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The Night The Mountains Shook: A Doctor On The Front Lines Of Afghanistan’s Earthquake
Sunday, 7 September 2025, 7:00 am | UN News
The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to his phone. It was right before midnight, last Sunday, and the steep, mountainous valleys of eastern Afghanistan had just been hit by a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake, ... More >>
‘A War Of Atrocities’ – UN Human Rights Investigators Warn Sudanese Civilians Are Paying The Highest Price
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News
As the nearly 30-month-long conflict in Sudan between rival militaries grinds on, looting, burning, and shelling continues to destroy livelihoods and hope. More >>
UN Chief Hails ‘Remarkable Example’ Of Papua New Guinea As He Concludes Historic Trip
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:34 pm | UN News
UN chief António Guterres rounded off the first ever visit to the Pacific nation by a sitting Secretary-General, paying tribute to the country’s unbroken 50-year run as a multilingual democracy – which is now beset by major economic and environmental ... More >>
World News In Brief: Afghanistan Quake Latest, Sexual Violence In Haiti, WHO Medicines Update, Deadly Floods In Pakistan
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:32 pm | UN News
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, has released $10 million in response to the urgent need for food, water, shelter and other lifesaving provisions following this week’s devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Afghanistan. More >>
Air Pollution Is On The Rise – But Not Everywhere, Says UN Weather Agency
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:30 pm | UN News
As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate experts on Friday highlighted how damaging microscopic smoke particles from wildfires play their part, travelling halfway across the world. More >>
The Missing Half: The Urgent Need For More Women’s Representation In The Media
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:29 pm | UN News
Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of media coverage, according to the latest UN-backed Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) report, the world’s largest study on gender representation in news media. More >>
The ‘Unthinkable’ Is Underway In Gaza City, UNICEF Warns
Friday, 5 September 2025, 9:41 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on Thursday for the international community to do everything possible to prevent catastrophe in Gaza City as Israel ramps up military operations ahead of a planned full takeover. More >>
Downpours Stymy Aid Teams Following Deadly Landslide In War-Torn Sudan
Friday, 5 September 2025, 8:00 am | UN News
War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities affected by the devastating landslide that struck Tarseen village in South Darfur state over the weekend, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric ... More >>
World News In Brief - 4 September 2025
Friday, 5 September 2025, 7:55 am | UN News
As the death toll from the Afghanistan earthquake disaster jumped to more than 2,200 on Thursday, UN agencies continued to help, while calling for funding to help build sturdier housing to withstand future shocks. More >>
UN Rights Office Worried Over Escalation In Gaza City, Annexation Plans For West Bank
Friday, 5 September 2025, 7:43 am | UN News
A senior official from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Thursday he was extremely concerned over intensifying Israeli military operations in northern Gaza – including Gaza City – and warned against any attempt to annex parts of the ... More >>
Guterres Hails Papua New Guinea As An Example Of Diversity, Dialogue And Climate Action
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 10:57 am | UN News
The Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea is proof that embracing differences can be the world’s greatest strength, the UN Secretary-General said in a speech to parliamentarians in the capital, Port Moresby, on Wednesday. More >>
Funding Cuts Could Push 6 Million More Children Out Of School, Warns UNICEF
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 10:16 am | UN News
Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. More >>
Finding Strength Amid Sleepless Nights: Ukraine’s Hidden Mental Health Toll
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 9:43 am | UN News
Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and 11 years since conflict began, the toll on mental health across the country is severe. More >>
‘Reparatory Justice’ Key To Ending Racism Against Africans And Their Descendants
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 9:21 am | UN News
Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the African diaspora, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday. More >>
Pakistan Floods, Countries Lag On Climate Reporting, Concern Over Attack On Peacekeepers In South Lebanon And Other
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 9:16 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he was “profoundly saddened” by the death and destruction caused by the recent floods in northern Pakistan. The current death toll stands at over 400. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Urges Support To End Displacement For Millions Of Syrians
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 8:52 am | UN News
The international community must support efforts towards peace and stability in Syria and end the displacement of millions – both within and outside the country – who fled years of war and just want to go home. More >>
Gaza: With A Suitcase For A School Bag, Classrooms Have Become Shelters
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 8:17 am | UN News
“Instead of studying in school, we’re living in it,” said Diana, summing up the conditions faced by thousands of children in the Gaza Strip whose lives have been turned upside down by war who now face the prospect of a third year without ... More >>
Daily Malnutrition Deaths Continue As Israeli Forces Push Further Into Gaza City
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 5:03 pm | UN News
Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalate attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground. More >>
Afghanistan Quake: Aid Teams Still Scrambling To Reach Survivors
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 4:47 pm | UN News
In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sunday’s devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. More >>
Sudan: Hundreds Feared Dead In Darfur Landslide
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 4:44 pm | UN News
Humanitarians “will spare no effort” to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in war-torn Sudan, a senior UN official in the country said on Tuesday. More >>
