Rafah reopening offers lifeline for patients, but aid flow still far from enough
Briefing journalists in New York on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher welcomed the reopening but stressed that it must go...
UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, including many children,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents...
Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts
“Goods indispensable for people’s survival are either depleted or expected to run out in the coming weeks…The entire population is facing high levels of...
New demolition order for West Bank camp is ‘more devastating news’
Some 25 buildings face imminent demolition starting on 18 December, impacting hundreds of forcibly displaced Palestinians, the Director of UNRWA Affairs for the occupied West Bank,...
Gaza aid delivery ‘grinding to a halt’ alongside rampant insecurity
The delivery of life-saving aid across Gaza “is grinding to a halt” amid a surge in armed looting targeting humanitarian convoys, the senior aid...
Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since end of Assad dictatorship
The information is based on public statements by host countries, contacts with immigration services from inside Syria, and border monitoring by the agency and...
LIVE COVERAGE: Day 3 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “at a breaking point” and headed toward a one-State reality marked by...
Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
The Council cleared its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing from the head of the UN-backed international nuclear watchdog, who...
Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’
This follows Israeli airstrikes in southern suburbs of the city that targeted the leader of the Hezbollah armed group, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed,...
Syria crisis: UN delivering life-saving assistance; relocates non-critical staff
“The UN is strategically reducing its footprint by relocating non-critical staff outside the country... amid the evolving circumstances,” Adam Abdelmoula said in a statement...
How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza
UN News looked at the needs triggered by the ongoing conflict through a lens of how much aid is getting into Gaza compared with...
Lacroix upholds role of UN peacekeeping in Lebanon and Syria
Jean-Pierre Lacroix briefed journalists on his recent visit to the two countries ahead of Security Council meetings on the extension of the mandates of...
Over half a million people severely impacted by unprecedented flooding and windstorms in Yemen
“Yemen is facing yet another devastating chapter in its relentless crisis, exacerbated by the intersection of conflict and extreme weather events,” emphasised Matt Huber,...
From Science and Math to the Bible’s Conclusions: A Shocking Discovery that Will Surprise...
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Author Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Demystifies the Intersection of Science and Faith with the Holy Grail of Scientific DiscoveryScience180, the trusted U.S.-based...
Raid on North Gaza hospital ‘deeply disturbing’: WHO chief
“Since this morning’s reports of a raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, we have lost touch with the personnel there,” WHO chief...
Gaza: Sneeze and you might get shot, warns UNICEF in alert on child killings
“During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months,”...
In Beirut, Guterres demands end to Middle East war: Civilians ‘deserve to live without...
Speaking to reporters in the capital Beirut following two weeks of widespread destruction triggered by the US and Israeli bombing of Iran, António Guterres...
Science180 Reveals Mathematical Proof of God’s Existence that Atheists, Freethinkers, Rationalists, and Believers Will...
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Where have you ever read that the Earth was formed 2.82 days, the Moon 3.32 days, and the Sun 3.69 days...
UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem
According to the agency, heavily armed personnel entered the schools in Shu’fat refugee camp on Thursday while classes were in session, forcing more than...
Suffering continues for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon
Aid workers are being forced to work in unsafe conditions, as insecurity and restrictions by Israeli forces prevent them from reaching people in need,...
‘A fire no one can control’: UN warns of spiralling Iran-Israel war
In an address to the UN Security Council on Friday, Mr. Guterres made an urgent plea for de-escalation, calling the spiralling confrontation a defining...
Gaza famine pushed back, but millions still face hunger and malnutrition, UN says
According to the latest IPC report – a global tracking of malnutrition and food insecurity – no areas of Gaza are currently classified as...
Syria crisis: UN teams support cholera vaccination in northeastern camps
The cholera outbreak was detected in the camp in early October and subsequently confirmed by laboratory tests. Because Al Hol does not have a...
New year dawns amid rubble and resolve in Gaza
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians remain uprooted, many living in makeshift tents pitched on bare ground or squeezed into damaged buildings without reliable access...
