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Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia Attack Marks Highest Civilian Casualties In Nearly Two Years
Friday, 10 January 2025, 6:43 pm | UN News
Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian casualties in a single incident in almost two years, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has reported. More >>
Global Growth To Remain Subdued In 2025 Amid Uncertainty, UN Report Warns
Friday, 10 January 2025, 6:32 pm | UN News
Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8 per cent in 2025, unchanged from this past year, according to a UN flagship report released on Thursday. More >>
UN Chief Offers Condolences Amid Devastating Wildfires In California
Friday, 10 January 2025, 6:15 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sorrow over the fast-moving wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area, claiming lives and displacing thousands. More >>
Lebanon: Election Of New President A Long-awaited First Step, Senior UN Official Says
Friday, 10 January 2025, 5:58 pm | UN News
The United Nations has welcomed the election of a President in Lebanon More >>
‘Children Are Now Freezing To Death’: Harrowing Updates From Gaza
Friday, 10 January 2025, 11:31 am | UN News
The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them women and children. More >>
More Than 125,000 Refugees Return To Syria In Desperate Conditions
Friday, 10 January 2025, 9:00 am | UN News
A month since the fall of the Assad regime, more than 125,000 refugees have returned to Syria “full of hope after years of exile”, only to find themselves confronted by desperate conditions, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday. More >>
‘A Syrian-led Future’: Security Council Highlights Priorities Ahead
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 4:16 pm | UN News
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen underscored the delicate nature of the transitional phase, describing it as a moment of “great opportunities and real dangers.” More >>
DPR Korea’s Nuclear Quest Thwarts Disarmament Efforts, Security Council Hears
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 11:05 am | UN News
The launch of yet another ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is of serious concern, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, highlighting the persistent threat to global efforts towards disarmament ... More >>
Rights Experts Call For Immediate Release Of Abu Zubaydah From Guantánamo
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 11:01 am | UN News
UN independent human rights experts have called for the immediate release of Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, known as Abu Zubaydah, who has been detained without charge by US authorities at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility for almost 20 years. More >>
Ukraine In Grip Of Third Winter Of Escalating Russian Attacks
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 10:17 am | UN News
Russian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range missiles and drones, in a bid to capture further territory in the east of the country, the UN’s deputy human rights chief said on ... More >>
World News In Brief: Deadly China Quake, Killings Of Alawites In Syria, Executions In Iran And Food Crisis
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 2:48 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged restraint in Syria, amid reports that some individuals from the country’s Alawite community and other minority groups have been targeted and killed. More >>
Gaza: Humanitarians Assist Families Impacted By Recent Airstrike In Deir Al-Balah
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 8:58 am | UN News
UN teams in Gaza have carried out a rapid needs assessment in two makeshift sites in Deir Al-Balah following a recent airstrike, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday. More >>
Lebanon: Appeal For $371.4 Million To Boost Life-saving Support
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 8:50 am | UN News
The UN and the Government of Lebanon unveiled a $371.4 million extension of the Lebanon Flash Appeal on Tuesday aiming to provide life-saving assistance to civilians affected by the recent conflict and ongoing humanitarian crisis. More >>
‘Famine Conditions Are Spreading’ As Sudan’s Crisis Worsens: Security Council
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 6:05 pm | UN News
Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. More >>
First Person: Gaza, Where Starving People Are Trapped In A Land Reduced To Rubble
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 4:47 pm | UN News
“We saw dead bodies scattered to the left and right, decomposing in the sun”, recounts Jonathan Dumont, Head of Emergency Communications at World Food Programme. A veteran of conflict zones around the world, he says that the destruction and suffering ... More >>
World News In Brief: Communal Violence In South Sudan, Syria And Gaza Updates
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 12:25 pm | UN News
Communal violence remains the primary driver of conflict in South Sudan and continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians across the country, UN peacekeepers said on Monday. More >>
Gaza War: UN World Food Programme Condemns Israeli Attack On Aid Convoy
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 8:26 am | UN News
Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday. More >>
UN Continues To Call For Timely Israeli Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:40 pm | UN News
Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL. More >>
‘Hospitals Have Become Battlegrounds’: Gaza’s Health System On Brink Of Collapse
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:38 pm | UN News
With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating. More >>
Syria: UN Teams Support Cholera Vaccination In Northeastern Camps
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News
In northeast Syria, UN teams pressed ahead with a lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign in Al Hol detention camp complex on Friday, despite rumours of attacks by ISIL extremists and uncertainty across the war-torn country, following the overthrow of the Assad ... More >>
