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Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, UN says

The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the Central African Republic, Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan.

USA Today · 1d

UN chief puts Israel, Russia 'on notice' over conflict-related sexual violence accusations

Guterres has significant concerns about patterns of certain forms of sexual violence by armed and security forces, according to a report seen by Reuters.

The Jerusalem Post on MSN · 1d

UN to blacklist Hamas for conflict-related sexual violence committed on Oct. 7, towards hostages

A major player in these efforts that coalesced the evidence and built a pattern model was the Dinah Project, a group of legal and gender experts.

Kim Jong-un, North Korea and South

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister turns up the volume on loudspeaker standoff with South Korea

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed South Korean claims the North is removing some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, mocking the government in Seoul for clinging to hopes of renewed diplomacy between the war-divided rivals.

Reuters · 1d

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister rebuffs South Korea peace overtures

The North Korean leader's powerful sister Kim Yo Jong said peace overtures being made by South Korea's new liberal government were "deception" and denied Pyongyang had taken reciprocal action, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday.

Yahoo · 17h

Peace with South Korea a ‘pipe dream’ says Kim’s sister

South Korea’s peace overtures are a “pipe dream”, the powerful sister of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has warned, in comments mocking Seoul for its recent attempts to ease hostilities.

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First Nations advocates disappointed as UN working group on enforced disappearances postpones visit

A United Nations body that investigates cases of enforced disappearance is postponing a visit to Canada due to a lack of ...

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UN condemns targeted Israeli attack that killed four Al Jazeera journalists

Sharif, accusing him of leading a Hamas cell, which he had denied. Israel provided little evidence for the claim.

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War crimes likely committed in Syria's coastal massacres, UN commission says

War crimes were likely committed by interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during ...

AFP on MSN10h

UN warns Russia, Israel of conflict sex crimes listing risk

The United Nations warned Israel and Russia on Thursday that their militaries faced being listed as parties suspected of ...

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Israel says UN chief warned it could be listed in upcoming sexual violence report

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel about potentially listing the country’s armed forces in ...

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War crimes likely committed by both sides in Syria sectarian violence, UN commission says

War crimes were likely committed by members of interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former ...

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UN rejects plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group for a rival government amid civil war

The U.N. Security Council has rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it ...

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UN Plastic Treaty Talks Fall Apart

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LIVE: Gaza hunger ‘catastrophic’, says UN, as four die from Israel’s famine

Gaza’s Health Ministry has recorded four more hunger-related deaths over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of ...