Haiti: Children facing triple threat of insecurity, malnutrition, disease
The spread of violence from Port-au-Prince to Artibonite, Haiti’s main rice-growing region, is exacerbating an already critical humanitarian emergency, the UN Children’s…
Ukraine: Report documents mounting deaths, rights violations
It reveals the lethal toll of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukrainian civilians, with nearly six individuals killed and 20 wounded on common…
Women and girls continue to be killed, based on gender alone
“Women and girls continue to be killed on the basis of their sex and gender, rendered more vulnerable to femicide when being…
UN supports ‘monumental step’ for cancer sufferers in northwest Syria
The arrival of the first radiotherapy machine in northwest Syria is a game-changer for cancer treatment in the region, providing much-needed local…
Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn
The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it was vital independent investigators continue to review the country’s dire human…
Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war
A hunger emergency is looming for scores of South Sudanese families fleeing the war in Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned…
Karabakh: Humanitarians respond to growing health needs
Concerns also remain for those unable to leave the Karabakh Region town of Khankendi – known as Stepanakert among Armenians – which…
World News in Brief: ‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso
Abdoulaye Bathily, who is also UN Special Representative, said that plans floated by different institutions and leaders for reconstruction, run the risk…
We’re better off thanks to migrants, says new IOM chief
Speaking to reporters in Geneva on her first official day as head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope said…
UN Karabakh mission told ‘sudden’ exodus means as few as 50 ethnic Armenians may remain
As few as 50 to 1,000 ethnic Armenians are reported to be left in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan after the exodus…