World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council...
Regina De Dominicis – who also heads the agency’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office – issued her plea for action after another small...
Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders
The clearly identified humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Civil Defence and the UN had been despatched to collect injured people...
Bridging Science and Faith Mathematically: Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel’s Discovery of Cosmic Timelines
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel’s historic discovery scientifically validates the Earth, Moon, and Sun’s formation timeline (in 2.82 days, 3.32 days, and 3.69 days respectively) aligning...
In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes
The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping...
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso, refugees and climate change, Afghan women deserve seat...
More than six million people across the country – about a third of the population – need humanitarian support and protection, UN Spokesperson Stephané...
France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts
The UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts criticised the decision by the French football and basketball federations to exclude players wearing the hijab from competitions, including...
UN warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’ in Gaza as Israel announces humanitarian pauses
But as starvation tightens its grip and “children are dying before our eyes,” UN officials and aid workers warn that the measures fall far...
Gaza: Ceasefire urgently needed as civilians left with ‘no safe place’ to go
“We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have stepped up their operations and ordered everyone to move south,” said...
Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum
Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under...
Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis
The crisis is being exacerbated by the expected early arrival of the lean season – the period between harvests when hunger peaks. Chronic hunger...
‘Spiralling crisis’ in Haiti demands continued global attention: WFP
Waanja Kaaria, WFP Representative and Country Director in Haiti, briefed journalists in New York alongside the agency’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean,...
UN welcomes Black Sea talks, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
In a statement, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, said the UN chief’s good offices remain available to support all efforts towards a...
Science180 Announces Revolutionary Mathematical Proof of God’s Existence and a Theory of the Origins...
Photo credit: Science180 (www.Science180.com).
American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel mathematically proved that the Earth was formed 2.82 days, the Moon 3.32 days, and the Sun...
Desperate need for water and food continues as Gaza families head north
Many families are returning to shattered neighbourhoods where unstable buildings and unexploded ordnance pose deadly risks.“Water, food and essential services are still desperately needed,”...
UN upholds freedom of movement for peacekeepers in Lebanon
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric updated journalists on the activities of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and ongoing humanitarian support to people displaced by hostilities between Israeli troops and Hezbollah...
‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
Each called for justice under international law and for perpetrators to be held accountable.Sung-Eui Lee, daughter of a South Korean man abducted by North...
Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
“There is a very positive, jubilant mood in Gaza this morning and there was overnight,” said Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office,...
Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist
“The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes’ required by international law for the death penalty,” the...
World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve...
The World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its humanitarian response in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged areas, particularly in Darfur, where the risk of widespread famine looms.Since...
Viet Nam mobilises massive response as Typhoon Yagi leaves a trail of catastrophe
The storm made landfall on Saturday in the country’s north with wind speeds reaching 213 kilometres (133 miles) per hour, causing severe flooding and...
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions...
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, in relation to...
From suits to social justice: World’s top human rights forum turns stage over
Trading suits, ties and debates for DJ turntables, bright traditional Indigenous garb and ancient instruments, three performers – an anthropologist, an R&B singer and...
Venezuela: IOM warns of potential El Niño threat to families displaced by earthquake
The UN agency and partners are incorporating this risk into response planning as humanitarian operations shift from search and rescue to recovery. The powerful twin earthquakes struck on...
UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank
Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the...
