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In a press briefing, the UN tallied 2,439 deaths since January, with 5,000 people displaced since last weekend.

Milei assured the International Monetary Fund that Argentina would not default on its debts if he is elected, aide says.

GENEVA: A United Nations agency has suspended services at the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to protest against the presence of armed fighters around its schools and other facilities within the area. Deadly clashes broke out at the Ain el-Hilweh camp last month after Islamist gunmen tried to assassinate Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of Palestinian political faction Fatah, forcing hundreds to flee.

The Category 4 hurricane is anticipated to make landfall in the Mexican state of Baja California before moving north.

Quran-burnings have sparked angry protests in Muslim countries, attacks on Swedish diplomatic missions and threats.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held meetings with his Saudi counterpart on Thursday.

DUBAI: More than four million Yemenis will receive less food assistance as a result of funding shortages, compounding one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, the UN’s food agency warned Friday. The World Food Programme said “a deeper funding crisis for its Yemen operations from the end of September onward... will force WFP to make difficult decisions about further cuts to our food assistance programs across the country in the coming months.”