Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
Attacks against health facilities doubled between 2023 and 2024, and more than 900 health workers were killed last year, the agency reported.Humanitarian aid workers...
‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
The UN advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by 175 countries, protects the right to...
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More than 700,000 people are displaced in the country – over half of whom are children – with recent violence in the capital Port-au-Prince...
Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country
In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city of Manbij, where...
Amid Sudan’s humanitarian crisis, Chad shows ‘act of solidarity’
That’s according to UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who had discussions with over 40 leaders of Sudanese civil society in Northern State’s capital,...
World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill...
“It has now been a month and a half since any supplies were last allowed through the crossings into Gaza,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric...
‘Giving help and giving hope’, an aerial lifeline to the world’s most isolated
The WFP’s Executive Director Cindy McCain said the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), which is managed by the UN’s food agency, enabled humanitarians to...
World News in Brief: Aid trucks on Ukraine frontline, Africa schools close due to...
There are still nearly 2,000 people living in the town of Beryslav, including more than 70 children and 90 people who have only limited...
Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF
Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, schools and health facilities damaged or destroyed in fighting.
“A...
Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion
That’s according to the final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), jointly conducted with the UN-partnered World Bank.The assessment says $26.3 billion will be...
Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on conditions inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mr. Türk condemned the Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel that...
World News in Brief: Myanmar airstrikes worsen crisis, South Sudan fighting threatens Akobo, Afghan...
The warning came against the backdrop of reports of fresh airstrikes by the military on a trading junction in the central Magway region. According...
Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month
Since the end of January, a wave of extreme brutality has led to widespread loss of life and the displacement of over 6,000 people...
Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
Of the 154 malnutrition-related deaths since October 2023 (including 89 children) reported by Gazan health authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 63 occurred...
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Deadly floods show need for faster, wider warnings, UN agency says
The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday that more intense downpours and glacier outburst floods are becoming increasingly frequent, with deadly consequences...
Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks
In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians...
Scientifically cracking the code of turbulence
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Turbulence is one of the mysteries in physics and solving it can be very fulfilling for many scientific disciplines. But how...
Science180 Announces Revolutionary Mathematical Proof of God’s Existence and a Theory of the Origins...
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American scientist Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel mathematically proved that the Earth was formed 2.82 days, the Moon 3.32 days, and the Sun...
From Libyan deserts to 3D-printed guns: The weapons that never go away
The issue is under scrutiny as delegates gather at UN Headquarters this week to tackle the global spread of illicit firearms – weapons that...
Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war
“We need to move fast,” said UNICEF representative in the country Peter Hawkins. “I was in Hudaydah over the past three days...I went through...
Venezuela: UN rights office describes pervasive ‘climate of fear’
“It is a climate of fear in the country at the moment. We are urging the government to ensure that all steps are taken...
‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan
In recent weeks, widespread flooding has engulfed large parts of Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity states in the north of the country.The agency’s representative...
