Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high
Volker Türk said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed for their independent reporting, in what appears to be…
World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya said that more than a…
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear
Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.
Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed this year
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks…
Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher as UN warns of imminent attack
In a note to correspondents issued on Friday, the UN said there were “increasingly alarming reports of a dramatic escalation of tensions”.…
World News in Brief: Support for Haiti mission, challenge of ‘commodity dependence’, Iran’s ‘strict’ hijab law
Kenya has offered to lead the multinational mission that aims to provide much needed back up to the national police in a…
Pillay: Israel is helped by ‘powerful States’ in violation of Palestinians’ rights
When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, daily clashes involving…
UN official urges South Sudan to lift taxes halting aid
Since February, authorities have imposed a series of new taxes and charges at border crossings and within the country. These measures have…
UN rights chief urges Georgia to scrap ‘foreign influence’ bill
Thousands of people have taken to the streets for days to protest the draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which would…
Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis: UN humanitarians
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, reached one of its now-abandoned schools in Khan Younis at the weekend