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- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 29 October 2026
Haitians in grip of a deepening hunger crisis Yemen: WHO reports essential medicines reach Taiz City hospitals Afghanistan opium production jumps fivefold as…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 28 October 2026
UNHCR alarm as Ethiopia violence forces thousands into Kenya Yemen: Fighting drives displacement in Taiz amid worsening conditions, says OCHA Global warming is…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 27 October 2026
Record greenhouse gas concentrations raise climate alarm Ebola vaccine trial raises “hope” in DR Congo UNHCR urges continued support as Ukraine braces for…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 26 October 2026
Guterres warns against a new US-Iran escalation Ebola frontline nurse killed in DR Congo Ukraine probe insists Russia committed war crimes in attacks on…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 23 October 2026
Yemen: deepening fears for people trapped in Taiz City: OCHA, UNICEF Don’t forget Sudan’s El Fasher survivors, one year since city fell: UN Women DR Congo…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 22 October 2026
Ebola contact tracing ongoing in Nigeria Ukraine capital targeted in more Russian strikes Unlawful deaths of older people ‘alarmingly under-reported’
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 21 October 2026
El Niño ‘wrecking ball’ need not be a humanitarian disaster Global warming will breach 1.5℃ – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back Sudan war: Peace…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 20 October 2026
Yemen war closes in on densely populated Taiz City Afghanistan: worsening hunger outlook for millions 8 in 10 deaths caused by preventable diseases
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 19 October 2026
Protecting earth’s biodiversity in spotlight at COP17 in Armenia Gaza: Funding cuts leave half a million without food assistance Lebanon: UNIFIL peacekeepers…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 16 October 2026
More than one million species face extinction, warns UN chief at COP17 Gaza: 340 children killed despite so-called ceasefire, says UNICEF Yemen war has now…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 15 October 2026
Second case of Ebola confirmed in Kenya amid ongoing transmission in DR Congo UN health agency urges global push to end lead exposure which kills 3.5 million…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 14 October 2026
Ukrainians targeted in another night of deadly Russian attacks: OCHA AI tool unveiled to help health workers tackle taboos over drinking: WHO Ethiopia: Aid…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 13 October 2026
$228 billion damage to homes from tsunamis, flooding and tremors: UNDRR Gazan farmers confronting danger to grow crops in war-torn enclave: FAO WHO supports…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 12 October 2026
New devastating flooding disaster hits Nepal – UNICEF ‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts Bridge Valdés Press…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 09 October 2026
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay Nepal flooding disaster could happen again without international support -UNICEF Gaza…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 08 October 2026
Myanmar’s spiral into poverty: UNDP On World Sight Day, cheap reading glasses still out of reach: WHO 235,000 Gazans living hundreds of flood-prone sites
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 07 October 2026
Two in three child migrants travel alone to Europe Ebola alert: WHO chief voices solidarity with Kenya and Uganda after patient dies in Nairobi Yemen health…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 06 October 2026
“Nothing can justify” 7 October attacks: Guterres In Pakistan, UN chief calls for end to US-Iran war Ebola robs children of the people they depend on: UNICEF
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 05 October 2026
Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan 3.4 billion people across the globe lack adequate housing, which the UN…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 02 October 2026
Haiti emergency: Extortion, gang violence and hunger prevail, warns UN rights chief – OHCHR Ukraine war threatens even greater regional disaster and must end…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 01 October 2026
Ebola transit centre set ablaze in DR Congo camp: OCHA Ukraine winterization needs expected to intensify: WHO Marshall Islands nuclear legacy in Human Rights…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 30 September 2026
UN refugee agency raises concern over Myanmar returns from Malaysia Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF New alcohol policy gives…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 29 September 2026
Worsening clashes in DR Congo hamper Ebola emergency response; WHO Harsh reality of everyday life on Ukraine’s frontline: OCHA Yemen escalation fuels fears of…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 28 September 2026
Worsening clashes in DR Congo hamper Ebola emergency response Funding shortages threaten clean water access in Zaatari refugee camp UNICEF Forest and landscape…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 25 September 2026
Yemen violence deepens concerns over child hunger crisis: UNICEF Sudan aid support hindered by lack of funding: FAO South Hebron demolitions heighten ethnic…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 24 September 2026
Yemen: deepening conflict and appalling impact on civilians; OHCHR Gaza’s economic collapse has wiped out decades of development: UNCTAD Colombia’s new drug…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 23 September 2026
DRC Ebola deaths well over 3,700, young children at most risk Hunger and malnutrition fears in Somalia: WFP Forced sterilisation of Indigenous people called…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 22 September 2026
Guterres calls for a UN strong enough to build world as it should be 130,000 now displaced by Yemen violence UNHCR Nicaragua: democracy ‘dismantled’, political…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 21 September 2026
Ebola vaccine trial gets under way in DR Congo Venezuela: repressive apparatus ‘has remained entirely intact’ ‘Nowhere is safe’ in Russia, independent rights…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 18 September 2026
Yemen escalation continues to force thousands from homes: agencies Sexual violence by Russian forces is widespread against Ukraine prisoners: OHCHR monitors…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 17 September 2026
Yemen escalation forces 57,000 children from homes: UNICEF The world must wake up to water cycle changes: WMO ‘Entire’ human rights treaty body system risks…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 16 September 2026
SG’s report on reprisals against human rights activists covers 32 countries Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers, says IMO chief Families feared buried…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 15 September 2026
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still needs massive funding boost to contain deadly spread – OCHA, WHO Super El Niño already causing more misery in South Sudan: WFP…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 14 September 2026
‘Alarming increase’ in enforced disappearances, warns Guterres South Sudan: UNICEF reaches communities in Jonglei State cut off by war Gaza: Another strike on…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
News in Brief 11 November 2024
COP29: UN envoy calls for countries to agree on new climate financing dealLebanon’s food insecurity ‘set to worsen’ amid ongoing conflict: WFPSouth Sudan…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 01 November 2024
Gaza: polio vaccination campaign to resume in shattered north UNRWALebanon war sees 50,000 displaced in a matter of days UNOCHAMpox update from WHO for DR…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 01 October 2024
UN chief ‘extremely concerned’ over Lebanon escalationUkrainian prisoners of war tortured at scale by Russian captors, says UN Human Rights officeBrazil…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 02 October 2024
Middle East escalation: UN human rights chief adds voice to calls for peaceAt least 700,000 displaced in Haiti, half are children, says UN migration…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 02 September 2024
Gaza polio vaccination campaign day two: thousands more children protectedA teenager in Cambodia has died from avian flu but risk of spread is low, says WHOUN…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 03 October 2024
Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’In Ukraine, aid teams report that another apartment block has been hit by Russian…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 03 September 2024
Venezuela: UN Human Rights office concern over ‘climate of fear’Gaza polio vaccination campaign extended by a day to meet increased demand: UN health…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 04 November 2024
First famine, now cholera and dengue fever surge hits war-torn SudanGaza: polio vaccination successes achieved despite deadly weekend airstrikesWest Bank…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 04 October 2024
Lebanon: Desperate scenes at Syrian border after Israeli airstrikesNuclear legacy in Marshall Islands in spotlight Human Rights Council WHO approves first mpox…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 04 September 2024
AI in the workplace could be linked to shrinking pay packets: ILOGaza: Despite vaccination success, children still in front line of disease, war, says UNRWAIn…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 05 November 2024
Gaza’s polio vaccination campaign in north nears targetMore than two billion people in cities face 0.5C rise warns UN HabitatWHO publishes first list of ‘top…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 05 September 2024
Air pollution kills 4.5 million people a year, warns UN weather agency WMOViolence and insecurity close 14,300 schools in West and Central Africa: OCHAGaza…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 06 November 2024
The war in Lebanon has reached a ‘critical point’ with more than 3,000 confirmed dead: OCHAIn Gaza, specialist newborn care has been decimated, warns…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 06 September 2024
Sudan war: Rights investigators demand arms embargo extension to end ‘rampant’ abusesFlooding affects more than 710,000 people in South Sudan: OCHAMiddle East…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 07 November 2024
Ukraine nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’ warns UN atomic watchdog chiefMyanmar’s Rakhine state is ‘a famine in the making’: UNDPCountries pledge…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 07 October 2024
UN’s Guterres calls for peace in Gaza, one year since war eruptedLebanon: UN refugee agency chief urges global support amid ‘overwhelming need’Glaciers suffer…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 08 November 2024
Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’: UNHCRUN’s rights chief Volker Türk demands justice for violations in Gaza and…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 08 October 2024
Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza, warn UN aid agenciesDR Congo still in the grip of violence including a rise in sexual slavery, warns UN’s…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 09 October 2024
Lebanon on verge of all-out war, warns UN chief,Northern Gaza: No end to hell, warns head of UNRWAEnd ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says UN health agency…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 1 August 2024
More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 infants annuallySenior UN officials welcome verdict in 2009 stadium massacre trial in GuineaA new…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 10 October 2024
Lebanon crisis: health workers and facilities targeted or hit, warns UN OCHANorth Gaza aid missions impeded or denied, say UN humanitariansMore than 370…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 10 September 2024
The UN’s top envoy in the Middle East condemns a deadly strike inside Gaza’s humanitarian zoneWar-torn Syria falls deeper into crisis, warn UN rights…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 11 October 2024
Myanmar is spiralling, warns UN chief in peace call to ASEAN nationsMiddle East sees worsening violence300 million children a year are victims of online abuse
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 11 September 2024
U.S. government needs to deliver justice for 9/11victims: human rights expertUN refugee agency seeks millions to combat mpox outbreak in AfricaUNICEF condemns…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 12 August 2024
Youth unemployment rate at 15-year low, says ILOUNICEF highlights plight of children caught up in Sudan warGaza: clean water crisis adds to latest evacuation…
- UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News Today 12 November 2024
Dead bodies lie in northern Gaza’s streets and people beg for bread: UNRWACOP29 update: Time is not on our side to save planet from climate crisis, says UN…