Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar
In a report released on Thursday, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) described the situation in the poverty-struck province as an…
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DPR Korea’s latest missile launch a ‘grave threat’ to regional stability
The missile, launched on 31 October at approximately 7:11am local time, reportedly flew for 1 hour and 26 minutes, covered…
Ukraine: UN official urges restraint, renews call for just and lasting peace
Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivered the appeal at a Security Council…
UN expert calls for action as Marshall Islands faces dual displacement crisis
The appeal from Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, comes as the…
Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings
“The situation in Sudan is catastrophic. There is simply no other way to put it. Hunger disease and sexual violence…
Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council
“The suffering is growing by the day, with almost 25 million people now in need of humanitarian assistance,” Mr. Guterres…
Sudan: UN official decries attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah state
Preliminary reports indicate that between 20 and 25 October, fighters from the paramilitary RSF launched major attacks across eastern parts…
Gaza: Palestinians are dying amid lethal evacuation delays
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said the darkest moment of the Gaza conflict is unfolding in the north of…
WHO concerned following raid on North Gaza hospital
“Since this morning’s reports of a raid of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, we have lost touch with the…
Daily death and destruction continues in Ukraine, Security Council hears
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča, whose portfolio straddles both Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, voiced concern over attacks on energy infrastructure as…