World News in Brief: Food insecurity triples, Mozambique aid boost, Uganda elections alert
FAO aims to support more than 100 million people in 54 countries by the end of 2026, with a funding…
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Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza
This comes as humanitarians continue to receive reports that air strikes, shelling, gunfire and other continuing Israeli military operations in the enclave are causing more civilian…
Myanmar: Opium crop hits 10-year high amid conflict and economic collapse
According to the Myanmar Opium Survey 2025, poppy cultivation rose by 17 per cent over the past year, from 45,200…
UN sounds alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts
Speaking on the sidelines of a key international meeting in support of landmine action taking place at UN Geneva, experts…
Ukrainian soldiers see Trump plan as ‘capitulation’
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UN chief condemns Guinea-Bissau coup, urges restoration of constitutional order
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday.…
UN warns Myanmar’s planned elections will deepen repression and instability
Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, told reporters in Geneva that voting is expected to…
World News in Brief: Children hit by HIV funding gaps, risks to Pakistan’s courts, minority exclusion
New modelling shows that if programme coverage falls by half, an additional 1.1 million children could acquire HIV and 820,000…
Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns
Speaking at the launch of UNCTAD’s 2025 Report on the Economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the agency’s Deputy Secretary-General…
On International Day of Solidarity, UN urges greater support and aid for Palestinians
“At least 67 children have been killed since the ceasefire,” Annalena Baerbock, president of the UN General Assembly, said on Tuesday at an event to…