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…
The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief
“The world wants and indeed needs a plastic conventional treaty because the crisis is getting out of hand…
World News in Brief: Child deaths in Pakistan, Ukrainian rail station attack, new UN-India development partnership
The children picked up the unexploded ordnance in a nearby field, mistaking it for a toy, and brought…
UNHCR urges Pakistan to stop forced returns of Afghan refugees
He expressed particular concern over the plight of women and girls sent back to Afghanistan, which has been…
First Person: Documenting despair and finding hope amidst the rubble of Gaza
Some 21 months have passed since the 7 October armed attacks on Israel which sparked the current brutal…
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…
Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen
With many victims believed to be Ethiopian nationals, this heartbreaking incident highlights the “urgent need to address the…
Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies
It has now been 842 days since conflict between troops from the military government and their former allies-turned-rivals…
World News in Brief: Uganda’s refugee funding crisis, academic freedom tested in Serbia, rural resilience in Afghanistan
Uganda has a progressive refugee policy which enables refugees to work and access public services. This coupled with…
UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations
Speaking at Monday’s Parliamentary Forum of the Third UN Conference on LLDCs, senior UN leaders stressed that political…
Geography shouldn’t define destiny: UN summit on landlocked nations opens in Turkmenistan
Urging global leaders to rethink development for landlocked nations, the UN chief declared: “We gather today to reaffirm…
Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent staffers spark outrage
Meanwhile, on Thursday and again on Saturday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants published disturbing videos of two…
The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Unless an international accord is inked, plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060, causing significant damage –…
Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
More than 1,180 cholera cases – including an estimated 300 in children – and at least 20 deaths…
Awaza gears up to host UN conference on landlocked developing countries
More than 20 heads of state and government and some 3,000 delegates from international organizations, civil society, youth,…
Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts
The displacement is the latest consequence of a cascade of overlapping emergencies in the country – including armed…
Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’
Earning a living has become a daily struggle, and hundreds of men, women and children stand in endless…
UN official decries deadly Ukraine strikes, urges return to diplomacy
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe in the Department of Political and…
Gaza: ‘No one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food,’ says UN humanitarian agency
The months-long deprivation of most life-sustaining basic goods has led to a deepening of the crisis. More than…
World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement crisis in Somalia, World Breastfeeding Week
Across the region, nations face food-related challenges notably due to geographical remoteness, lack of local available resources and…