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Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida

Just 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged

Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo

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Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa

Delivering closing remarks at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, co-hosted by Ethiopia and...

World News in Brief: Remembering Dr. David Nabarro, deadly shipwreck off Libya, verdict in peacekeeper’s killing

The British physician and champion for global public health died this past weekend at the age of 75. He was the...

$UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world if there is political will$

UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world if there is political will

Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Marta Pobee briefed the Council on priorities for adapting UN peace operations to foster...

Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors

Meanwhile, another attack on Tuesday reportedly killed five civilians and injured three in the Kharkiv region, located in eastern Ukraine.According...

‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality

This is just one way that the de facto authorities have restricted women and girls’ fundamental rights. Today, Afghanistan has...

LIVE COVERAGE: Day 2 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine

Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the high-level international conference at UN Headquarters, aimed at advancing practical steps toward...

World News in Brief: Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire, bloody weekend in Ukraine, stop hepatitis deaths

The deal was announced on Monday by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, current chair of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN,...

Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country

As conflict between rival militaries rages on, millions of people keep on being displaced.While the UN and its partners continue...

In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation

According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform, two out of three famine thresholds for food consumption have...

Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, says UN interagency report