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Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds

·November 11, 2025·1 min read

A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday. ...

Rights chief warns ‘abominable atrocities’ likely continue in Sudan’s El Fasher

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·November 9, 2025·1 min read

“Today, traumatised civilians are still trapped inside El Fasher and are being prevented from leaving,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk in a statement released on Friday. “I fear that the abominable atrocities such as summary executions, rape and ethnically motivated violence are continuing within the city.” The statement comes amid mounting reports from UN human rights watchdogs and other...

‘Worrying reports’ continue of abductions and disappearances in Syria

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·November 7, 2025·1 min read

“Eleven months after the fall of the former government in Syria, we continue to receive worrying reports about dozens of abductions and enforced disappearances,” Spokesperson Thameen Al-Keetan said at a press briefing in Geneva. Syria is undergoing a political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime in December 2024 and 13 years of brutal civil...

Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides

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·October 16, 2025·1 min read

In a statement on Wednesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that two days after world leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to endorse the US-led peace initiative, “this is a moment of great but precarious hope.” “It is also clear from the public response to the progress, that Palestinians, Israelis...

UN Security Council rejects bid to continue Iran sanctions relief

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·September 19, 2025·2 min read

The text, tabled by the Council president – the Republic of Korea – received only four votes in favour, from Russia, China, Algeria, and Pakistan, failing to secure the nine required for adoption. Denmark, France, Greece, Panama, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, the United Kingdom, and the United States voted against....

‘Wars, disasters, displacement, hunger’ continue to burden Myanmar

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·September 15, 2025·1 min read

Four years after the military coup which deposed the democratically elected government, Myanmar’s civil conflict grinds on, leaving millions displaced and without a home. “The suffering of millions of people across Myanmar is immense,” said UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi. “With aerial bombardments, destruction of property, and forced recruitment, they live...

Sudan: As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hope

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·September 12, 2025·3 min read

After more than two years of civil war, more than 25 million people are now acutely hungry and at least 20 million require health services urgently. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) also warned that displaced families in some areas have not received any aid for three months, as it announced...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Push for peace in Ukraine could rapidly fade if large-scale Russian attacks continue

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·August 29, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on Friday afternoon following overnight strikes early on Thursday by Russia on Ukrainian cities including the capital, which left at least 23 dead, including four children. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča told ambassadors that diplomatic momentum towards a possible peace...

Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue

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·August 21, 2025·2 min read

The National Disaster Management Authority has also reported 978 injuries and the destruction or damage of more than 2,400 houses, while over 1,000 livestock have been lost as of Thursday, 21 August. Severe weather is forecast to continue into early September, raising the risk of further flooding, landslides and crop...

Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease

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·June 22, 2025·2 min read

“I met a little boy who was wounded by a tank shell at one of these sites on the final day of me leaving Gaza – I learnt that this little boy had since died of those injuries,” said UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder. “That speaks to both...

Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend

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·June 11, 2025·1 min read

The toll includes 1,389 casualties in April (221 killed, 1,168 injured) – the highest monthly total so far this year – followed by 1,019 in May (183 killed, 836 injured). Casualties were reported across 17 out of 24 regions and the city of Kyiv, including areas far from the frontline....

Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue

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·May 7, 2025·1 min read

The escalation is occurring as war grinds on between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who appear to be targeting airports in each other’s areas of control. “Very concerned by ongoing drone strikes on Port Sudan,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher tweeted on...