Category: 1. Palestine

Up to 45 percent of nearly 10,000 sexual violence cases reported in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved children, according to the UNICEF.

The United Nations has condemned the widespread rape and sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported in the first two months of this year amid heightened tensions between the M23 armed group and government forces.

Spokesperson for the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF, James…

Beijing to challenge Washington before the WTO, saying the Trump administration to blame for the global economic ‘turbulence’.

China has announced it would raise tariffs on all United States goods to 125 percent, further deepening a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

“The US’s imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international trade rules, basic economic laws and common sense,” Beijing’s State Council Tariff Commission said in a…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned that Gaza is facing the longest disruption of aid since the genocide began. Nearly 400,000 Palestinians have been displaced after Israel resumed its assault last month.

UNRWA said Israel’s ending of the ceasefire in March triggered a mass wave of displacement. It also said aid and supply deliveries remain completely blocked. The agency called for an immediate ceasefire and free entry of humanitarian…

The Myanmar army has carried out over 120 attacks after the deadly March 28 earthquake, with more than half of them after the warring sides declared a temporary ceasefire in the civil war on April 2, the UN rights office says.

The United Nations rights office has denounced Myanmar’s governing military for breaching the temporary truce in the civil war that was declared by warring sides last month following a deadly earthquake.

Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for…