Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, was speaking a day after the latest wave of Russian airstrikes across the country, […]
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One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation
The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and children’s agency (UNICEF) issued as World Water Week gets underway, highlights persistent gaps in access, with vulnerable […]
World News in Brief: More deaths in Ukraine, lengthy detentions in Egypt, AI governance, US postal tariffs
Since Friday, 11 civilians have been killed and more than 90 wounded, according to the authorities. Schools and energy infrastructure also were damaged. The Donetsk […]
UN urges renewed solidarity eight years after forced exodus of Rohingya
More than 700,000 of them fled to neighbouring Bangladesh after armed attacks by a militant group against Myanmar security forces sparked a brutal military crackdown […]
Russian propagandist Sergey Markov designated as “foreign agent” by Russian Justice Ministry
This article requires pre-publication review by an uninvolved reviewer (one not substantially involved in writing the article). –Article last amended: Aug 23 at 10:41:28 UTC […]
World News in Brief: Gaza humanitarian update, more killings in Sudan, ending impunity in Myanmar
Multiple strikes overnight into Friday were reported in the Jabalya Al Balad and An Nazla neighbourhoods, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs […]
Amid massive destruction of Gaza City, UN chief renews ceasefire call
“It is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza,” the Secretary-General told reporters on the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), […]
UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
His call comes a day after four more Court personnel – two judges and two deputy prosecutors – were slapped with sanctions in connection with […]
Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office
Recent attacks have been particularly devastating in the Az Zaytoun neighbourhood, where airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire are continuous and intense, causing a high number […]
World News in Brief: Sudan hospitals under fire, world remembers victims of terrorism, DR Congo
A grenade attack inside Zalingei Hospital in Darfur State, led Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend all of its activities there yesterday. MSF had […]
