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Gaza: UN Rights Chief Condemns New Killings Around Private Aid Hub
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:22 pm | UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday “trying to access paltry amounts of food” around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel. More >>
As Displacement Surges In South Sudan, Regional Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:16 pm | UN News
Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have fled their homes, seeking safety either within the country or across borders, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. More >>
Five Countries Elected To Serve On UN Security Council
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:13 pm | UN News
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in January 2026. More >>
Five Humanitarians Killed In ‘Horrendous’ Attack On Aid Convoy In Sudan
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:11 pm | UN News
An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked on Monday night, killing five humanitarian workers, injuring many more and damaging critical humanitarian supplies. More >>
In Gaza, Daily Food Intake Has Fallen Well Below ‘Survival’ Level
Friday, 6 June 2025, 10:04 am | UN News
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday. More >>
‘It Is An Elephant’: Ukraine’s Unexploded Mine Problem
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:13 am | UN News
In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported. More >>
UN Hails New Era Of Cooperation Over Syria’s Chemical Weapons Stockpile – But Concerns Persist
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:08 am | UN News
The UN’s top disarmament official has welcomed signs of increased cooperation from Syria’s interim authorities in efforts to eliminate the country’s chemical weapons once and for all, as preparations move forward for a third round of inspections by ... More >>
World News In Brief: Women’s Health In Sudan, Childhood Wasting, Belarus Trade Unions, Guatemala Child Rights Violation
Friday, 6 June 2025, 8:35 am | UN News
As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors and pregnant women from essential health services, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency UNFPA said on Thursday. More >>
From Summits To Street Art To Schools: Here’s How We’re Marking World Environment Day
Friday, 6 June 2025, 7:26 am | UN News
5 June marks the 52nd World Environment Day, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and hosted by Jeju, South Korea, under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. More >>
UN Chief Urges World Leaders To Keep Two-State Solution ‘Alive’
Friday, 6 June 2025, 7:02 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged world leaders to revive efforts toward a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning that there is no alternative. More >>
Sudan: Rise In People Fleeing To Chad As Violence Surges
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:17 am | UN News
The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years amid the ongoing war in their homeland, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in an alert on Tuesday. More >>
World News In Brief: Guterres Condemns Antisemitic Attacks, ILO To Debate Pros/Cons Of Working Online, Sudan, Ukraine...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 9:16 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday reinforced his stand against all acts of antisemitism following the horrific attack in Boulder, Colorado, at the weekend and vandalism in France targeting Jewish landmarks. More >>
Deadly Flooding In Nigeria Displaces Thousands
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 8:06 am | UN News
Flash flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused devastation around the town of Mokwa in Niger state, leaving more than 150 dead and 3,000 people displaced – more than half of whom are children aged 12 and under – the UN said on Monday. More >>
Germany’s Annalena Baerbock Elected President Of The 80th General Assembly
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 8:01 am | UN News
Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on Monday. Her appointment comes as the regional group that includes Western Europe takes its turn at the helm of the world body. More >>
Frontline Ukrainian Families Face Perilous Task Of Farming Mined Fields
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 7:33 am | UN News
As Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for a second round of preliminary peace talks in Turkïye on Monday, rural communities faced their own challenge: finding something to eat. More >>
Gaza: Guterres Urges Probe Into Killings At Food Distribution Sites
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has called for an investigation into the killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday. More >>
Helpless In The Face Of Hunger: Gaza Families Pray For Deliverance – Or Death
Monday, 2 June 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
“I stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,” said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip. More >>
Lifting Of Israeli Blockade ‘the Only Way To Avert Mass Starvation’ In Gaza: UNRWA Chief
Monday, 2 June 2025, 7:25 am | UN News
Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is ... More >>
‘Justice Is Long Overdue’: Guterres Calls For Reparations For Enslavement And Colonialism
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:38 pm | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday. More >>
Education Suffers Amid DR Congo Violence, WHO Greenlights RSV Vaccines, More Hurricanes Ahead For Haiti
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News
In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school. More >>
