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...
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...
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,...
An Open Letter to His Excellency, Romuald Wadagni, the President of the Republic of...
SCIENCE & FAITH | OPEN LETTER
A SON OF BENIN REPUBLIC WRITES HOME
An Open Letter to His...
Rising hunger and displacement pose growing economic risk, UN tells Davos
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has reported that an estimated 318 million people worldwide now face crisis levels of hunger or worse, with...
World News in Brief: Deadly shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Duterte trial update, final hostage...
In Lampedusa, Italy, three deaths have been confirmed following a search and rescue operation involving a boat that departed from Sfax, Tunisia. Survivors from...
Uprooted Syrians mulling return mustn’t be pushed, says UNHCR
For those forced to flee the country’s 13-year war, “they are considering how safe Syria is to return to, and how far their rights will...
Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA
“For over 150 days, not a single truck from UNRWA has been permitted to deliver food, medicine or other essentials into Gaza,” the agency...
Sudan war: Life-saving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Deputy Representative to the country Hala Khudari reported on Tuesday that the outbreak, which started in July 2024 in...
Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
In an online alert, the UN agency said that disease and hunger will only increase, unless all Israeli impediments to aid delivery at scale...
‘Wanton, intentional infliction of incredible pain’ by gangs in Haiti
That’s according to the Designated Human Rights Expert for Haiti, William O’Neill, who spoke to UN News ahead of the release of a new report...
Gaza: ‘Sickening normalisation’ of suffering, amid attacks on people and aid convoys
According to local media reports, 30 Palestinians were killed in the central Gaza area overnight on Friday due to airstrikes, said Louise Wateridge, Senior...
LIVE: Middle East updates; independent UN investigators say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza
Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the...
Live: Human Rights Day around the world
Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now, and we will bring you...
‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says
UNRWA staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X.
‘Just waiting to die’“The smell of death is...
World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation...
New data from the International Organization for Migration indicates a 22 per cent spike in the number of people uprooted from their homes since...
Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip
Recently, Israel has denied fewer humanitarian movements but approved missions “still take hours to complete and teams have been compelled to wait on roads...
Myanmar: UN experts call for ‘course correction’ as civilian deaths reach 6,000
“There are now 6,000 reminders that the international community is failing the people of Myanmar,” the Human Rights Council-appointed experts stated in a news...
From Science and Math to the Bible’s Conclusions: A Shocking Discovery that Will Surprise...
Author Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Demystifies the Intersection of Science and Faith with the Holy Grail of Scientific Discovery
Science180, the trusted U.S.-based organization at the...
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...
Venezuela quake disaster: UN urges collective effort to help victims
At least 164 people have been confirmed dead and 971 were injured after the powerful tremors hit northern areas late Wednesday less than one...
Human rights groups urged to ‘unite more than ever’ in efforts to end racism
Martin Kimani, chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, presented its annual report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva during...
Deadly quake strikes Philippines on first day of school year
At least 19 people were killed, along with extensive damage to hospitals, homes and classrooms.The 7.8 magnitude quake struck at 7:37am local time (7:37pm...
Forty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck
The tragedy came amid concerns that worsening conditions for refugees and asylum-seekers in North Africa are pushing more families to embark on perilous journeys.The...
