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Syria: Security Council highlights escalating crisis and civilian suffering
- UN News
Syria continues in a state of “grave crisis” with civilian suffering on the rise, the UN Security Council heard during a briefing on Tuesday.
Security Council: Regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on
- UN News
While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is ratcheting up tension across the whole region, the UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday.
World News in Brief: UN expert welcomes Assange release, more ICC warrants issued over Ukraine, Human Rights Council updates
- UN News
The release of Julian Assange “is a very good outcome” to the long-running case, the UN independent expert on torture said on Tuesday after reports that the WikiLeaks founder had struck a plea deal with the United States.
New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food
- UN News
Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”.
Effort to restore Iran nuclear deal ‘remains elusive’, Security Council hears
- UN News
Restoring the Iran nuclear deal to its full and effective implementation “remains elusive”, the UN’s top political affairs official said on Monday, adding that participating countries remain at odds with each other.
Officials highlight ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia
- UN News
A UN Security Council meeting on Monday detailed Somalia’s “exacerbated” humanitarian needs in the face of climate shocks and ongoing Government efforts to counter the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab.
World News in Brief: Guterres condemns terror attacks in Dagestan, call to end ‘war on drugs’, women Heads of State
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General has condemned Sunday’s terror attacks against several churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly-Muslim Dagestan region, with the death toll now rising to at least 20, according to latest reports.
Sudan: WHO appalled by horrific attack on El Fasher’s maternity hospital
- UN News
Heavy fighting in Sudan hit a new low over the weekend when a maternity hospital in besieged El Fasher city came under attack, killing a pharmacy worker and prompting new calls on Monday from the head of the UN health agency for the violence to stop.
Chief of key UN agency in Gaza warns ‘entire generation’ could be lost
- UN News
The head of the main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued a stark warning on Monday that it “will crumble” unless funding is found quickly, with an “entire generation” of children at risk of being condemned to “poverty…hatred, resentment and future conflict”.
Officials highlight massive poverty, humanitarian despair in Afghanistan
- UN News
The humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are “alarmingly high” and the international community is in “crisis management mode”, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
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