World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Sudan, Guterres calls for unity ahead of Ramadan
Fresh waves of violence in Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan are pushing fragile communities into deeper crisis, with…
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US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief
More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in the continuing series of attacks since early September “in…
Ukraine: ‘Diplomatic momentum’ at risk amid large-scale Russian strikes
Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, was speaking a day after the latest…
Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital
At least 20 people were killed, including four health workers and five journalists, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus…
World News in Brief: Cholera strikes Sudan and beyond, humanitarian needs grown for returning Afghans, rising insecurity in DR Congo
So far this year, cholera has killed more than 4,300 people across 31 countries. These figures are underestimates and…
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…
UN sounds alarm over Syria as sectarian clashes and Israeli strikes escalate
The Druze-majority Sweida governorate, long relatively insulated from earlier phases of Syria’s 14‑year conflict, has now become a…
Syria: UN chief urges de-escalation as Sweida violence escalates, Israel strikes Damascus
News reports estimate that the sectarian violence in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, south of the capital,…
UN chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine, warns of nuclear safety risk
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, António Guterres expressed alarm over the dangerous escalation and the rising…
UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine
At least 24 people were reported killed and over 300 injured – including 32 children – when ballistic…
US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘marks perilous turn’: Diplomacy must prevail, says Guterres
After ten days of airstrikes initiated by Israel aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear programme which have led to…
UN condemns deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian capital as civilian toll mounts
According to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), more than 30 locations across seven districts…
Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
The Council cleared its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing from the head of…
Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes
Any military escalation in the Middle East should be censured, the UN chief said in a short statement…
Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend
The toll includes 1,389 casualties in April (221 killed, 1,168 injured) – the highest monthly total so far…
Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
Sigrid Kaag, interim UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said that the man-made crisis unfolding…
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
In occupied East Jerusalem, meanwhile, Israeli protesters illegally entered a compound of the UN agency for Palestine refugees,…
UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
According to the UN mission, the overnight assault from Saturday into Sunday – one of the largest of…
Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
629 Palestinians were reportedly killed over the past week, according to OHCHR in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. At…
Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
“These ongoing attacks on critical infrastructure are putting lives at risk, worsening the humanitarian crisis, and violating basic…