World News in Brief: Hunger grows in Haiti, Gaza aid blocked, World Potato Day
The World Food Programme (WFP) distributed more than 74,000 hot meals to over 15,000 displaced people in the besieged capital, Port-au-Prince, Stéphane…
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Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access
In a bleak assessment of the dire situation in Sudan where conflict is in its second year, the heads of 19 global…
Gaza: Children are starving amid persistent aid access obstacles, warn UN agencies
The alert from the World Health Organization (WHO) follows the finding that more than four in five children “did not eat for…
Top UN relief official in Ukraine deplores deadly strikes in Kharkiv
The attacks occurred in the city’s Novobovarskyi district late on Thursday. At least three people were killed and a further 16 injured,…
UN humanitarian flight takes vital medical supplies to Haiti
The international airport had been closed due to rampant gang violence in the country. The flight carried nearly 15 metric tonnes of…
Situation in southern Gaza ‘horrific and apocalpytic’: WFP
Matthew Hollingsworth, WFP Country Director in Palestine, warned that with limited access to the south “we will no doubt see what we…
Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle
In a related development, the UN’s top court prepared to hear a new request from South Africa to issue more constraints on…
At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity
“The war in Gaza is an open wound that threatens to infect the entire region,” he said. “In its speed and scale,…
World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia
“The safety of civilians, homes, schools and hospitals must be ensured. They are not a target,” Denise Brown said in a statement,…
UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer
According to the UN human rights office, OHCHR, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, held separate phone calls on Tuesday…