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One year in detention: heads of United Nations agencies and INGOs renew demand for release of staff detained in northern Yemen
This week marks one year since dozens of personnel from the United Nations, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, and diplomatic missions were arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in northern Yemen. Others have been detained since as far back as 2021. Today, we reiterate our urgent demand for their immediate and unconditional release.As of today, 23 UN and five international...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:
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As displacement surges in South Sudan, regional humanitarian crisis deepens
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.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges
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.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins
As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haitiβs humanitarian situation.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
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.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
UN human rights chief Volker TΓΌrkhas condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday βtrying to access paltry amounts of foodβ around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Five humanitarians killed in βhorrendousβ attack on aid convoy in Sudan
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.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate action
Nearly 16 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian health support, the UN warned on Tuesday, as aid deliveries continue amid escalating needs, deadly explosive hazards and a severe funding shortfall.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the matter.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Germanyβs Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assemblyβs 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.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands
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 β more than half of whom are children aged 12 and under β the UN said on Monday.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:UN calls for βimmediate and unconditionalβ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
As June marks one year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of personnel from the UN, NGOs, civil society organizations and diplomatic missions by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, the UN Secretary-General has reiterated his call for their release, urging they befreed βimmediately and unconditionally.β
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Frontline Ukrainian families face perilous task of farming mined fields
As Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for a second round of preliminary peace talks in TurkΓ―ye on Monday, rural communitiesfaced their own challenge: finding something to eat.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Guterres condemns antisemitic attacks, ILO to debate pros and cons of working online, Sudan, Ukraine updates
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.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate βkiller robotsβ
A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no longer hypothetical. AI-driven drones are reshaping warfare, raising deep ethical questions about autonomy in combat.As international policymakers scramble to set ground rules, the race is on to rein in this rapidly-evolving technology.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Helpless in the face of hunger: Gaza families pray for deliverance β or death
βI 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,β said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Lifting of Israeli blockade βthe only way to avert mass starvationβ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
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 the only way to avoid βmass starvationβ.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:WHO Director-General: Member States reaffirm commitment to WHO and global health at historic World Health Assembly
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment shown by the Organizationβs Member States which, during nearly two weeks of meetings, adopted historic measures to make the world safer and healthier.The landmark adoptions of the first global agreement to make the world safer from future pandemics and increase in financial support to the World Health Organization were the highlights of the...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:UNβs lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:βThis is not just iceβ: Glaciers support human livelihoods, UN deputy chief says
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciersβ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti
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.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza is the βhungriest place on earthβ, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Flavoured nicotine products driving youth addiction, WHO warns
For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product β making it easier, and more appealing, to try.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Songs of hope rise from Gazaβs ruins
In Al-Jundi Al-Majhool Square β once the bustling heart of Gaza City β music now floats among the tents. The square, transformed into a sprawling displacement camp, shelters hundreds of families driven from their homes by more than 19 months of war.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:βJustice is long overdueβ: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
Secretary-General AntΓ³nio 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.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:WHO outlines recommendations to protect infants against RSV β respiratory syncytial virus
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first-ever position paper on immunization products to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) β the leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children globally. Every year, RSV causes about 100000 deaths and over 3.6million hospitalizations in children under the age of 5 years worldwide. About half of these deaths occur in infants...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis
The UNβs urban development agencyestimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services β thatβs around 40 per cent of the global population.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:βWe are the presentβ: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show that her generation can be part of the solution to combat climate change.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:UN honours peacekeepers' service and sacrifice
The United Nations honoured staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
A glimmer of hope for peace in Ukraine has been overshadowed by a devastating new wave of Russian attacks, UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday, warning of soaring civilian casualties and a worsening humanitarian crisis that could derail a diplomatic end to the war.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:WHO calls for urgent action to ban flavoured tobacco and nicotine products
On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) today launches a new publication and calls on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes, to protect youth from addiction and disease.Flavours like menthol, bubble gum and cotton candy are masking the harshness of tobacco and nicotine products turning toxic products into...
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:WHO, Africa CDC and RKI expand implementation of a unique partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the governments of Canada and the United Kingdom announced today the expansion of the successful Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Africa (HSPA) to seven countries on the continent.Africa experiences more disease outbreaks than any other part of the world....
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly concludes: historic outcomes, consequential highlights
The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organizationβs (WHO) Member States, came to a close Tuesday, as health leaders lauded vast accomplishments and global solidarity.The Assembly, WHOβs highest decision-making body, convened from 19 May to 27 May, under the theme βOne World for Healthβ. Member States considered approximately75 items and sub-items across all areas of...
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source:βMy husband died in my armsβ: UN probe says Russian drone strikes may be crimes against humanity
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN-appointed human rights investigators concluded in a new report published on Wednesday.
Published on: May 28, 2025 | Source: