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WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in โmedicalizedโ female genital mutilation and support survivors
Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising โmedicalizationโ of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to engage health workers to prevent the practice, according to a new guideline published today by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:
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UN Security Council condemns Jammu and Kashmir terror attack
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday that killed at least 26 tourists and left many more injured, calling for accountability and international cooperation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Destitution and disease stalk Myanmarโs quake survivors
One month since Myanmarโs earthquake disaster, tens of thousands of survivors still live in makeshift tents with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms and mosquitoes.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi
The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and seeking safety in Burundi continues to rise, placing immense pressure on aid agencies struggling to cope with an escalating crisis amid dwindling resources.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities
As Ukrainian cities struggle to recover from this weekโs deadly missile and drone strikes, frontline areas remain under relentless attack, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday, warning of ongoing displacement and deepening humanitarian needs.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria
Syria is undergoing a rocky transition after years of conflict and authoritarian rule. Despite tentative political progress, ongoing violence, deepening economic hardship and a worsening humanitarian crisis highlight the urgent and continued need for international support.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees
With humanitarian aid in decline, the international community must shift its focus from short-term relief efforts to inclusive policies that support both refugees and host communities.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:Sudan situation โabsolutely devastatingโ as UN ramps up food aid
The situation in western Sudan is โshockingโ and people in the capital, Khartoum face โabsolutely devastatingโ conditions according to a senior UN official in the African country.
Published on: April 25, 2025 | Source:WHO calls for revitalized efforts to end malaria
On World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for revitalized efforts at all levels, from global policy to community action, to accelerate progress towards malaria elimination. In the late 1990s, world leaders laid the foundation for remarkable progress in global malaria control, including preventing more than 2 billion cases of malaria and nearly 13 million deaths since 2000. To date, WHO has...
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:More action needed to beat malaria for good, says UN
Although strong global collaboration has helped to save nearly 13 million lives from malaria over the past 25 years, more action is needed to stamp out the disease.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Outrage as Russian attacks on Ukraine cities kill at least nine civilians
Grim details continued to emerge on Thursday in the aftermath of a wave of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities overnight, with early reports indicating that at least nine people were killed and dozens injured.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights
Low-lying islands arenโt the only ones at risk from our warming planet, as mountain communities are now finding.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN
Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:UN warns of rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic
The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians โ particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants โ being deported from the Dominican Republic.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink
The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials โ including food, shelter and medicine โ are rapidly running out.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:UN alert over rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic
The UN has raised concern over a growing number of vulnerable Haitians โ particularly pregnant women, new mothers, and infants โ being deported from the Dominican Republic.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns
As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples โ long among the worldโs most effective environmental stewards โ are once again being left behind, a new UN report reveals.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future
With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping โ a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Hundreds killed in Sudanโs camps for displaced people
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling targeting the El Fasher and Zamzam camps in Sudanโs Darfur region, triggering an unprecedented wave of displacementaccording to the UN.
Published on: April 24, 2025 | Source:Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents and adults at risk, warn WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunization Week, 24โ30 April.Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis and yellow fever are rising globally, and diseases like diphtheria, that...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Health, education, opportunity at stake, amid stubborn digital gender divide
As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain excluded from the digital world โ denied not only access to opportunity, but also the chance to shape their own futures.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO
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.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:World leaders rally for โfull-speedโ climate action ahead of COP30
At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries. The goal was to accelerate global climate ambition ahead of COP30, which will be hosted in Brazil.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:AI lightens the workload โ but risks remain, labour agency warns
Artificial intelligence, robotics, and digitalization are rapidly reshaping how we work โ but theyโre a source of unexpected risks too.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza
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.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo
The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts
Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is now under threat.
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:WHO releases new guideline to prevent adolescent pregnancies and improve girlsโ health
In a bid to tackle the leading cause of death globally among 15โ19-year-old girls, the World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new guideline aimed at preventing adolescent pregnancy and its significant related health complications. Among other strategies, the guideline urges rapid action to end child marriage, extend girlsโ schooling, and improve access to sexual and reproductive health services and...
Published on: April 23, 2025 | Source:Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people โ mostly women and children โ trapped, starving and desperate, as no aid has been allowed in for the past 50 days.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Guterres condemns deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir
Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres has strongly condemned the armed attack in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed at least 28 lives earlier on Tuesday.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN study finds
Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Asia-based criminal network cons Thai woman in US out of $300,000
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 โ and lost $300,000.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Destruction of vital lifting gear halts search for thousands buried under rubble
Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes โ but that hope is fading fast.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Colombia: UN mission chief stresses need to advance implementation of peace deal
Colombia must harmonize peace policies and security policies, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source: