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Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

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Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Dumont said many people have been displaced multiple times, and that families are living either in tents or in the...
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Iran: UN experts call for strict new hijab law to be...

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Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement that it represents a fundamental attack on women’s rights. The legislation, which applies to...
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Public execution in Afghanistan condemned as ‘clear human rights violation’

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The latest incident comes amid growing international concern over the use of capital punishment in the country since 2021, when the Taliban swept...
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Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’

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Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the transfer of power...
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in...

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Sigrid Kaag updated ambassadors on the implementation of resolution 2720, adopted last December, which established her mandate following the brutal 7 October Hamas-led attacks...
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85 per cent of journalist killings go unpunished

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The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against...
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

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Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.The Government has reported 269 deaths so...
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War in Ukraine: Live updates from the Security Council and the...

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The UN Security Council met in emergency session on Ukraine on Wednesday amid unconfirmed reports that troops from the Democratic People’s Republic of...
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World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight, mpox cash boost

More than 50 personnel from the UN, international and national NGOs, civil society, and diplomatic missions, are being held by the de facto Houthi...

World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems

The World Food Programme (WFP) has increased its humanitarian response in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged areas, particularly in Darfur, where the risk of widespread famine...

Lebanon: WHO appeals for more support for civilians as crises intensify

Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar outlined how the UN agency has been supporting Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, including following the wave of electronic device explosions this...

Palestine: International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel

It details the obligations for Israel, third-party States and the UN to bring to an end the unlawful occupation, according to the UN...

Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency

In an appeal for greater global solidarity with the people of Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that around 800,000 people have fled...

Lebanon crisis: UN human rights office calls for probe into Israeli strike

“What we’re hearing is that amongst the 22 people who were killed were 12 women and two children,” said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for...

Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask

Speaking from Beirut in the aftermath of Lebanon’s “worst day in 18 years”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) deputy representative in the country, Ettie...

‘Pivotal moment’ as violence against children reaches unprecedented levels worldwide

“Millions of children worldwide are victims of physical, sexual, and psychological violence both online and offline, including child labor, child marriage, female genital...

Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action

The development comes almost 18 months since rival militaries started fighting each other in Sudan, forcing more than 10 million people from their homes...

‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on

The latest death toll has surpassed more than 41,000 people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health – the majority of them women...
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