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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further concerns over the commission of war crimes by the Israeli military, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Security Council on Thursday.

Devastation caused by the earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city.

Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts

Children play football in an empty classroom at the UNICEF-supported Bulengo Primary School in the Bulengo displacement site, near Goma, North Kivu province in DR Congo, on 10 February 2025.

DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

Eighteen months of war have deeply affected urban households in Sudan.

Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

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UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse

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Michael Dunford, WFP Country Director in Myanmar, takes part in the distribution of ready-to-eat food at Ottara Thiri Hospital in Nay Pyi Taw.

‘Without funding we can’t meet the needs of the people of Myanmar’: WFP

Families flee Sinja in southern Sudan following violent clashes.

Sudan: Reproductive health agency decries devastating impact of war on women and girls

Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor at Harvard University and Founder of Vision & Justice, speaking to UN News.

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With the war entering its eleventh year, countless Yemenis are still waiting for a chance to rebuild their lives.

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Families in Sagaing, affected by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake on 28 March, wait for aid as destruction surrounds them.

INTERVIEW: Urgent aid needed as survivors of Myanmar quake struggle amid long-running crisis

Humanitarian Aid Lead As Myanmar reels from a devastating earthquake, the humanitarian situation is growing increasingly dire – entire communities have been reduced to rubble, infrastructure is shattered and tens of thousands remain in urgent need of aid.

Global trade reached a record $33 trillion in 2024

Tariffs: Job protectors or trade killers?

In Europe energy planners are increasingly concerned about “dunkelflaute”— a period of cloudy, windless weather in winter that undermines both solar power and wind generation

Is climate science the next power source for renewable energy?

The UN Security Council is considering the impact of AI on peace and security.

Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI

Waad Al-Kateab stands in front of a bombed-out building in Syria with her daughter in her arms.

‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s future

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People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has had an indelible effect on the civilian population, displacing millions, straining the economy and inflicting physical and mental trauma. During these dark years, the UN has stayed alongside the Ukrainian people, providing aid, necessities and healthcare, and restoring energy supplies.

UN peacekeeping’s long history of support to DR Congo

UN peacekeepers patrol the eastern DR Congo.

‘Massive response’ needed following Gaza conflict’s ‘horrific toll’ on children

Hot meals are distributed to children in Khan Younis, Gaza.

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UN staff continue to provide medical assistance in Gaza.

‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told

Peace and Security Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization.

Affected families in Sagaing, the epicenter of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, shelter under a tarp in a field.

Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls

Humanitarian Aid Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving millions of women and girls at heightened risk, UN aid agencies warned on Wednesday.

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