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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanWorld News in Brief: Child deaths in Pakistan, Ukrainian rail station attack, new UN-India development partnership
On Tuesday, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported the deaths of five children with a dozen seriously injured, following the detonation of an unexploded mortar shell in the city of Lakki Marwat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the weekend.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:
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Gaza crisis deepens as UN warns children are ‘dying before reaching hospital’
Children in Gaza are dying not just from hunger, but from the total collapse of the systems meant to protect them, UN agencies warned on Tuesday.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians
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.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
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 of the country.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Israel calls for focus on Gaza hostages’ plight
The Security Council is meeting to discuss rising concern in Israel and elsewhere over the dire conditions facing the hostages who remain in Gaza. It follows the release of recent videos by Hamas and other Palestinian militants showing emaciated captives, which the UN Secretary-General called “an unacceptable violation of human dignity.” A senior UN political affairs official reiterated the "unbearable" conditions...
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:On World Breastfeeding Week, countries urged to invest in health systems and support breastfeeding mothers
Strengthening health systems to support breastfeeding is not just a health imperative, it is a moral and economic imperative. WHO and UNICEF remain committed to supporting countries to build resilient health systems that leave no mother or child behind.
Published on: August 05, 2025 | Source:UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations
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).
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Uganda’s refugee funding crisis, academic freedom tested in Serbia, rural resilience in Afghanistan
Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total number of new arrivals to almost two million. But with funding rapidly running out, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is warning the East African nation will not be able to continue providing life-saving services and aid.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:First Person: Documenting despair and finding hope amidst the rubble of Gaza
The daily struggle to survive an ongoing war in Gaza and to protect one’s family – while reporting on the fear and chaos that conflict brings – has become an unrelenting obligation for a UN News correspondent in the embattled enclave.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies
As conflict intensifies between rival militaries in Sudan, the UN humanitarian wing (OCHA) expressed alarm on Monday over mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions across the country.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize aglobal agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic wasteand its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent staffers spark outrage
In Gaza, UN aid teams continue to report that Gaza is on the brink of famine with the UN human rights chief on Monday denouncing images of starvation inside the enclave as “an affront to our collective humanity.”
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Awaza gears up to host UN conference on landlocked developing countries
In the city of Awaza, where the Caspian Sea meets the desert, UN and Turkmen flags were raised on Sunday ahead of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), as final preparations continue to welcome world leaders and delegates for a week of high-level talks on boosting development in some of the world’s most geographically disadvantaged nations.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts
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.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and displacement, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Sunday, as aid convoys struggle to reach cut-off communities amid escalating conflict.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’
In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy is unfolding across a landscape of hunger.
Published on: August 02, 2025 | Source:UN official decries deadly Ukraine strikes, urges return to diplomacy
A senior UN official on Friday warned of mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions in Ukraine, as a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes this week killed dozens and injured scores across multiple regions – including pregnant women and children.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution
Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian responses,” Israeli forces continued attacks along food convoy routes and near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid sites, according to the UN human rights office in Palestine (OHCHR).
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:LIVE: UN Security Council meets on crisis in Ukraine
The UN Security Council meets Friday afternoon to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, where recent attacks have left dozens dead or injured. A senior UN political affairs official is expected to brief on the situation. Follow our live coverage from UN News, in coordination with UN Meetings Coverage, for real-time updates and key developments from the chamber. UN News App users can follow the coverage here.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:A mandate for change: UN releases proposals for streamlining of tasks as part of major reform agenda
Millions of lives have been improved by the mandates assigned to the UN. Yet duplication, fragmentation and outdated tasks are stretching resources and undermining the organization’s ability to deliver for those who need it most. As part of the UN80 Initiative, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has presented a set of proposals to Member States to make the UN more efficient, coherent and impactful.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June
Two gangs in Haiti took over a radio station in April. They broadcasted propaganda and played hip-hop supportive of their activities. Upon leaving, they took all the equipment with them and burned down a nearby market — a reminder that armed violence in Haiti is not only taking people’s lives but also destroying their livelihoods.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Gaza: ‘No one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food,’ says UN humanitarian agency
As Gaza faces famine-like conditions, large numbers of people reportedly continue to be killed and injured while searching for food, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests begin reaching national programmes – including, for the first time, procurement of African-made treatment for Mozambique.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement crisis in Somalia, World Breastfeeding Week
Nearly 3.2 million people in the English and Dutch-Speaking Caribbean struggle to get enough to eat, according to the latest Food Security and Livelihoods Survey conducted by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Meeting on the situation in Ukraine
The UN Security Council met on Thursday morning to discuss threats to international peace and security, with a focus on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Russia. Follow our live updates as UN News, in coordination with UN Meetings Coverage, brings you key highlights and takeaways from today’s session. UN News app users can follow the coverage here.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: First UN mission to Syria’s Sweida, fresh displacement in Haiti, new lightning record
The first UN inter-agency mission to embattled Sweida governorate in Syria arrived there on Thursday, UN aid coordination office OCHA has reported.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:In Myanmar, conflict and floods collide as UN warns of deepening crisis
As Myanmar reels from deadly floods, renewed fighting and widespread displacement, the United Nations warned on Thursday that urgent humanitarian needs are going unmet due to escalating violence and blocked access.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food
In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the war-shattered enclave by retrieving urgently needed fuel and other supplies from the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south of the Strip.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths
What began as protests against fuel price hikes in Angola have escalated into deadly unrest across the country, with at least 22 people killed and more than 1,000 detained, prompting calls from the UN for restraint and urgent investigations into possible rights violations by security forces.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security
The Ambassador of Nepal to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa, was on Thursday elected president of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at what he called a “historic moment” for his country and its enduring commitment to multilateralism.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian update warns of soaring malnutrition-related deaths, relentless civilian attacks, and mounting obstacles to aid access amid deepening crisis.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Trade measures critical to ending plastic pollution
Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic pollution – a global problem which disproportionately affects developing countries.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Once-in-a-decade push for the ‘locked out’: Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in Turkmenistan
In early August, Heads of State, ministers, investors and grassroots leaders will gather in Awaza on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast for once-in-a-decade UN conference aiming to rewire the global system in support of 32 landlocked developing countries whose economies are often “locked out” of opportunity due to their lack of access to the sea.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Russian attack on Ukrainian capital kills at least 11 civilians
At least 11 civilians were killed and over 130 injured in Russian strikes overnight in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, reported on Thursday.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Tsunami alert highlights worth of global early warning system
Early warning systems kicked in overnight across Pacific coastal communities after a massive earthquake in eastern Russia triggered a sea surge that reached the Japanese coastline around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) away within about an hour, disaster relief experts said on Wednesday.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source: