Devastation at every turn greets UN aid mission to south Lebanon
“I came here two weeks ago and we’ve come back today again with a convoy… but what is different today is the…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Regional war threatens Syria’s fragile transition
The Security Council is meeting now at a critical juncture for Syria’s fragile transition. While the Iran-US ceasefire has temporarily eased regional…
World News in Brief: Insecurity in the Darfurs, 100 million live with landmine threats, Singapore execution moratorium
More than 10 people were reportedly killed, and many others injured, in a drone strike on Tuesday in the town of Um Dukhun in Central…
Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages
IOM Deputy Director General Sung Ah Lee said that returns were concentrated mainly in the capital Khartoum and neighbouring Al Jazirah state,…
Strait of Hormuz: With hunger looming, life-saving fertiliser shipments cannot wait, head of UN task force says |
In normal times, one third of global fertiliser trade – along with 35 per cent of crude oil and a fifth of…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency briefing on Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks
The Security Council meets in emergency session at 3pm to address the escalating conflict in Ukraine. The open briefing follows a formal…
World News in Brief: AI diagnostics, humanitarian deal for DR Congo, rights abuse allegations in Belarus, Ukraine children bear heaviest burden
According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO) joint report with the European Union, 74% of countries in the bloc use AI…
Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion
That’s according to the final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), jointly conducted with the UN-partnered World Bank. The assessment says $26.3…
More than half of Haitians continue to face food crisis
The update came on Friday, in a release by the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been working with the government and…
Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on
Fabrizia Falcione, UNFPA Country Representative in Sudan, briefed journalists in New York on a recent assessment based on 95 focus group discussions…