Security Council voices deep concern over deadly escalation in Syria’s Sweida region
Unrest began on 12 July when mutual kidnappings escalated into armed conflict between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes, drawing in…
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‘The real challenge is still ahead’: UN warns on Afghan returnees
“The real challenge is still ahead of us,” Stephanie Loose, Programme Manager in Afghanistan, told journalists in Geneva on Friday.…
Israeli plan to take complete control of Gaza must stop now, says UN rights chief
“A complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza Strip must be immediately halted,” insisted Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for…
Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it had received first-hand accounts indicating that at least 319 civilians were killed…
Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
The 19 July truce followed weeks of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations in the southern governorate,…
UNHCR urges Pakistan to stop forced returns of Afghan refugees
He expressed particular concern over the plight of women and girls sent back to Afghanistan, which has been under Taliban…
Hunger in Gaza: Women and children face death in search of food
“I used to easily receive aid distributed by the UN,” Abir Safi, a displaced person from the Zeitoun neighborhood of…
Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
It is a grim milestone for Sudan, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. But with insufficient funding, lack of access to…
Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June
Between the beginning of April and the end of June, armed violence in Haiti has killed 1,520 people and injured…
UN official decries deadly Ukraine strikes, urges return to diplomacy
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs…