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21.02.2024 15:32 At least 14 civilians have sustained injuries when Israeli warplanes hit multiple targets in Lebanon's southern town of Ghazieh with air-to-surface missiles, according to Lebanese military sources.

21.02.2024 15:32 The UN's top relief official on Tuesday released $100 million from the Organization's core humanitarian emergency fund to support underfunded aid operations in seven countries in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.

21.02.2024 15:32 The Chinese People's Liberation Army on Monday monitored a Philippines-rallied joint air patrol in the South China Sea, which experts said on Tuesday was a political show aimed at China but had little military significance.

21.02.2024 15:32 China has rebuked the Philippines for its unfriendly maneuvers in the South China Sea, saying Manila "stirs up trouble" by holding joint air patrols with "extraterritorial countries".

21.02.2024 15:32 The Taliban boycotted a United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan, the first time the extremist group was invited to participate in a major international event since it seized power in 2021.

21.02.2024 15:32 China's special envoy on Afghan affairs Yue Xiaoyong once again urged the US to unfreeze the $7 billion Washington holds of Afghanistan's overseas assets and lift its unilateral sanctions. In an interview with the Global Times on Tuesday, Yue emphasized that Washington's aid plan for Afghanistan only scratches the surface and he urged the US to stop avoiding the real challenges facing Afghanistan.

21.02.2024 15:32 Rwanda has said that it questions "the ability of the United States to serve as a credible mediator in the Great Lakes Region."

21.02.2024 15:32 The Sudanese Army has made its first major advance in 10 months of war with the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , regaining control of part of the key city of Omdurman.

21.02.2024 15:32 The U.N. Security Council designated six individuals for sanctions Tuesday for their destabilizing activities in Congo, where violence has escalated in the east this year, intensifying an already dire humanitarian situation.

21.02.2024 15:32 Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Thomas Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on DRC.

21.02.2024 15:32 The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the humanitarian community have launched an appeal for US$ 2.6 billion to fund the country's 2024 humanitarian response plan. The funds are aimed at providing life-saving assistance and protection to 8.7 million people in need.

21.02.2024 15:32 Amid persistently high humanitarian needs in West and Central Africa, the United Nations World Food Programme is calling on governments and partners to safeguard resilience-building programmes that help crisis-affected communities withstand shocks and meet their own food and nutrition needs. This will prevent a reversal of hard-won development gains in the region and help reduce humanitarian needs over time.

21.02.2024 15:32 The Government of Papua New Guinea must effectively address escalating tribal violence, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.

21.02.2024 15:32 Vietnam has indicted former police chief Do Huu Ca, who was a key figure in a violent forced eviction 12 years ago, on five different charges related to bribery, state media reported Tuesday.

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