Christiane Tager, 07/09 09:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Cocaine prices are falling, but the risks are rising. In Lebanon, as elsewhere, a gram has never been cheaper. It may seem like a “good deal,” but behind the low price lies a harsh reality: regulated use, a growing number of addicts and mounting health risks. Cocaine, or “coke” to regular users, is circulating more freely than ever. ...
This is Beirut, 05/09 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The World Health Organization chief on Friday urged Israel to stop the "catastrophe" of people starving to death in Gaza, saying at least 370 people have died from malnutrition since the war began. "This is a catastrophe that Israel could have prevented, and could stop at any time," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told ...
This is Beirut, 05/09 16:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan has committed numerous crimes against humanity in Sudan's civil war, in particular in its siege of El-Fasher in western Darfur, UN investigators said Friday. The United Nations' fact-finding mission for Sudan also found evidence of war crimes by both sides in the conflict between the regular ...
This is Beirut, 04/09 14:01 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Afghanistan Pakistan earthquake Survivors
Rescue teams struggled Wednesday to reach survivors days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan left more than 1,400 people dead, as access to remote areas remained obstructed. A magnitude-6.0 shallow earthquake hit the mountainous region bordering Pakistan late Sunday, collapsing mud-brick homes on families as they slept. Fearful of ...
This is Beirut, 03/09 18:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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During a short visit to Beirut, a high-level delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met with Lebanese leaders and international partners to strengthen cooperation and support projects aimed at transforming the country’s agricultural sector. Talks with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Minister of ...
This is Beirut, 03/09 14:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023, a United Nations committee said Wednesday. Around 40,500 children have suffered "new war-related injuries" in the nearly two years since the war erupted, with more than half of them left disabled, said the UN Committee on the ...
This is Beirut, 03/09 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations Afghanistan Earthquake Survivor
Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend's powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as emergency services struggled to reach remote villages. A magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit the mountainous region bordering Pakistan on Sunday, leaving residents huddled in the open air for fear of powerful ...
This is Beirut, 03/09 08:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France on Wednesday “strongly condemned” the Israeli attack against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), stressing that the protection of peacekeepers must be ensured. Paris “reiterates that the protection of peacekeepers, as well as the safety of United Nations personnel, property, and premises, must be ...
This is Beirut, 02/09 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations Syria Lebanon Refugees
Since the beginning of 2025, nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have left Lebanon to return to their homeland, Kelly T. Clements, Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at the UNHCR, told AFP on Monday. Most of these returns have been carried out individually, though some have been organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs in coordination ...
This is Beirut, 02/09 10:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations Sudan Darfur Landslide
A massive landslide in Sudan's western Darfur region has flattened an entire mountain village and killed more than 1,000 people, a rebel group said, leaving only one survivor. The disaster struck Sunday after days of heavy rain, devastating the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra area, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM), led by ...
This is Beirut, 02/09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Nations Niña Heat Temperature WMO
The cooling La Niña weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, temperatures are nonetheless expected to be above average, the United Nations said Tuesday. La Niña is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. It brings ...
Soumia Benmerzoug, 01/09 20:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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On August 28, the UN Security Council voted to end the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on December 31, 2026. After nearly half a century of presence in southern Lebanon, the 10,000 peacekeepers will be required to withdraw in 2027. The operation will be complex – logistically, militarily and diplomatically. How ...