Archive for February 4th, 2025

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04/02/2025

A Potential New Battle: UN vs US over Greenland and the Panama Canal

Human Wrongs Watch

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4 2025 (IPS)* – US President Donald Trump’s ominous threat to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland sets the stage for a new political battle with the United Nations.
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In Greenland, the melting of ice sheets is accelerating. Credit: WMO/Karolin Eichier / UN News

But judging by UN’s track record of failures—including the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine — the world body may lose again while battling a veto-wielding superpower.

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04/02/2025

West Bank: People in Jenin Refugee Camp “Have Endured the Impossible,” Facing Unceasing and Escalating Violence

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West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA

A child plays in front of his destroyed home in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank.
© UNRWA/Kazem Abu-Khalaf | A child plays in front of his destroyed home in the Jenin refugee camp, West Bank.

(UN News)* — Escalating hostilities in the occupied West Bank are putting the fragile ceasefire in Gaza at risk, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned in a statement on Monday [].

It comes a day after Israeli Security Forces (ISF) carried out a series of controlled detonations at the Jenin refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank, destroying large areas there “in a split second”.

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04/02/2025

Eastern DR Congo: Increasing Risk of Mpox Transmission: World Health Organization

Human Wrongs Watch

By Vibhu Mishr

(UN News)* — The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment centres, increasing the risk of transmission, the UN health agency (WHO) warned on Monday [].

Internally displaced persons (IPDs) sheltering at a camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UN News | Internally displaced persons (IPDs) sheltering at a camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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