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...
‘Deepfake abuse is abuse,’ UNICEF warns
“The harm from deepfake abuse is real and urgent,” the UN agency said in a statement. “Children cannot wait for the law to catch up.”At...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Security Council set to meet on Syria
While the war in Gaza grinds on with dozens of civilians already reportedly killed and injured so far this year - and as the...
UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini made the appeal in a statement posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.He noted that 15 months after the war...
Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy
Battling extensive racial prejudice, she broke many barriers, including as the first African American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera.UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld hailed...
Hurricane Melissa leaves thousands displaced across the Caribbean
The hurricane caused widespread damage to homes, infrastructure and crops, leaving thousands displaced.However, extensive storm preparation by governments, assisted by UN agencies and other...
Israel responsible for four genocidal acts in Gaza, inquiry chair tells General Assembly
Presenting the Commission of Inquiry’s latest report, Navi Pillay said the findings were based on a legal analysis conducted under the Convention on the...
World News in Brief: Gaza aid ‘unravelling’, funding cuts in Ukraine, concern over Syria...
Citing reports from humanitarians in the Strip, he said it was becoming more difficult to access “decent and sufficient food, water, medical services and...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 24 March: West Bank attacks in focus
As the war continues to roil the Middle East and compound suffering for civilians across the region, the economic ramifications of the emergency are...
World News in Brief: Famine spreads in Sudan, deadly attack in Myanmar, Venezuela update
The World Food Programme (WFP) provided lifesaving assistance to 7.8 million people, while the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reached nearly three million children with...
Mass displacement, trafficking fears deepen crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN agencies say conditions are deteriorating further across North Darfur and neighbouring Kordofan, while independent human rights experts on Thursday warned that the collapse...
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions...
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, in relation to...
UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Wednesday called on the Israeli military to cease the use of lethal...
Venezuela crisis: UN aid effort continues amid political upheaval
The backdropVenezuela has endured years of economic collapse, political instability and hyperinflation, compounded by floods, landslides and other climate shocks.The recent seizure of President...
WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
On Friday, WFP announced it had delivered its last remaining supplies to kitchens preparing hot meals which are expected to be completely gone within...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 23 March: Civilians bear brunt of ongoing war
The war in the Middle East is well into its fourth week and the humanitarian emergency it has sparked continues to be the focus...
‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
Each called for justice under international law and for perpetrators to be held accountable.Sung-Eui Lee, daughter of a South Korean man abducted by North...
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...
Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher
That ordeal reduced people to eating peanut shells and animal feed, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday, before condemning the reported...
Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
In a statement on Wednesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that two days after world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to endorse the...
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...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel: Best Scientist Bridging Mathematics and Religion of 2026 – Evergreen Awards
Evergreen Awards proudly announce that Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has been honored with the title of Best Scientist Bridging Mathematics and Religion of 2026. From...
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...
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe into the DRC emergency...
