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Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call

Amid growing international calls for restraint from Israel in Gaza and reports o...

‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah...

Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-sc...

Gaza protests: UN rights chief flags ‘disproportionate’...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a ...

Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable...

Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “mass...

Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica b...

A small but growing number of countries are well on their way to producing all o...

UN official urges South Sudan to lift taxes halting aid

The UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to li...

UN expresses solidarity with Kenya following deadly floods

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s continued ...

Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleein...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reached one of its now-abandoned ...

Ukraine: Civilians killed and injured as attacks on pow...

An increase in civilian casualties caused by intensifying attacks from the Russi...

Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in chil...

As deadly attacks in Ukraine continue, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on...

Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at report...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday raised alarm over the situation in ...

Sudan: Security Council members call for immediate halt...

UN Security Council members on Saturday called on the warring parties in Sudan t...

Climate action ‘cannot trample over the poor’, says Gut...

The UN Secretary-General on Friday launched an initiative focusing on ensuring f...

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining ex...

World News in Brief: Support for Haiti mission, challen...

Following the installation of a transitional council in Haiti, seven countries o...

Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery fa...

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