Major flooding in central Texas leaves at least 32 people dead
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UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades
Multiple attacks in recent days have killed and injured scores of Palestinians at sites hosting displaced people and others attempting…
INTERVIEW: Sevilla ‘a critical test’ of multilateralism
The promises were made at the opening of the Financing for Development Conference (FFD4), currently underway in the Spanish city…
Gaza: Access to key water facility in Khan Younis disrupted, UN reports
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli authorities issued displacement orders overnight for two…
Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books
The Borrowers’ Forum is being hailed as a milestone in efforts to reform the international debt architecture and is emerging…
Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF
Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, schools and health facilities damaged…
Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts
Three days after Spain’s national weather service confirmed a record 46°C reading in the southern town of El Granado, there’s…
Sudan: UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods
At Tuesday’s regular briefing at the UN Headquarters, in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric relayed warnings from the UN Office…
Gaza: UN urges Israel to allow fuel into Strip
“Amid ongoing Israeli military operations, scores of people have reportedly been killed and injured, including while waiting for food,” the…
Afghanistan: Surging returns from Iran overwhelm fragile support systems, UN agencies warn
Ninety-nine per cent of the returnees were undocumented, and 70 per cent were forcibly returned, with a steep rise in…