Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems
Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate shocks strained health systems worldwide – disrupting essential services in many countries –…
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Gaza ceasefire still fragile as cold turns deadly, Security Council hears
Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, provided the update during his quarterly briefing on Council resolution 2334…
From mud homes to joyful songs: Living heritage on the global stage
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage programme focuses on keeping alive the practices, knowledge, and expressions that communities recognize as part of their…
UN support helps Gaza mothers give birth amid collapsing health system
Some are forced to deliver alone. Others rely on neighbours with no medical training. For many, childbirth has become a…
Rings of Rock in the Sahara
In northeastern Africa, within the driest part of the Sahara, dark rocky outcrops rise above pale desert sands. Several of…
Gaza: After Security Council breakthrough, agencies highlight youngsters’ plight
“We’re very optimistic that the peace plans will improve the situation,” UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson Ricardo Pires said, briefing…
Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know
The proposal building on the 20-point US plan is intended to restore security, ensure humanitarian access and begin a sustained process of…
‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza
OHCHR condemned this week’s attacks as abhorrent and said they reflected a wider pattern of increased violence against Palestinians. Several…
Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher
Since the Rapid Support Forces militia – which has been battling the military government – captured El Fasher after more…
UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, including many children,” UN Spokesperson…