Gaza: Aid efforts continue as UN teams start clearing up to 60 million tonnes...
“We are encouraged that the parties have reaffirmed their commitments to implementing the ceasefire in Gaza and commend the steadfast efforts of the mediators,”...
Gaza: Hospitals rationing critical supplies, ambulances stalling
What little fuel remains is powering essential operations, but it is running out fast, and there are virtually no additional accessible stocks left, UN...
Ukraine: Russian attack destroys humanitarian food aid in Dnipro
“Absolutely unacceptable,” WFP chief Cindy McCain tweeted on Tuesday, a day after the airstrike. “These deliberate attacks MUST end. Aid workers and humanitarian assets...
World News in Brief: Winter attacks in Ukraine, looming food aid cuts in Nigeria,...
They include attacks in Odesa region on Wednesday that killed a 17-year-old boy, according to UN child rights agency UNICEF which called for an “end to attacks on civilian areas and the infrastructure children rely on.” The...
Amidst uncertainty, a helpline in Pakistan becomes a lifeline for Afghans
She sits among a multilingual team of 40 colleagues, speakers of Pashto, Dari, Persian, Arabic, Urdu and English, in a room filled with monitors...
Scientific Discovery Proved Biblical Creation Timeline and Challenged Evolution and the Big Bang Theory...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel of Science180.com unveils a 12-year study on the mathematical evidence of God’s existenceDr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has proven mathematically that the Earth...
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...
The Syria prison survivor who’s seeking justice for those still missing
Today, with the backing of the UN, one of those former detainees, Syrian human rights defender Riyad Avlar, is working to find out what...
Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage
In November, following several failed attempts, politicians of all stripes approved a bill to overhaul legislation that has been in effect since 1887, reflecting...
From AI to ‘killer robots’: UN chief issues urgent governance call
Addressing the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, the Secretary-General insisted on the need for greater accessibility for the billions of...
Long, dangerous journeys on the rise but migration drives prosperity
Speaking at the opening of a two-day meeting on harnessing the power of migration, IOM Director General Amy Pope expressed hope that participants will...
Gaza: Access to food improves but living conditions remain dire
Speaking from Gaza to journalists in New York, Antoine Renard said that two months into the ceasefire, food access has significantly improved but Gazans...
Refugee Paralympic Team set to shine in Paris as ‘inspiration to us all’
His view is shared by Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, who described the team as “one of the great stories of...
UN’s Türk criticises ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
Volker Türk on Friday called the decree “draconian” and urged Mali’s Transitional President, General Assimi Goïta, to reverse the decree issued earlier this week.Signed...
Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians
According to local health authorities in Gaza, 830 people were killed between 18-23 March, including 174 women and 322 children. A further 1,787 were...
Gaza: UN reports expanded winterisation efforts as cold weather intensifies
More than 230,000 families – that’s around 1.15 million people – received monthly food parcels between 1 and 27 November, through 59 distribution points,...
World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own
Speaking to UN News from the wartorn enclave to mark World Humanitarian Day, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that...
Turning silence into stories: Cambodian activist amplifies LGBTQI+ youth voices
Growing up in Cambodia, Panha rarely saw LGBTQI+ people reflected in the world around her — not in television, not in public conversations, and...
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...
Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify
In El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur that has been under siege for 15 months, the catastrophic humanitarian situation is worsening. Food shortages...
Internally displaced families in Yemen need increased aid: UNHCR
The update highlights information from the first half of 2024 and reveals that 4.5 million people are displaced and 18.2 million overall require humanitarian...
US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres
“These cuts impact a wide range of critical programmes,” he told reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York, highlighting the potential disruption to...
Gaza: Diplomatic momentum must translate into urgent steps on the ground
That’s according to Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, who told journalists in New York that it was “essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum into...
Over 180 migrants dead or missing in latest tragedy off Yemen, UN agency reports
Some 260 people were abroad the vessel that had departed from Bossaso, in northeast Somalia, in the early hours of Sunday, bound for Yemen,...
