Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight
Currently underway in Stockholm from 24 to 28 August, the 35th World Water Week meeting highlights the crucial…
UN urges renewed solidarity eight years after forced exodus of Rohingya
More than 700,000 of them fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after armed attacks by a militant group against Myanmar…
Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage
“I was going to buy falafel,” says Mohammed Hassan. “On the way home, I looked up and saw…
DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma
Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that…
International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade: ‘Time to abolish exploitation once and for all’
“It is time to abolish human exploitation once and for all and to recognise the equal and unconditional…
Yemen: How acts of compassion light the way for healing
Her journey into humanitarian work began after years of serving in hospitals in Aden, where she witnessed firsthand…
Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
Attacks against health facilities doubled between 2023 and 2024, and more than 900 health workers were killed last…
World News in Brief: Gaza humanitarian update, more killings in Sudan, ending impunity in Myanmar
Multiple strikes overnight into Friday were reported in the Jabalya Al Balad and An Nazla neighbourhoods, the UN…
DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears
Despite diplomatic progress in recent months, with the United States brokering a peace agreement between the DRC and…
Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
Formally titled the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation…
UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide
The new joint report, Climate change and workplace heat stress, underscores the mounting risks as climate change fuels…
Guterres in Japan: ‘Humanity is strongest when we stand as one’
It brings together more than 160 countries and organizations – a testament to Japan’s enduring commitment to global…
Libya: Security Council urged to back popular ‘yearning’ for national elections
Hannah Tetteh, who also heads the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefed ambassadors in the wake of municipal…
Famine in Gaza: ‘a failure of humanity itself,’ says UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the results of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis were no…
Survivors’ voices ‘integral’ to preventing terrorism
This year marks the eighth commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims…
Syria: Political transition on ‘a knife-edge’ amid military skirmishes
Geir Pedersen told ambassadors that in Sweida governate, where sectarian violence in July also spurred conflict in the…
Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue
The National Disaster Management Authority has also reported 978 injuries and the destruction or damage of more than…
UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
His call comes a day after four more Court personnel – two judges and two deputy prosecutors –…
Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics
At the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, a small child, Maryam Abu Alba, is crying in pain. “The…
World News in Brief: Sudan hospitals under fire, world remembers victims of terrorism, DR Congo
A grenade attack inside Zalingei Hospital in Darfur State, led Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend all of…