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25.12.2025 14:50 More than 72 000 farming and herding families in the West Bank - nearly two-thirds of all agricultural families - urgently require emergency agricultural assistance, according to a new survey published today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations .

25.12.2025 14:50 The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today called on all States Parties to take concrete action following its conclusions in a case brought by the State of Palestine against Israel, and urged them to support the implementation of its recommendations, including through appropriate sanctions against individuals, groups or entities inciting segregation or racially motivated violence.

25.12.2025 14:50 A group of 14 countries has issued a joint statement, strongly condemning Israel's decision to establish new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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25.12.2025 14:50 Iran has welcomed an agreement reached between Yemeni parties on a prisoner exchange, describing the move as an important humanitarian step.

25.12.2025 14:50 The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the deal between the Ansarullah-led Yemeni government and the Saudi-backed secessionists on a prisoner swap that includes nearly 3,000 people in total, expressing hope that the step would help restore peace and stability across Yemen.

25.12.2025 14:50 The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has issued a statement welcoming the prisoner and detainee exchange agreement reached in Muscat, Oman, on December 23, 2025

25.12.2025 14:50 With Central Africans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional and long-delayed municipal elections this weekend, the United Nations has appealed for calm and restraint, warning that the credibility of the process will be critical to consolidating peace after years of conflict and instability.

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25.12.2025 14:50 Russian forces launched one of their largest drone assaults in weeks overnight, striking multiple regions across Ukraine and inflicting more damage to the country's energy network.

25.12.2025 14:50 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kiev and Washington have reached a "general consensus" on parts of a US-backed framework aimed at ending the nearly four-year war with Russia, while acknowledging that the most critical issues remain unresolved.

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25.12.2025 14:50 Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the Russian president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, has reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the results of his trip to the US, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.