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At least 14 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 100 injured in Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, as Russian drone and missile strikes struck multiple Ukrainian cities in one of the heaviest nights of bombing in months.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:
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Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears
The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:โHate speech is poison in the well of society,โ says Guterres
Hate speech is a warning sign and a driver of violence, UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres said ahead ofWednesdayโs International Day for Countering Hate Speech.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where midwives serve as the main care provider for women and babies throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:The WHO Hub in Berlin: driving innovation to make the world safer from health threats
Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin leverages innovative tools and collaborations for more effective disease surveillance worldwide. Just over three years after its inauguration, the Hub now supports over 150 countries in detecting health threats more effectively and rapidly. The Hubโs latest annual report highlights the growing impact of...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 16 June
After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Tรผrk on Monday condemned the violence and echoed wider calls for a negotiated end to the attacks. Meanwhile in Gaza, aid workers report that mobile communications networks continue to be cut in the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system and beyond today,...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:โBehind each crisis, people are suffering,โ Tรผrk tells Human Rights Council
Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and promote justice and international law, those founding principles are increasingly under threat, the UNโs human rights chief warned on Monday.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching โsurvival appealโ
Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a โhyper-prioritisedโ appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight
From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives โ it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Spain strengthens global health leadership with increased support to WHO
The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today signed a new agreement and contribution of 5.25million to support key WHO initiatives.โSpain has long been a close and steadfast partner to WHO and global health," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. "We thank Spain for its increased flexible funding of our work, in doing so helping...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing
As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes
Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging โmaximum restraintโ from Member States. The head of the UN-backed atomic watchdog also highlighted the risk of a wider conflict.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? Thatโs the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
Israelโs strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Tรผrk said on Friday.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Societies grappling with a โsilent but growingโ prison crisis
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect โ fuelling calls for urgent reform.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to represent the largest displacement crisis in the world. This is no longer the case.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
Meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:UN chief โdeeply saddenedโ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on board
A London-bound Air India jet carrying 242 people crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, reportedly killing more than 200 on board, with dozens still unaccounted for.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Yemen at breaking point as UN envoy urges action to end suffering
Yemen cannot endure more years of division, economic collapse and human suffering, the UNโs top official on the crisis told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that โtime is not on our side.โ
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned after a new update was released on Thursday from the UN-partnered food security classification system, the IPC.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:โNo Ocean Declaration without small islandsโ: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears end
With one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third UN Ocean Conference, delegates in Nice are preparing for the adoption of the summitโs eagerly anticipated political declaration. Small island developing States, facing the direct effects of climate change and marine resource decline, are pushing to ensure their perspectives are reflected in global ocean policy.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice
Behind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away from the historic port of Nice, more than 40 ministers gathered on Tuesday to tackle one of the planetโs fastest-growing environmental threats: plastic pollution.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Decades of memories and loss โ searching for the missing in Syria
Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during 14 years of civil war. Now, some families are able to live in hope as the Middle Eastern country emerges from the traumatic period of dictatorship and conflict.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire
The General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a resolution on Thursday demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages and resumption of humanitarian aid to stave off famine. There were 149 votes in favour, 12 against โ including Israel and the US โ and 19 abstentions. App users can follow our live coveragehere.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Atomic watchdog says Iran not complying with nuclear safeguards
The UN-backed atomic watchdog passed a resolution on Thursday declaring that Iran is not complying with its obligations regarding nuclear non-proliferation.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: โIndifference and impunityโ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe
With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, theUN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once againsounded the alarm about the crisis unfolding in Sudan on Thursday.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:At least eight drown in Red Sea as smugglers force migrants overboard
Survivors of a people-smuggling operation in the Red Sea have described being forced off their boat far from the coast of Djibouti and left to swim for their lives.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for โunfetteredโ aid supplies
People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the โvery limitedโ volume of food being allowed in, UN aid agencies reiterated on Wednesday.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: