in Gaza, says World Food Programme chief

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -More food aid is reaching Gaza but it still remains far from enough to prevent widespread starvation, the head...

29.08.2025 2

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Hospitals in Syria's Sweida struggling after sectarian clashes, WHO says

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Sweida is overwhelmed with trauma patients and working...

26.07.2025 6

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No aid supplies left and staff are starving in Gaza, says Norwegian Refugee Council

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The Norwegian Refugee Council told Reuters on Tuesday its aid stocks are completely depleted in Gaza, with...

23.07.2025 4

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UN Palestinian refugee staff and doctors fainting from hunger in Gaza, says UNRWA

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Agency said on Tuesday that its staff, as well as doctors and...

23.07.2025 3

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Head of UN rights office urges accountability for killings in Syria's Sweida

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the United Nations human rights office called on Friday for Syria's interim authorities to ensure...

19.07.2025 3

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UN refugee agency concerned about impact of Sweida hostilities on aid operations

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern on Friday about the impact of hostilities in Syria's...

19.07.2025 2

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Israel demands UN scrap investigation body for Palestinian territories

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Israel has demanded the U.N. Human Rights Council scrap a commission investigating rights violations in the...

18.07.2025 4

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