At least 56 migrants die in weekend shipwrecks off Senegal and Greece
“These were mothers, fathers, sons and daughters, people who left home hoping for a better life,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope.“Smugglers and traffickers charged...
World News in Brief: El Niño’s $11 trillion price tag, Mozambique and Yemen updates
The El Niño extreme weather pattern could cost the global economy up to $11 trillion and seriously impact food security, said the UN agency...
Children among the dead as heavy rains flood tents and shelters in Gaza
An infant reportedly drowned and five Gazans were killed – including three children – when a sand dune collapsed on their tents as the...
COP31 opens in Antalya: Can climate promises finally deliver results?
Nearly 200 countries have arrived on Türkiye's Mediterranean coast for a climate summit with a different ambition: fewer grand declarations and more concrete decisions....
Families who fled Ethiopia for Kenya’s Moyale need food, water and shelter
The International Organization of Migration (IOM) and partners are calling for urgent funding to support tens of thousands of people who have escaped violent...
Security Council LIVE: Strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, as peace talks loom
The Security Council convenes at 10am in New York on Ukraine. Russian strikes on energy infrastructure are threatening millions with another cold, dark winter,...
‘Exceptional’ extreme temperatures to continue into next year, UN reports
In April this year, roughly 146.5 million Indians were exposed to an extreme heatwave with temperatures hitting a sweltering 47℃.
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Beyond the broken glass: The human cost of the 1938 November Pogrom
More than 87 years later, Rabbi Schneier told a UN panel in New York that the memory has never left him.It shaped a lifelong...
‘For the first time I have my own chair’: Gaza siblings find new freedom
In Gaza, 10-year-old Anas is one of three siblings born without legs and with only two fingers on each of their hands. They struggle...
World News in Brief: Civilians killed in DR Congo, Ukrainians wrestle with return, Guterres...
At least 30 civilians were killed overnight on Thursday in Beni Territory, North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to local...
Afghanistan faces deepening humanitarian crisis amid sweeping rights restrictions
Afghanistan stands at a “difficult crossroad” more than five years after the Taliban returned to power, a senior UN official said on Friday. Relative...
From a ship frozen into Arctic ice, a warning to world leaders: Trust the...
Drifting through the polar darkness, a team of scientists is documenting a rapidly changing Arctic. As sea ice retreats and oil tankers move in,...
Sudan’s suffering is plain for all to see say aid teams, as brutal war...
Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more international assistance amid desperate...
‘No Escape’ for refugees on the frontlines of the climate crisis
The climate emergency is an immediate crisis for refugees, with three in four – nearly 90 million people – living in countries facing high...
World News in Brief: Korea tensions mount, UN demands answers over staff death in...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres remains concerned over the situation on the Korean Peninsula, including the potential escalation of tensions across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),...
Abyei: Deadly drone strikes mark ‘new and concerning’ threat, UN peacekeeping chief warns
Drone strikes that killed at least 30 people in Abyei last month have added “a new and concerning dimension” to security in the disputed...
Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple
Attacks that damaged or destroyed water and sanitation systems in conflict zones tripled between 2021 and 2025, increasing children’s risk of exposure to disease...
Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial
Two new Ebola vaccine candidates will be added to a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the country continues...
COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit?
The world has more tools than ever to tackle climate change, yet millions remain unable to benefit from them. As clean energy technologies advance...
UN peacekeeping chief warns of ‘security vacuum’ as Blue Helmets leave Lebanon and Western...
The UN’s peacekeeping chief warned on Wednesday that the withdrawal of “Blue Helmets” from Lebanon and Western Sahara risks leaving a dangerous security vacuum,...
Fuel price shock: Why developing economies are paying the most at the pump
Diesel prices in Nigeria jumped by about 83 per cent between late February and the end of August, compared with nine per cent in...
Gunfire damages tents at Rafah displacement site in Gaza, as aid teams prepare for...
The NGO had been working on flood control ahead of the rainy season, OCHA added in the Wednesday update.On the same day, small arms...
