Afghan women returnees face rising risks, UN warns
UN Women – which champions gender empowerment and equality – alongside the international humanitarian agency CARE International and partners, issued the call…
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Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high
In July alone, nearly 12,000 children under five were identified as acutely malnourished out of 136,000 screened, according to aid partners. Of…
Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights chief
“A complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza Strip must be immediately halted,” insisted Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,…
Gaza: Alarm over Israeli move to deregister NGOs
The development – which also applies to the occupied West Bank – is a result of the Israeli requirement introduced on 9…
Just 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged
A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) reveals that just 8.6 percent of…
Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
The 19 July truce followed weeks of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations in the southern governorate, also known…
World News in Brief: Funding schools in Afghanistan, Seaweed farming in Latin America, drought in Somalia
The agency plans to procure over 1,200 metric tons of fortified biscuits, which will provide 200,000 primary school-aged girls and boys with…
Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food
“I used to easily receive aid distributed by the UN,” Abir Safi, a displaced person from the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City,…
Gaza crisis deepens as UN warns children are ‘dying before reaching hospital’
With 96 per cent of households lacking clean water, many malnourished children are not surviving long enough to receive hospital care. James…
Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
It is a grim milestone for Sudan, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. But with insufficient funding, lack of access to key regions…