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Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows

Across Europe, more than 50 countries “are paying the ultimate price”, said WHO Regional Director Dr. Hans Kluge, only days since Earth recorded its...

UN Special Adviser urges States to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable

“Only when all perpetrators have been held into account will we be able to uphold the expectations that all victims rightly possess: that their...

Ukraine: Deteriorating safety at Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant following drone blast nearby

Situated in southern Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya is Europe’s largest nuclear plant and has been under Russian control since shortly after the launch of the full-scale...

Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine

“Like millions of people in Ukraine I spent hours in a shelter this morning because of the ongoing wave of attacks on Ukraine by...

UN official highlights growing toll of Ukraine war, rising threat of ‘nuclear incident’

Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General at the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said that last month was particularly deadly for Ukrainian civilians, with...

Ukraine: Top official underscores need to protect civilians amid ‘massive’ attacks

“Over the last few weeks, we've seen intensifying attacks affecting civilians and public infrastructure”, WHO Ukraine said in a post on the social media...

Security Council: UN calls for safe, unimpeded passage of aid to Ukraine

The Security Council in New York on Tuesday debated the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have targeted multiple cities across...