number of civilian deaths in armed conflict soared by 72%.""Horrifyingly, the data indicates that the proportion of women killed in 2023 doubled and that of children tripled, compared to the year prior," he said.In theGaza Strip, Turk said he was "appalled by the disregard for internati...
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Drones have had a profound impact in theatres of war for decades, causing lethal outcomes for combatants and non‐combatants alike. The US‐led 'war on terror' in regions like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen has seen drone strikes causing tens of thousands of deaths, including many civilians....
Perhaps the most shocking revelation from this mountain of secret documents is that many more Iraqi civilians have been killed in the course of the seven-year war than previously recorded. Out of some 110,000 deaths reported in Iraq, some 66,000 of those victims have turned out to be ...
Turk also pointed to a range of other conflicts, including inUkraine, theDemocratic epublic of CongoandSyria. And inSudan, in the grips of a more thanyear-long civil war, he warned the country "is being destroyed in front of our eyes by two warring parties and affiliated groups ... (...
Turk also pointed to a range of other conflicts, including inUkraine, theDemocratic epublic of CongoandSyria. And inSudan, in the grips of a more thanyear-long civil war, he warned the country "is being destroyed in front of our eyes by two warring parties and affilia...
• Hill Fire: A second Southern California blaze has burned 4,531 acres and was 96% contained as of Wednesday morning. • Death toll: There have been 58 deaths statewide. • A devastating week for the Golden State: More than 230,000 acres burned in California in the past week. ...
As of 18:35 Moscow time on January 17, as many as 93,194,922 novel coronavirus cases and 2,014,729 coronavirus-associated deaths were registered across the globe. The number of confirmed cases grew by 683,378 in the past 24 hours and the number of fatalities increased by 12,893. ...
“We had 34 deaths in the last 24 hours in not a very large county, so South Texas is just getting hit incredibly hard,” Hotez said Tuesday on CNN. “The hospitals are overwhelmed.” He said many of the Hidalgo County victims are poor, Hispanic, working in jobs deemed essential and...