Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global…
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Sudan war exacerbates risk of cholera and malaria: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan,…
‘My husband died in my arms’: Russian drone attacks on Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity, UN investigators report
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity…
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid…
UN News Today 27 May 2025
Gaza: UN agencies call for an aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan beginsUkraine’s battered communities…
Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Top marks for Lebanon schools project helping marginalised kids
An inclusive education programme in Lebanon is getting top marks from teachers and students, especially…
UN News Today 26 May 2025
Alcohol consumption linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancerGaza: Trickle of aid allowed into war-torn…
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse deepen
Myanmar’s spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic…
UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacks
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the…
What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new…
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on…
UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of…
UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South…
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
Five days – that is how long it took Dah, a 14-year-old prospective mother from…
UN News Today 23 May 2025
Syria: Humanitarian crisis is looming over shattered countryUN rights chief Volker Türk in peace appeal…
Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’
Some patients are easy to diagnose. They walk into a clinic and explain their symptoms….
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fibrosis affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
Five days – that is how long it took Dah, a 14-year-old prospective mother from…
Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities…
Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections
With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence…
UN News Today 22 May 2025
Gaza: Aid teams pick up vital relief supplies at the borderSouth Sudan exodus continues: UNHCR…
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UN News Today 21 May 2025
Gaza: aid trucks not allowed to move deeper into GazaOccupied West Bank demolitions continue ‘every…
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms,…
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel…
‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just…
UN News Today 20 May 2025
Countries adopt first-ever treaty to guard against future pandemicsUN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into…
‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling…
Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the world’s…
UN News Today 19 May 2025
OCHA says Israel has made an approach to resume limited aid deliveriesAttacks on healthcare killed…
Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure…
World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called on Monday for…
World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as…
Countries set to adopt ‘vital’ pandemic preparedness accord
Could the world be better prepared for the next pandemic? As nations continue to deal…
Pandemic accord can be a ‘gamechanger’ for marginalised communities, says youth advocate
An international pandemic prevention treaty, three years in the making, is set to be adopted…
UN News Today 16 May 2025
Gazans leave aid lines empty-handed as more soup kitchens close – OCHASudan situation is the…
Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same
As world leaders negotiate the landmark Pandemic Preparedness Treaty at the WHO Assembly, we revisit…
UN’s Türk criticises ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political…
End senseless killings in the West Bank: UN rights office
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) called on Friday for an end to senseless killings…
Gazans ‘in terror’ after another night of deadly strikes and siege
Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight Friday killed at least 64 people, aid…
UN News Today 15 May 2025
Gazans leave aid lines empty-handed as more soup kitchens close – OCHASudan’s Adre crossing must…
‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken…
‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO
In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years…
Global shipping faces a climate reckoning
The shipping industry moves 90% of world trade—and produces nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas…
UN News Today 14 May 2025
Over 40,000 Sudanese refugees flee to Chad in just one monthSyria returnees need international help for…
8 million teens in world’s wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF
Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance,…
Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’
In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group…
‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on lethal weapons beyond human control
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous…
World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions
More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape…
UN News Today 13 May 2025
Gaza: more than 50 children have died from acute hungerDeep concerns over US deportations to…
Half of women’s organizations in crisis zones risk closure within six months
Women’s organisations operating in crisis settings are being pushed to the brink by widespread funding…