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27 Dec

Israel expands ground offensive in central Gaza, UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis

Jerusalem, Dec 27, Israel has declared the expansion of its ground offensive in the central Gaza Strip, as the United Nations warned that the escalation of attacks is exacerbating a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. Israel previously urged the residents of Gaza to move from the northern region to the central and southern regions, which it claimed as "safe zones". However, the Israeli forces later expanded their strikes across the strip, including the central and southern parts, Xinhua news agency reported. In a statement on Tuesday, UN Human Rights Office's spokesperson Seif Magango reported that more than…

12 Apr

2+2 focuses on meeting food shortage fallout from Ukraine invasion

New York: While differences on the degree of reaction to Russia's invasion remained, India and the US focused at their dialogue of diplomatic and defence leaders on meeting what could turn out to be its catastrophic fallout: Food shortages affecting the poorest countries. "An equally big worry which is emerging is of food security," External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday at a news conference after the 2+2 meeting."There are concerns across geographies of societies who are importing wheat or sugar or other foodstuff out of the conflict region", he said. "Our countries are working together to try to bring…