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First Person: Echoes Of War As Aid Arrives In Syria’s Historical City
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 2:15 pm | UN News
The transformation over two decades of the once thriving Syrian city of Sweida from tourist destination to a landscape marked by violence and loss has been detailed by the chief of a UN migration mission who recently visited the area. More >>
Myanmar: Rights Investigators Reveal ‘Systematic Torture’, Sexual Violence
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 10:29 am | UN News
UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric shocks, strangulations and gang rape – a pattern of atrocities which is intensifying across ... More >>
Gaza: Guterres Urges Probe Into Killing Of Journalists, As Child Malnutrition Deaths Rise
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza this past weekend, his Spokesman said on Monday. More >>
Hospitals Overflowing In Gaza, As Malnutrition Surges
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 8:46 am | UN News
The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing hospitals, critically malnourished children, and desperate civilians risking their lives to secure food for their families. More >>
Four Years On, Here’s What Total Exclusion Of Women In Afghanistan Looks Like
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 8:00 am | UN News
In 2021, an Afghan woman could have run for president – although none did. Spool forward to 2025, they can’t even speak in public. There is an edict from the Taliban which labels public speaking by women a moral violation. More >>
Safe Seas Key To Global Prosperity, Security Council Told
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 7:42 am | UN News
Shipping is crucial to the global economy, with more than 100,000 vessels a day transporting some 80 per cent of world commerce, but it remains vulnerable to disruptions caused by geopolitical tensions and transnational crime. More >>
Security Council Voices Deep Concern Over Deadly Escalation In Syria’s Sweida Region
Monday, 11 August 2025, 9:01 am | UN News
The UN Security Council has expressed alarm at the sharp escalation of violence in Syria’s Sweida region since mid-July, condemning attacks against civilians and calling for urgent protection and humanitarian access. More >>
Aid Blockade Deepens Gaza Crisis As Malnutrition Deaths Rise, Warns UNRWA
Monday, 11 August 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis, with no agency aid allowed in for more than five months and malnutrition deaths climbing sharply. More >>
‘There Is No Military Solution’ To End Israel-Palestine Conflict, Security Council Hears, As Starvation Stalks Gaza
Monday, 11 August 2025, 7:06 am | UN News
It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international community addresses the reality of starvation on the ground in Gaza, the Security Council heard on Sunday. More >>
Indigenous Peoples Day Highlights AI’s Risks And Opportunities
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 6:02 am | UN News
In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on Friday on the theme AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures. More >>
‘The Real Challenge Is Still Ahead’: UN Warns On Afghan Returnees
Sunday, 10 August 2025, 6:00 am | UN News
Millions of people returning to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries are receiving humanitarian support at the border, but they will need more help to rebuild their lives, according to UN-Habitat, the agency that advocates for sustainable communities. More >>
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 >>
