All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months
“Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator Tom Fletcher.Hours earlier and in a...
Humanitarian access to Gaza still insufficient for relief and rebuilding: UN development chief
Mr. De Croo, who chose Gaza for his first overseas visit since being appointed to the top job in November 2025, called for an...
Open Letters From Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Publishes Highlighting Research Framework Connecting Science, Mathematics, and...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Publishes Open Letters Highlighting Research Framework Connecting Science, Mathematics, and Biblical Creation
The announcement...
Lebanon: UNIFIL concerned by attacks on Lebanese Armed Forces
The UN Interim Force Lebanon (UNIFIL) is also seriously concerned by numerous strikes on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) despite their declared non-involvement in...
UN Assembly president defends multilateralism, UN Charter in Davos
Speaking at the session Who Brokers Trust Now? at the World Economic Forum, Annalena Baerbock warned that multilateral institutions – long seen as the...
Resettlement changed her life. Now she’s fighting for others to have the same chance
Currently, she’s a qualified refugee and human rights lawyer in New Zealand – but on Tuesday she recalled becoming displaced aged 14 and described...
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...
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli operations continue to have dire consequences
The UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) reports that Israeli authorities have started demolishing more than 16 buildings in Nur Shams refugee camp,...
UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise
In a news release on Friday, High Commissioner Volker Türk said individuals suspected of being undocumented migrants are being surveilled, arrested and detained –...
Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF
UNICEF’s representative in Haiti, Geetanjali Narayan, told journalists that just last month, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, adding to the...
Gaza death and destruction ‘without parallel in recent times’: Guterres
“Israel’s initial steps to militarily take over Gaza City signals a new and dangerous phase,” he told journalists in New York, warning against the devastating...
Ukraine: Ceasefire a critical first step on the road to durable peace
Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo addressed ambassadors alongside UN deputy relief chief, Joyce Msuya, who updated on the dire humanitarian situation in the country amid ongoing...
UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees
“Images of emaciated Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement have been deeply distressing,”...
You Believe Genesis. Now Science Can Prove It, And Here’s the Scientific Formula.
You have believed it your whole life. You have read Genesis 1 aloud in church, taught...
Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid
Since the ceasefire on 19 January, some 138,000 Palestinians have benefited from cash assistance, including people with disabilities and pregnant and breastfeeding women.The UN...
Gaza: 300 children killed in 300 days of Israeli-Hamas ‘ceasefire’
Why it mattersChildren still being killed despite ceasefire More babies born premature to hungry mothers Agencies say much greater aid access needed A generation of children lack...
UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply
The agency says it already has enough supplies in place to feed the entire population of the Strip for three months – if full...
Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
Recalling the mantra “nothing about us, without us”, which was coined by the disability rights movement, UN rights chief Volker Türk insisted that the international...
DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the city of Beni in North Kivu...
World News in Brief: UNAMA concern over migrant deaths, ‘war tactics’ in the West...
The alleged attack occurred on 14 to 15 October in the Kala Gan border area of Iran’s Sistan Province near the Iran-Pakistan border. The organisation...
Sudan drone attacks raise fears for civilian safety and aid efforts
“These attacks appear to be the latest in a series of retaliatory military operations, conducted by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed...
Haiti: ‘I was deported to a country I never lived in’
MireillePregnant and exhausted and clutching a small bag with all that was left of her belongings, Mireille* stood under the relentless Haitian sun, not...
Nearly 6 million people in the Caribbean impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica all suffered extensive damage and loss of life as a result of Hurricane Melissa.Speaking from the Jamaican capital, Kingston, the...
UN refugee agency urges support to end displacement for millions of Syrians
That’s the message from Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, speaking on Tuesday after concluding a five-day visit to...
