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Israeli Plan To Take Military Control Of Gaza Must Stop Now, Says UN Rights Chief
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 5:57 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip, beginning with full control of Gaza City. More >>
Landlocked But Not Left Behind: UN Summit In Turkmenistan Wraps With Bold New Roadmap
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 5:41 am | UN News
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries wrapped up earlier Friday in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with delegates adopting a landmark political declaration aimed at speeding up sustainable development and boosting resilience in 32 nations ... More >>
Sudan: You Can Run – But We Will Find You, Militias Warn Terrified Civilians
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 5:37 am | UN News
Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN agencies said on Friday, while warning that communities continue to be terrorised by parties to the conflict even as they flee violence. More >>
Gaza: Acute Malnutrition Among Children Hits Record High
Friday, 8 August 2025, 8:44 am | UN News
Acute malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached the highest levels to date as hunger continues to deepen in the enclave, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Thursday. More >>
UN Officials Warn Of Starvation Amid ‘Gender Emergency’ In War-Torn Sudan
Friday, 8 August 2025, 7:32 am | UN News
Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” in war-torn Sudan, UN officials said on Thursday. More >>
Erasure Or Empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, Women Confront A Stark Choice
Friday, 8 August 2025, 6:49 am | UN News
In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism – are stripping women and girls of their right to safety, education and a viable future. More >>
Gaza: Hospitals 'At Near-Total Collapse', Staff Overwhelmed By The Injured
Friday, 8 August 2025, 6:38 am | UN News
Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food across the enclave, while medical teams warned that hospitals are overwhelmed by a daily influx of injured people and close to “near-total collapse”. More >>
Children Are ‘Skin And Bones’ As Sudan Marks A Grim Milestone
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 10:37 am | UN News
Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since then, little has changed – no aid trucks have reached the region, the nearby city of El Fasher is still under siege and food prices are four times higher than other parts ... More >>
Gaza: Security Council Meets On Hostage Crisis Amid ‘Unbearable’ Conditions Facing Palestinian Civilians
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 10:31 am | UN News
As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN official upheld the need for a political solution to the crisis in Gaza that can lead to a lasting peace between the two peoples. More >>
The World Is Demanding Action Over Plastic Pollution: UN Environment Chief
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 10:25 am | UN News
High stakes negotiations got underway at the UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a legally binding treaty to curb plastic pollution, attended by delegates from nearly 180 countries. More >>
World News In Brief: Funding Schools In Afghanistan, Seaweed Farming In Latin America, Drought In Somalia
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 9:44 am | UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a contribution of $3.5 million from the Government of Indonesia to support the agency’s school meal programme in Afghanistan. More >>
Syria: Ceasefire Under Strain As Violence And Aid Access Issues Persist In Sweida
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 8:40 am | UN News
Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update published on Wednesday. More >>
Just 1.5 Per Cent Of Gaza’s Agricultural Land Remains Accessible And Undamaged
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 7:52 am | UN News
UN data published on Wednesday underscores the tiny amount of cultivable land that remains in the Gaza Strip, contributing to the famine conditions now being endured by more than two million people there. More >>
Hiroshima, 80 Years On: ‘Real Change’ Needed To End Existential Nuclear Threat
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 7:46 am | UN News
The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the Second World War. More >>
‘Landlocked To Landlinked’: UN Summit Seeks To Turn Geography Into Opportunity
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 7:09 am | UN News
For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier to trade. Cut off from direct access to the sea, these nations face steep transport costs, sluggish delivery times, and a maze ... More >>
UNHCR Urges Pakistan To Stop Forced Returns Of Afghan Refugees
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 10:18 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling for Pakistan to halt the forcible return of Afghan refugees holding proof of registration (PoR) cards, Spokesperson Babor Baloch said on Tuesday in Geneva. More >>
World News In Brief: Uganda’s Refugee Funding Crisis, Academic Freedom Tested In Serbia, Rural Resilience In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 7:52 am | UN News
Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total number of new arrivals to almost 2M. But with funding rapidly running out, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is warning the East African nation will not be able ... More >>
The Final Straw? Plastic Pollution Talks Get Underway In Geneva
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 7:45 am | UN News
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy. More >>
UN Urges MPs To Deliver On Development Promises For 600 Million In Landlocked Nations
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 7:07 am | UN News
At a major UN forum opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this week, parliamentarians from around the world are being urged to take decisive action to improve the lives of more than 600 million people living in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs). More >>
Violence In Northern Mozambique Forces Thousands To Flee, Straining Aid Efforts
Monday, 4 August 2025, 8:35 am | UN News
Recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado and straining limited aid supplies. More >>
