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31.01.2026 14:50 Israel says it will reopen the crucial Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt over the weekend after months of urging from the UN, humanitarian organizations and ordinary Palestinians — but only for the "limited movement of people."

31.01.2026 14:50 Nearly 25,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem alone over the past year, amid increasing Israeli army's attacks and settler violence.

31.01.2026 14:50 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today welcomed ongoing preparatory talks toward an international treaty on crimes against humanity.

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31.01.2026 14:50 The International Organization for Migration is responding to an alarming level of renewed insecurity in eastern Yemen that has forced new waves of families to flee their homes. Many have arrived in Ma'rib Governorate, where severe shortages of shelter, clean water, and essential services are putting newly displaced communities at immediate risk.

31.01.2026 14:50 The European Union follows with concern the escalating security situation in South Sudan especially in Jonglei State and calls on all parties to return to the terms of the 2018 peace agreement. An immediate ceasefire is the only guarantee for peace and stability in South Sudan.

31.01.2026 14:50 Reaching a single child in Sudan's Darfur region can take days of negotiations, security clearances and travel across sandy roads that cut through shifting frontlines, UNICEF warned Friday - as children live "on the brink" of survival.

31.01.2026 14:50 This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Sudan Chief of Communication Eva Hinds - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

31.01.2026 14:50 The Security Council today renewed the United Nations peacekeeping presence in Cyprus for another year, welcomed the intensification of dialogue in 2025 and called upon the sides and all parties to engage actively with the Secretary-General and his team.

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31.01.2026 14:50 The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the mainly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces , urging all parties to seize the moment to protect civilians and prevent further violations in the country's northeast.

31.01.2026 14:50 The United Nations World Food Programme is scaling up to deliver life-saving food assistance to reach 450,000 people affected by the country's worst flooding in decades - just months after Mozambicans recovered from the worst drought in its recent history. The agency urgently requires USD 32 million for the next three months to deliver vital food and nutritional support to families reeling from

31.01.2026 14:50 A quick drive southeast of the embattled Ukrainian city of Kupyansk, on the opposite banks of the Oskil River, is the smaller, similarly named town of Kupyansk-Vuzloviy.