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...
Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters
“These figures are a clear warning: without bold and coordinated action, the number of people displaced within their own countries will continue to grow...
The UN housing development which challenged 1940s’ segregated United States
In the United States of that period, laws in many states enforced separate schools, transportation and bathrooms based solely on race. The military was...
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...
Afghanistan: ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over gender-based persecution
On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for two senior Taliban officials: Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Supreme Court Chief Justice...
‘Myanmar’s children cannot afford to wait,’ warns UNICEF
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban issued a stark call for urgent international action on Thursday, describing the situation as “dire” for children.
Since the...
UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000
The UN’s Deputy Spokesperson said Secretary-General António Guterres was “deeply alarmed” by the surge in attacks across South Kivu, where what’s officially known as...
Haitians in ‘despair’ following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support
The cancellation of most US funding in January means many services to the most vulnerable people have been cut or put on hold.Multiple political,...
Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teams
“We’re waking up from another intense night of bombardments, the fourth night of bombardment since the ceasefire abruptly broke down on Monday night…the situation...
‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying...
“They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed they only wanted to...
Hunger and cholera crises escalate in South Sudan, as needs surge
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have raised the alarm over worsening hunger, malnutrition, and...
End senseless killings in the West Bank: UN rights office
OHCHR has urged Israel to stop all extrajudicial executions and other unlawful use of force and ensure all those responsible are brought to justice.Over...
UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation
The development came as UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned “escalation after escalation” in the Middle East on Tuesday and as UN High Commissioner for...
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...
‘Fear of war’ causing speech problems in Gaza
In a modest tent in a makeshift camp for displaced people west of the town of Al-Zawaida in Deir al-Balah governorate in Gaza, children...
New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis
Human rights violations in Nicaragua have been ongoing since 2018 when university students and other civil society activists began protesting a new Social Security...
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...
UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
This will entail cutting just under half of all senior positions at the agency’s Geneva headquarters and regional bureaux. Around 3,500 permanent staff posts have...
Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya
Nineteen bodies were discovered in Jakharrah, around 400 km south of the coastal city of Benghazi, while at least 30 more were found in...
From Syria, UN refugee chief calls for greater solidarity with displaced people
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, sounded the alarm on Friday, World Refugee Day, in a message from Syria.He said the abject...
UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as ‘nightmare of historic proportions’ unfolds
Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, told ministers and ambassadors that ongoing talks must lead to a permanent end to hostilities, the...
Gaza: UN agencies calls for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins
After nearly three months of complete blockade by Israel, a “vastly insufficient” amount of aid was finally allowed into the war-ravaged enclave in the...
Shelter and safety elude Afghan women returnees from Iran and Pakistan
Since September 2023, more than 2.43 million undocumented Afghan migrants have returned from Iran and Pakistan.Women and girls account for about half of the...
Little protection for the vulnerable, even on major migration routes: UNHCR
A new report from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) confirmed that each year, hundreds of thousands of people risk their lives to migrate from...
