News in Brief 26 April 2024
Gaza humanitarian update, rights experts’ appeal over aid accessSudan: Civilians ‘are trapped’ in El-Fasher, warns…
Gaza humanitarian update, rights experts’ appeal over aid accessSudan: Civilians ‘are trapped’ in El-Fasher, warns…
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern…
Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical…
Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to plastic pollution. As well as coping with…
Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges preventive measureUK gender change…
Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software – especially social media – present high risks of privacy…
On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in Portugal in a…
Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities…
A top Human Rights Council-appointed expert has welcomed the decision by all health authorities in…
Substance use is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and Canada and…
Gaza: People ‘are clearly dying’ from hunger, warns UN food agency Global hunger set to rise…
Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance…
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the…
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the…
The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in…
In Kosovo, where tensions remain high between the ethnic Albanian and ethnic Serb communities, the…
Gaza mass graves uncovered with victims’ hands tied: UN’s TürkEthiopia clashes displace 50,000, warn UN…
Book by book and page by page, Türkiye’s booklovers are bringing life back to cities…
Following the United Kingdom Parliament’s passage of the “Safety of Rwanda” bill, two top UN…
Gaza violence continues unabated, claims lives of civiliansClimate shocks lie behind rise in workplace dangers…
UN experts have expressed concern over airlines and aviation authorities’ involvement in the unlawful removal…
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in…
Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans Rights chief Türk urges peace for…
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in…
Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans Rights chief Türk urges peace for…
The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals including humans is a significant…
$2.8 billion flash appeal launched in support of three million across Gaza and West BankViolations…
Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard…
African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications…
Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief calls for end to civilian…
Tuesday marked the opening of the third session of the UN Permanent Forum on People…
A recent spate of “reckless attacks” on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine…
Gaza: Rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli militarySudan crisis in international spotlight…
With the ‘promise of a better world’ in mind the UN Youth Office has launched an new…
People affected by gang wars in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, have been describing to the…
Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official Sudan facing looming…
Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” five-in-one vaccine against meningitis,…
Life-threatening heat alert for children in east Asia: UNICEFMyanmar middle class ‘disappearing’: UN development reportGaza:…
The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Thursday called for a transformation in learning, stressing that receiving…
‘Fear and loss’ for Sudanese displaced by brutal fightingHepatitis killing thousands each day and numbers…
The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts…
Palestine UN membership in spotlight amid Rafah invasion fears Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease…
Against the backdrop of a humanitarian crisis and gang violence in Haiti, UN agencies are…
A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a…
With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare…
The Haitian economy may be on its knees, but the gangs that control much of…
Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in…
The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest rise in attacks by the…
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in…
Ukraine: Ambulance teams at 3 times greater risk of death and injuryHuman Rights Council resolution…