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Stopping Child Marriage Is Key To Curbing Deadly Teen Pregnancies: WHO
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 7:42 am | UN News
Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death for girls aged 15 to 19, which countries could help prevent by allowing them to remain in school and ending child marriage, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. More >>
Sewage, Trash And Disease Overwhelm Displaced Communities In Gaza
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 7:29 am | UN News
Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle. More >>
Gaza: Destruction Of Vital Lifting Gear Halts Search For Thousands Buried Under Rubble
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 9:39 am | UN News
Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes – but that hope is fading fast. More >>
Asia-based Criminal Network Cons Thai Woman In US Out Of $300,000
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 8:02 am | UN News
A Thai woman working in the United States has told UN News how she fell for a scam orchestrated by a criminal network in Asia – and lost $300,000. More >>
Colombia: UN Mission Chief Stresses Need To Advance Implementation Of Peace Deal
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 8:01 am | UN News
Colombia must harmonize peace policies and security policies, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Syria Is ‘Brimming With Hope And Opportunity’ : Senior UN Aid Official
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 8:29 am | UN News
Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country and their communities, the outgoing UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis said on Monday. More >>
UN Chief Hails Pope Francis As ‘A Transcendent Voice For Peace’
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 7:51 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has joined the world in mourning the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday in Vatican City aged 88. More >>
Haiti Faces ‘Point Of No Return’ As Gang Violence Fuels Chaos
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 7:27 am | UN News
Haiti is on the verge of “total chaos” as coordinated gang violence continues to escalate, threatening the State’s ability to maintain public order, the UN’s top envoy for the country warned on Monday. More >>
Myanmar: Thousands Remain In Crisis Weeks After Deadly Earthquakes
Saturday, 19 April 2025, 9:00 pm | UN News
Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water or medical care three weeks after deadly earthquakes struck the country, as frequent aftershocks compound the suffering of communities already battered by conflict and poverty. More >>
Myanmar: Military Strikes Persist Amid Earthquake Response Efforts
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:59 am | UN News
Military operations continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after the recent earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday. More >>
Sudan War: ‘Darkest Chapters’ Ahead As Darfur Massacre Claims Over 100 Lives
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:55 am | UN News
As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest chapters” may still lie ahead, following the massacre of more than 100 people at displacement camps in Darfur over the weekend. More >>
UN Forum On People Of African Descent Examines Reparations And AI Challenge
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:52 am | UN News
The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. More >>
Thousands Of Gaza Patients Waiting For Urgent Medical Evacuation
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:44 am | UN News
The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the ... More >>
World News In Brief: Gaza Aid Crisis Worsens, South Sudan Clashes, Ecuador Oil Spill Update
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:32 am | UN News
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday. More >>
How Is The Sudanese Civil War Destabilising Neighbouring Countries?
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:23 am | UN News
Since April 2023, Sudan, the third-largest country in Africa, has been embroiled in war, as a brutal battle between government forces and a powerful paramilitary group has exacerbated the nation’s existing crises, including political instability ... More >>
Millions Displaced, Health System In Ruins As Sudan War Fuels Famine
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:52 am | UN News
More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including over 3.3 million refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries – as two years of civil war fuel famine, disease outbreaks and the collapse of the health ... More >>
Sudan War Has Created Suffering Of ‘Industrial Proportions’, Aid Agencies Warn
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:39 am | UN News
Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape. More >>
Gaza: UN Rights Office Condemns Israeli Buffer Zone Plan
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:35 am | UN News
The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment. More >>
UN Refugee Agency Calls For Greater Investment In Syrian Returnees
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:33 am | UN News
Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gone back to their communities. More >>
US Tariffs Move Could See Three Per Cent Fall In Global Trade, Says Top UN Economist
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:29 am | UN News
Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN economist confirmed on Friday. More >>
