UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades
Multiple attacks in recent days have killed and injured scores of Palestinians at sites hosting displaced people and others attempting to access essential supplies,...
Gaza: Access to key water facility in Khan Younis disrupted, UN reports
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli authorities issued displacement orders overnight for two neighbourhoods in Khan Younis,...
Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF
Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, schools and health facilities damaged or destroyed in fighting.
“A...
Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN...
Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, High Commissioner Volker Türk asked Member States whether enough was being done to protect people from...
Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP
In an alert, the UN agency warned that it faces having to make “drastic cuts” to life-saving food assistance, which may “grind to a...
Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel
“Definitely, people get shot,” said Gaza-based medic Dr. Luca Pigozzi, WHO Emergency Medical Team Coordinator. “They are victim of blast injuries as well and...
UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank
Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the...
‘Our kids cry for food’: Most Gaza families survive on one meal a day
The meals which families are able to obtain are nutritiously poor — thin broths, lentils or rice, one piece of bread or sometimes just...
‘Fuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death,’ UN warns
“Israeli authorities continue to restrict the delivery of fuel into and throughout the Gaza Strip, effectively choking off life-saving services for deprived and starving...
‘A moral failure’: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war
“From that day on, our home became a travel bag and our path became that of displacement … My childhood was filled with fear...
World News in Brief: Türk speaks out on sexual violence, Brazil floods update, Nicaraguan...
“We are not meeting the minimum requirement to prevent women from being silenced, and support their participation and leadership in…building peace,” Mr. Türk said.25 years...
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...
Gaza: Over 400 Gazans killed at private aid hubs, claims UN rights office
The alert comes nearly a month since the Israeli and US-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” started operating on 27 May in Gaza.Its food distribution points have been...
Human Rights Council hears concerns over displacement, genocide risks and migrant trafficking
Of the record 83 million people internally displaced worldwide, at least 1.2 million were displaced by crime-related violence in 2024 – more than double...
Yemen: Nearly half the population facing acute food insecurity in some southern areas
Yemen remains trapped in a prolonged political, humanitarian and development crisis, after enduring years of conflict between government forces and Houthi rebels, with populations...
Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos
Speaking to journalists in Deir al Balah on Saturday, Jonathan Whittall, who heads the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) in Gaza and the West...
UN reiterates call for urgent de-escalation amid Iran-Israel conflict, worsening Gaza crisis
In a joint call to de-escalate, UN agencies have warned that further conflict risks triggering new displacement in a region already strained by decades...
Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online...
With more than 5.5 billion people connected online – nearly all of them active on social media – digital platforms have become central to...
Ukraine: Security Council hears of escalating attacks, diplomatic developments
“As we are facing renewed escalation on the ground and crisis elsewhere, it is critical to maintain focused attention on the urgent need for...
For too long, ‘unbound horrors’ have unfolded in Sudan
Since civil war erupted in April 2023 between the generals of the national army and their former allies-turned rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
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...
Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease
“I met a little boy who was wounded by a tank shell at one of these sites on the final day of me leaving...
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 20 June
One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva today as foreign ministers from France,...
‘We are at a point of no return’: grave violations against children surge for...
This number represents a 25 per cent increase from 2023, marking the third consecutive year that violations have increased. 22,495 violations were committed against...
