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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...

UNESCO report spotlights harmful effects of social medi...

Digital technologies and algorithm-driven software - especially social media - p...

Syria crisis intensifies in shadow of Gaza war

The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East regio...

Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

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

‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID...

Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patient...

Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens

A top Human Rights Council-appointed expert has welcomed the decision by all hea...

Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of ex...

Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League univ...

Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urge...

Smoking and drinking is on the rise among teenagers in Europe, Central Asia and ...

Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation R...

On 25 April 1974, military officers overthrew the nearly 50-year dictatorship in...

UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwre...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is offering medical care, foo...

New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines

Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global v...

UNRWA seeks $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs in Gaza a...

The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, launched a $1.2 billion ap...

Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in ...

Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last...

Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to e...

The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war i...

General Assembly debates Security Council’s rising veto...

The General Assembly on Tuesday debated veto power in the Security Council on th...

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