{
  "id": 1868982,
  "title": "Attacks on aid workers hit record high in 2025, UN says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/attacks-on-aid-workers-hit-record-high-in-2025-un-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/attacks-aid-workers-hit-record-high-2025-un-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Emma Farge GENEVA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A record number of humanitarian workers were attacked last year, driven partly by increased use of armed drones, the United Nations said on Wednesday, calling the trend \"appalling\". Some 907 aid workers were killed, injured or kidnapped in 2025 versus 833 the year before, according to the Aid Worker Security Database, a platform funded by Canada and…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Attacks on aid workers hit record high in 2025",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/attacks-on-aid-workers-hit-record-high-in-2025",
        "published": "2026-08-19T04:15:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}