Since the offensive began earlier this month, hundreds of people have been killed, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, with more than 60,000 others displaced again, many fearing…
Read more UN chief ‘shocked’ at harrowing death and destruction in north GazaThis follows Israeli airstrikes in southern suburbs of the city that targeted the leader of the Hezbollah armed group, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed, according to media reports.…
Read more Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’The sun beats down on the fertile fields of Bolívar, Colombia, where lush green valleys stretch towards the distant Andes mountains. It’s a picture of idyllic rural life,…
Read more Sowing peace one agribusiness at a time: Colombian farmers reclaim their land and livelihoods“Humanitarian facilities in Rafah are forced to close one after another…The flow of humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza, already insufficient to meet the soaring needs, has dropped by…
Read more Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’“I am appalled and shocked by the terrifying news arriving from Kharkiv”, said Ms. Brown in a statement. “This afternoon, in broad daylight as people – despite all…
Read more Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre ‘utterly unacceptable’, says senior UN official“Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah or 800,000 people are on the road,” Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in post on the social media platform X.…
Read more Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from RafahThe incident occurred in the vicinity of Sake, just 20 kilometers from Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. The wounded peacekeepers, who were part of Operation Springbok…
Read more UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR CongoMarch marks the thirteenth anniversary of the conflict in Syria, with systematic atrocities and untold suffering of civilians. According to UN estimates, 16.7 million people, equivalent to 70…
Read more UN chief urges ‘genuine, credible’ political solution in Syria, as conflict approaches thirteenth anniversary“I endured the artillery’s roar, the fire in the nursery, yet I stand tall,” read the lyrics. “I weathered the paralyzing fear under the covers, felt everyone turn…
Read more A lullaby for children sleeping under bombs in GazaThe warning from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, comes nearly four months since Israel commenced a devastating bombing campaign in response to Hamas-led terror attacks on 7…
Read more Gaza: Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ as exodus south continuesMany displaced people are living in tents in Tal Al-Sultan neighbourhood, in the southern Gaza Strip. When war began on 7 October, life changed dramatically overnight for mother-of-four…
Read more From The Field: Story of an aid worker trying to survive in GazaLeaders from the 120-member bloc met amid deep division globally, including rising geopolitical tensions, climate catastrophe, widespread poverty and raging conflict in Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza. Danger and…
Read more At Non-Aligned Movement summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostagesSome 613 people have died within facilities as a result since 7 October last year and more than 770 have been injured, according to latest data on healthcare…
Read more Gaza: Nearly 600 healthcare attacks since start of war, says WHOThe UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was deployed to Mali in 2013 following a violent insurrection by separatist rebels attempting to take control of the…
Read more Last UN peacekeepers poised for complete withdrawal from MaliAt least 18 civilians were killed and more than 100 injured in an attack on Belgorod, said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political and…
Read more Security Council holds emergency meeting on attacks in Belgorod, Russia“A traumatized and exhausted population” is being “crammed into a smaller and smaller sliver of land,” UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths warned on social platform X on…
Read more Gaza: UN calls for urgent aid scale-up amid new mass exodus to RafahMiddle East – West Bank, Lebanon, Israel & other regions | Security Council | United Nations Follow this page and @UN_News_Centre on X, formerly Twitter, for updates. 11:05…
Read more UPDATING LIVE: UN Security Council to meet on the situation in the Middle EastLocations in the north and south of the enclave were hit as Israeli ground forces also reportedly pushed into central areas, along with the firing of rockets by…
Read more Gaza crisis: southern areas ‘bursting at seams’ amid new wave of bombing and displacementFour people, including two girls under the age of 10, were killed in the incident, which occured in the Croix de Bouquet district. Four other family members were…
Read more UNICEF deplores deadly Christmas Day attack on family in HaitiWorld Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Medical Teams coordinator Sean Casey said that “100-plus patients” had been brought into Al-Aqsa Hospital on Monday in the space of 30 minutes,…
Read more Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’
