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Zelenskyy sensationally predicts Putin ‘will die soon’

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stunningly predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will die soon as his health is deteriorating. 

Zelenskyy made the sensational prediction in an interview Wednesday, when the Ukrainian leader also called on the U.S. not to bring Russia in from the global political wilderness amid ongoing peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.  

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«He will die soon, that is a fact, and everything will be over,» Zelenskyy told Eurovision News in Paris, according to a partial translation of the interview by the Kyiv Independent. 

Putin hopes to «remain in power until his death,» Zelenskyy said, adding that the Russian leader seeks «a direct confrontation with the West,» per the outlet. 

Speculation has swirled in recent years about President Vladimir Putin’s health, with rumors of his declining well-being gaining momentum since Russia invaded Ukraine. (Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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Zelenskyy did not appear to go into detail as to why he thinks the 72-year-old Russian strongman may be nearing the end.

Speculation has swirled in recent years about Putin’s health, with rumors of his declining well-being gaining momentum since Russia invaded Ukraine. However, the Kremlin has been quick to shut down such rumors, denying reports several times last year amid no concrete evidence backing up claims of Putin’s alleged ill health.

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In October, Putin showcased what seemed to be intravenous (IV) track marks on his hands while meeting with soldiers, sparking rumors he was undergoing cancer treatment. The origin of the marks was unclear. 

Rumors have also swirled about Putin suffering strokes and Parkinson’s disease. 

Zelenskyy’s comments come amid delegations from Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday agreeing to a ceasefire on energy infrastructure attacks and hostilities in the Black Sea following talks with Trump administration officials in Saudi Arabia.

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The Kremlin said a Black Sea ceasefire will only be implemented with the removal of Western sanctions on Russia’s Rosselkhozbank — which reportedly services agriculture firms — and when access to the international banking system is restored, according to a report by Reuters.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sensationally predicted that Russian President Vladimir Putin will die soon as his health is deteriorating. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

During Zelenskyy’s interview, the Ukrainian leader pleaded with the U.S. to not cave to the Kremlin’s demands during ongoing peace and ceasefire negotiations. The U.S. has agreed to expand Russia’s access to global markets.

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«It is very important that America does not help Putin to get out of this global isolation now,» Zelenskyy said.

«I believe that this is dangerous. This is one of the most dangerous moments.»

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President Donald Trump is pictured with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Mystyslav Chernov)

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On Thursday, Zelenskyy met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a summit in Paris of some 30 nations about how to strengthen Kyiv’s hand and its military as it pushes for a ceasefire with Russia. Proposals to deploy European troops in the country in tandem with any peace deal are also being discussed.

Putin has served as president of Russia since 2012, having previously served in the role from 2000 to 2008. The former KGB foreign intelligence officer also served as prime minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.

Fox News’ Haley Chi-Sing, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Donald Trump acusó a Gustavo Petro de ser un líder narco y suspendió toda ayuda financiera a Colombia

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El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, acusó este domingo a su homólogo colombiano, Gustavo Prieto, de ser “un líder del narcotráfico” y anunció el fin de la ayuda financiera a Colombia por su supuesta inacción en la lucha contra este flagelo.

“El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro es un líder del narcotráfico que incentiva la producción masiva de drogas, tanto en campos grandes como pequeños, por toda Colombia. Se ha convertido, con diferencia, en el mayor negocio de Colombia, y Petro no hace nada para detenerlo, a pesar de los pagos y subsidios a gran escala de EE.UU.”, indicó Trump en Truth Social.

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La acusación coincidió con el anuncio de un nuevo ataque estadounidense a una embarcación supuestamente de narcotraficantes en el Caribe y que el Pentágono vinculó al Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) de Colombia.

“A partir de hoy, estos pagos, o cualquier otra forma de pago o subsidio, dejarán de hacerse a Colombia. El propósito de esta producción de drogas es la venta masiva de productos a Estados Unidos, causando muerte, destrucción y estragos”, añadió el mandatario estadounidense.

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Además, amenazó con que si Petro no cerraba “estos campos de exterminio de inmediato”, Estados Unidos “se los cerrará”.

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El mandatario colombiano reaccionó en X y aseguró que su par estadounidense “está engañado” por sus asesores.

“Le recomiendo a Trump leer bien a Colombia y determinar en qué parte están los narcos y en qué parte están los demócratas”, añadió.

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El presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro (Foto: REUTERS/Yves Herman)

Washington retiró el mes pasado a Colombia la condición de país aliado en la lucha contra el narcotráfico. Se trata de una certificación por la que recibía cientos de millones de dólares de Estados Unidos.

Colombia es el país sudamericano que más ayuda financiera recibe de Washington, según datos del gobierno estadounidense, con más de 740 millones de dólares desembolsados en 2023, el último año del que se dispone de información completa.

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La mitad de estos pagos se destina a la lucha contra las drogas. El resto apoya programas humanitarios y alimentarios.

“Yo respeto la historia, la cultura y los pueblos de los EEUU. No son enemigos míos (…) El problema es con Trump, no con los EEUU”, dijo Petro.

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Esta decisión se produce además en medio del “conflicto armado” que Estados Unidos declaró recientemente contra el narcotráfico, y que incluyó el bombardeo de hasta seis supuestas embarcaciones de narcotraficantes en el mar Caribe.

El despliegue de Estados Unidos en el Caribe, que comenzó en agosto bajo la justificación de combatir el narcotráfico cerca de las costas de Venezuela, incluye el empleo de aviones y naves por parte del país norteamericano.

Sin embargo, causó una tensión creciente entre Washington y el Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro, que ve la operación como el preludio de un posible ataque contra el país.

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Nuevo ataque en el Caribe

La acusación se conoció en momentos en que Estados Unidos llevó a cabo otro ataque contra una embarcación presuntamente cargada de drogas en aguas internacionales, en el que murieron tres “narcoterroristas”, dijo el secretario de Defensa estadounidense, Pete Hegseth.

El ataque, perpetrado el viernes, tuvo como objetivo una embarcación afiliada a la guerrilla colombiana ELN que “navegaba por una ruta conocida de narcotráfico y transportaba cantidades sustanciales de narcóticos”, dijo Hegseth en X.

No especificó dónde se produjo el ataque, pero indicó que la embarcación operaba en una zona supervisada por el Comando Sur, que opera las operaciones militares estadounidenses en Latinoamérica.

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Este es el último ataque estadounidense conocido desde que en agosto Washington desplegara buques de guerra en aguas internacionales del Caribe con el argumento de frenar el tráfico de drogas hacia Estados Unidos.

(Con información de AFP y EFE)

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Anti-Israel radicals from ‘global intifada’ movement join ‘No Kings’ protests

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New York City organizers embedded in the global intifada to destroy the state of Israel moved Friday to join the controversial «No Kings» protests planned for today, despite the peace deal reached between Israel and Hamas.

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«UAW Labor for Palestine» and «NYC Labor for Palestine» quietly posted a call-to-action for the «Palestine Labor Solidarity Contingent» to meet Saturday at 11 a.m. at Duarte Square between Grand Street and Canal Street in lower Manhattan and then flow into the #NoKings protests planned to protest President Donald Trump.

They’re not alone. Around the country, anti-Israel blocs are slotting themselves into the «No Kings» protests as a «Palestine Contingent» and «Socialist Contingent,» positioning their messages «front and center,» as Seattle activists put it, «from Providence to Palestine.»

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Washington, Aug. 16 — Protesters gathered in Dupont Circle and marched to the White House to oppose President Donald Trump’s federalization of the Washington police department and the deployment of federal agencies and the National Guard. (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead) (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead)

The alignment underscores a strategic pivot in the global intifada’s next phase, experts say, carrying the anti-Israel message into any high-energy civic protest, even after Hamas agreed to a ceasefire by linking «Free Palestine» to domestic fights like ICE, police and «fascism.»

Billionaire donor George Soros is reportedly funding many of the organizations leading the «No Kings» protests, like Indivisible, whose co-founders, Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, received a $3 million two-year grant last year from Soros’s Open Society Foundations for «social welfare activities.» Details about the «Palestine Contingent» weaving into the «No Kings» protests raises new questions about the way big Democratic donors like Soros are funneling nonprofit dollars into a professional protest industry that is fractious, divisive and partisan, potentially in violation of tax and nonprofit laws.

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‘NO KINGS’ MOVEMENT AND WHAT IT WANTS: INSIDE THE MESSAGE DRIVING SATURDAY’S NATIONWIDE PROTESTS

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Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate in NYC on Oct. 5, 2024, ahead of the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)

Behind the emotion and patriotic imagery of the protests, a Fox News Digital investigation revealed that the movement’s polished «pro-democracy» branding masks a coordinated network of Democratic tax-exempt nonprofits and labor unions, political action committees, coalitions and for-profit protest consultants that include some of the most virulent activists against Israel, including self-declared socialist groups like the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America and Students for a Democratic Society. 

According to a public database of the protest’s organizers, compiled by the Pearl Project, a journalism initiative, the protest’s «partners» include 265 mostly nonprofit organizations, including some anti-Israel groups, like Jewish Voice for Peace, exploiting their nonprofit benefits to wage a political war against the sitting president. Their nonprofit status shields them from paying taxes on most of their total annual revenues of $2.9 billion, even while they engage in partisan work they aren’t supposed to be doing. Critics say they are allegedly skirting, if not violating, tax and nonprofit laws. Event organizers didn’t return requests for comment.

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«They call it ‘No Kings,’ but what they’ve built is an empire of tax-exempt organizations doing the Democratic Party’s work on the taxpayer’s dime,» said Jennica Pounds, a computer scientist who runs a platform, DataRepublican.com, following the money on these organizations. «They are using every excuse in the book, from immigration to Israel, to rage-bait America. There is nothing ‘charitable’ about their professional protest enterprise, and they should be investigated for fomenting so much hate in America behind the shield of ‘charity work.’» 

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People march during a «No Kings» movement protest in Los Angeles, California, on June 14, amid ongoing demonstrations against a series of federal immigration raids. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Already, Trump has said that he has directed the Justice Department to investigate possible violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has opened an investigation that follows the money to anti-Israel groups, including some of the groups who will be bringing their protest signs to the «No Kings» demonstrations. 

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital, «The Trump administration and the Republican Congress are committed to countering this network of left-wing violence.»

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Last week, House Speaker Mike Johnson called the protests a «hate America rally.» Indeed, on June 14, at the «No Kings» protest in Philadelphia, activists from the «Palestinian Contingent,» including activists from the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Democratic Socialists of America, hissed as a woman sang the national anthem. 

«Booooo! Boooooo!» they yelled, covering their faces in keffiyehs, carrying Palestinian flags and heckling bystanders, «Zionist!» 

Pro-Palestine protestors wave flags throughout midtown Manhattan in New York City

Pro-Palestine protestors wave flags throughout midtown Manhattan in New York City on Friday, November 17, 2023. The demonstrators marched through the city to demand a ceasefire from Israeli troops within Gaza. (Stephen Yang for Fox News Digital)

While organizers insist the movement transcends party lines, its structure tells a different story. 

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The protest network’s official «partners» include 24 Democratic political action committees that make no secret of their partisan agenda, dedicated to electing Democratic politicians. Among them are the mega-organizing groups Indivisible ActionHollywood Democrats and the Democratic National Committee’s Washtenaw County Democratic Party in Michigan, Westside Democratic Headquarters in Los Angeles, Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club in northern California, 504 Democratic Club and College Democrats of America.

«They call it ‘No Kings,’ but what they’ve built is an empire of tax-exempt organizations doing the Democratic Party’s work on the taxpayer’s dime.»  — Jennica Pounds, of DataRepublican.com

The motto of Field Team 6, another political action committee, is «Register Democrats. Save the World.» However, those PACs are just one layer of a much larger partisan infrastructure. 

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About one-third, or 79 groups, behind the «No Kings» protests hold 501(c)(3) status, meaning their donors receive tax deductions while the groups face strict restrictions to do «charitable» work, not political work. They are supposed to be nonpartisan. Yet most have clearly stated political agendas. 

On its donation page, one of the protest partners, «Build the Resistance,» states a partisan mission to «fight against autocracy, fascism, and donald [sic].» Donations go to Oil and Gas Action Network, a 501(c)(3) that reported $1.9 million in revenues in its last tax filing.

Another 100 are 501(c)(4) political nonprofits that may do limited lobbying but still cannot devote themselves primarily to political work. Meanwhile, 24 are 501(c)(5) labor union nonprofits, like the labor unions marching against Israel in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area, that also have limits on the amount of political work they can do.

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«No Kings» protests against the Trump administration are expected to be held in cities nationwide on Oct. 18, 2025.  (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s clear that the protests are all about politics. The protest’s own internal online «toolkit» mentions Trump 12 times and describes the mobilization explicitly as a direct stand against «the Trump administration,» «Trump and his enablers,» «President Trump’s authoritarian takeover» in a partisan-centered campaign.

In Rhode Island, the «Free Palestine Contingent» activists will march «FROM PROVIDENCE TO PALESTINE» to «FIGHT FASCISM! FIGHT GENOCIDE.» It connects the battles against ICE law enforcement officers and the battles of Palestinians, noting, «Military occupations and ICE violence are wreaking havoc in Black and brown communities in D.C., L.A., Chicago — and here in Providence. On the streets of U.S. cities, the same weapons and surveillance technologies the Israeli military has used to devastate Gaza are being used in escalated ways against us. What we allow fascists to do in Palestine, they will do to the entire world — and it is our duty to resist them and fight for a free Palestine.

In northern California, activists at «Bay Area Labor 4 Palestine» and Service Employees International Union Local 1021 announced yesterday, «The fight for a liberated Palestine is not over and cannot be ignored,» over a graphic for the «No Kings» protest. They instructed followers to «Bring flags, signs, keffiyehs and art» to the «No Kings» march in Oakland, Calif., at Wilma Chan Park off Jackson Street. 

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In New York City, the «Palestine Labor Solidarity Contingent» said its message would be very specific: «STOP ARMING ISRAEL! FUND OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT GENOCIDE & OCCUPATION! END ICE, MILITARY & POLICE TERROR…HANDS OF VENEZUELA!»

Anti-Trump "No Kings" Protests Pop Up Across The Country

People march in the «No Kings» protest along Fifth Avenue on June 14, 2025, in New York, New York.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Across the country, in Washington state, activists from «Seattle Against War» yesterday celebrated local organizers adding an anti-Israel activist, Tariq Ra’ouf, to the official #NoKings speaker lineup, noting it will be a «great opportunity for us to support the demands of Palestinians from the belly of the beast!»

The Party for Socialism and Liberation’s local chapter in Syracuse, N.Y., posted a similar poster with the local chapter of Democratic Socialists of America, which has Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as its political candidate in New York City.

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In Charlotte, N.C., the local chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation put out a call to members to assemble at 10 a.m. tomorrow for the local #NoKings protest at First Ward Park: «JOIN THE PALESTINE CONTINGENT @ THE ‘NO KINGS’ RALLY…MEET AT THE PLAYGROUND.»

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Pro-Palestine protestors wave flags as they arrive in Manhattan after marching across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday, December 19, 2023. Demonstrators began at the Brooklyn Museum, walking to midtown Manhattan to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. (Stephen Yang for Fox News Digital.)

With local partners, including the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Jewish Voice for Peace, activists at the Party for Socialism and Liberation noted that, post-ceasefire, they will «continue to fight for a free Palestine.» Some of the groups in the Palestine Contingent are part of the wider network of publicly acknowledged partners of the protests, like 50501.

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In Eugene, Ore., activists with the Party for Socialism and Liberation are rallying members to meet the «Socialist Contingent» at the corner of Mill Road and Eighth Avenue to «march for a free Palestine» and get ICE officers «OUT of our communities.»

In Portland, a local Palestinian American activist announced, «The Nakba Is Still Not Over!» in a reference to the «humiliation» over the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. She summoned activists to the «No Kings» protests: «‼️SHOW UP FOR PALESTINE‼️»



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La ONU denunció el secuestro del jefe de UNICEF en Yemen junto a otros 19 empleados tras una redada de los rebeldes hutíes

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El máximo responsable de UNICEF en Yemen, Peter Hawkins (Fuente)

Los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen secuestraron a 20 empleados de las Naciones Unidas en Saná, entre los que se encuentra el máximo responsable de UNICEF en dicho territorio, Peter Hawkins, tras allanar sin autorización el complejo del organismo internacional.

Un funcionario de la ONU indicó a la AFP que Hawkins “es uno de los 15 empleados internacionales detenidos en el complejo” asaltado el sábado por los hutíes, además de cinco trabajadores nacionales.

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Jean Alam, portavoz del coordinador residente de la ONU en el país, precisó que once empleados locales fueron liberados después de ser interrogados en operativos previos. El grupo capturado sigue bajo custodia rebelde, en el marco de una serie de allanamientos y detenciones que han afectado al personal de agencias internacionales en las zonas controladas por los hutíes en los últimos meses.

Durante el operativo, fuerzas hutíes confiscaron dispositivos electrónicos de los empleados y ocuparon el recinto. Los rebeldes justificaron los arrestos argumentando que algunos trabajadores, incluidos los de UNICEF y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos, estarían involucrados en actividades de espionaje en favor de Estados Unidos e Israel. El líder rebelde Abdelmalek al Huthi aseguró que se “desmanteló una célula de espionaje” utilizando la cobertura de organizaciones humanitarias.

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Partidarios de los rebeldes hutíes corean consignas durante una protesta semanal contra Estados Unidos e Israel en Saná, Yemen (AP Foto/Osamah Abdulrahman)

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas rechazó estas acusaciones y reclamó la liberación inmediata de sus trabajadores.

El secretario general rechaza categóricamente todas estas acusaciones”, declaró Stéphane Dujarric, portavoz de António Guterres, al subrayar que “ponen en grave peligro la seguridad del personal de la ONU y los trabajadores humanitarios y socavan las operaciones que salvan vidas”. El sábado, Dujarric insistió que los señalamientos de espionaje son “peligrosos e inaceptables”.

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La ONU informó que mantiene gestiones ante los hutíes, el gobierno yemení y Estados miembros para lograr la liberación del personal y restablecer el control sobre sus instalaciones en Saná. “La ONU está en contacto con los hutíes, los Estados miembros involucrados y el gobierno yemení para resolver esta grave situación lo antes posible”, declaró Alam.

La cancillería hutí defendió en un comunicado el proceder rebelde y reiteró que no hay inmunidad para quienes consideren “espías y saboteadores”.

Ratificó su postura de actuar “con firmeza y decisión” ante lo que consideren amenazas a la seguridad nacional, mientras que rechazó las demandas de liberación inmediata por parte de Naciones Unidas.

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El líder rebelde Abdelmalek al Huthi aseguró que se “desmanteló una célula de espionaje” utilizando la cobertura de organizaciones humanitarias (AP foto/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Las detenciones se producen en un contexto de amplia preocupación humanitaria para Yemen, país envuelto en una guerra civil desde hace una década y considerado por la ONU como escenario de una de las peores crisis de este tipo en el mundo. Desde 2021, al menos 53 empleados y socios de la organización han sido arrestados en regiones bajo poder hutí.

Fuentes cercanas a la operación detallaron que en la última incursión los hutíes interrogaron al personal y reforzaron el control del recinto, mientras la ONU y varios gobiernos mantienen conversaciones diplomáticas para conseguir la liberación de todos los detenidos y la devolución del material incautado.

Agencias como UNICEF y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos lideran en Yemen los programas de nutrición, acceso al agua potable y protección a la infancia, que prestan ayuda diaria a millones de personas. La detención de su principal representante, Peter Hawkins, junto al resto de los funcionarios, compromete de forma crítica la continuidad de operaciones humanitarias esenciales.

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Los hutíes acusan a personal de la ONU en Yemen de ayudar a Israel en sus ataques contra altos cargos

El conflicto en Yemen, con una década de hostilidades y bloqueo, encara ahora un nuevo desafío: la protección y la libertad de acción del personal internacional en medio de restricciones y crecientes amenazas para quienes proporcionan ayuda humanitaria en una de las regiones más vulnerables del planeta.

(Con información de EFE y AFP)

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