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Ukraine: Top Humanitarian Strongly Condemns Russian Attack On UN Aid Convoy
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:41 pm | UN News
Russian drones hit a “clearly marked” UN convoy on Tuesday which was bringing desperately needed aid to a war-torn frontline town in southern Ukraine. More >>
WHO Calls For Greater Investment In Brain Health And Care Services
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:32 pm | UN News
Countries must scale up investment and care to treat neurological disorders, responsible for over 11 million deaths each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. More >>
Deputy UN Chief Pays Tribute To Beijing’s Key Role In Advancing Women’s Rights
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:25 pm | UN News
UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital’s enduring association with the fight for women’s rights and gender equality. More >>
‘We Resist By Simply Existing On The Land’: Ramallah Mayor On Life Under Occupation
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:20 pm | UN News
Ramallah, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank, is a bustling urban centre, but it is ringed by barriers and checkpoints which dominate every aspect of life. More >>
Antibiotic Resistance Surges Globally, UN Health Agency Warns
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:18 pm | UN News
Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday. More >>
Gaza: $70 Billion Needed To Rebuild Shattered Enclave, Says UN
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 5:14 pm | UN News
Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years of war, UN development experts said on Tuesday, while aid agencies reported that far too little aid is getting in to meet the needs of desperate Palestinians. More >>
Nations Confront Deep Divisions Over Carbon Emission Cuts To Global Shipping
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 3:04 pm | UN News
The UN maritime agency opened a special session in London on Tuesday, where nations are debating – and may adopt – a landmark framework to curb greenhouse gas emissions for global shipping, amid intense debate and open US opposition. More >>
Why Are Over 670 Million People Going Hungry?
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 2:48 pm | UN News
More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, according to the UN. More >>
UN Releases $11 Million For Gaza Aid As Ceasefire, Hostage Release Bring ‘Fragile Hope’
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 11:07 am | UN News
Speaking from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, ahead of a summit on Gaza, he said the UN humanitarian scale-up is underway amid what he called “a moment of precarious hope” for so many. More >>
Gaza: Hostages Released, Aid Scale-Up Begins
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 10:57 am | UN News
As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, aid agencies said that lifesaving relief supplies are now flowing at scale into the shattered enclave. More >>
World News In Brief: Record Hunger In Haiti, Repeated Attacks In Sudan’s El Fasher Condemned, Maldives Medical Milestone
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 10:55 am | UN News
As the humanitarian crisis continues to escalate in Haiti, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that women, children and displaced families are disproportionately affected as malnutrition and hunger rise. More >>
Political Crisis And Corruption Fuelling Violence In South Sudan, UN Rights Body Says
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 9:55 am | UN News
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the already dire humanitarian and human rights situations there worse, UN investigators said on Monday. More >>
DR Congo: UN Envoy Points To ‘Real Hope’ For Ceasefire And Peace In The East
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 9:08 am | UN News
There is now “real hope” for a ceasefire which would pave the way for a lasting and definitive settlement of the conflict in the eastern DRC, the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Huang Xia, told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
Trade, Debt And Investment At The Heart Of Upcoming UN Meeting, As Global Unpredictability Hits People’s Livelihoods
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 9:05 am | UN News
The world’s poorest are being squeezed by trade uncertainty, heavy debt burdens and falling investment, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD warned a week before ministers gather in Geneva for its largest meeting in four years. More >>
Indirect Disaster Effects Cost The World Nearly $2 Trillion Per Year, Guterres Says On International Day
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. More >>
‘Never Be Afraid To Ask For Help’:Ukrainians Scarred By War Find Space To Heal
Friday, 10 October 2025, 3:37 pm | UN News
People in Ukraine who have suffered mental stress as a result of the war which continues in their country have found a space to heal in neighbouring Moldova. More >>
Sudan: El Fasher Mosque And Hospital Attacks Leave At Least 20 Dead
Friday, 10 October 2025, 3:34 pm | UN News
At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a hospital in El Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur state in Sudan. More >>
World News In Brief: Deadly Attacks In Ukraine, First Humanitarian Flight For Syrians In Libya
Friday, 10 October 2025, 3:31 pm | UN News
More civilians have been killed and injured in Ukraine over the past three days with most casualties recorded in the Kherson, Sumy, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Thursday. More >>
Jubilation In Gaza As News Of Possible Ceasefire Deal Sinks In
Friday, 10 October 2025, 3:28 pm | UN News
The development follows the announcement by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening that Israel and Hamas had “signed off” on the first phase of his 20-point peace plan More >>
Gaza Deal: UN And Humanitarian Partners ‘Prepared To Move – Now,’ Says Guterres
Friday, 10 October 2025, 3:25 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel and Hamas to “fully abide” by the ceasefire and hostage release deal, calling it a “desperately needed breakthrough” that must mark “the beginning of the end of this devastating war.” More >>
