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    World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis worsens, South Sudan clashes, Ecuador oil spill...

    “It has now been a month and a half since any supplies were last allowed through the crossings into Gaza,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric...

    Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives

    The latest attacks, which began on 11 April, saw Rapid Support Forces (RSF)-affiliated forces launch coordinated assaults on Zamzam and Abu Shouk – two...

    Israeli attack puts last functioning hospital in Gaza City out of service

    “Al Ahli Hospital is out of service,” WHO spokesperson Dr Margaret Harris told UN News, after the airstrike early on Sunday morning. “The pharmacy was destroyed,...

    Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

    “With no viable peace in sight, the Sudanese are trapped in a humanitarian crisis of industrial proportions,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN...

    Myanmar: UN seeks additional $240 million to bolster earthquake relief

    The 7.7 magnitude earthquake – which struck on March 28 – has claimed over 3,600 lives, injured a further 4,800 people and left 184...

    Bombardment, deprivation and displacement continue in Gaza

    OCHA said dozens of people, including at least eight children, were killed in Gaza City on Wednesday after an Israeli strike hit a residential building....

    WHO warns of severe disruptions to health services amid funding cuts

    Speaking on Thursday at a press conference in Geneva, Tedros said that in around 25 per cent of countries, some health facilities have had...

    DR Congo crisis: 41,700 refugees have fled violence to Uganda

    Every day since the end of last month, around 600 Congolese have been crossing the border into Uganda – which hosts the largest number...

    Myanmar quake: ‘I constantly worry – what if another earthquake happens?’

    The 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck shortly before 1 PM local time on 28 March, was the strongest in recent memory.As aftershocks continue, UN...

    UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine

    Volker Türk issued a statement expressing shock at the attack, which occurred on Friday evening as families gathered near a playground, a restaurant and...

    More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month:...

    No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war, resulting...

    Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum

    Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under...

    Myanmar military’s attacks continue despite quake truce, warns UN’s Türk

    “In the days following the deadly earthquake that tore through central Myanmar last week, the Myanmar military continued operations and attacks, including airstrikes –...

    Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief

    That’s one of the alarming updates shared by Volker Türk during a General Assembly briefing on Wednesday, the first informal meeting dedicated to the...

    Myanmar earthquake latest: entire communities flattened, aid teams say

    Speaking to journalists from Yangon on Tuesday, Julia Rees, Deputy Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country described seeing massive needs...

    Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders

    The clearly identified humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Civil Defence and the UN had been despatched to collect injured people...

    Myanmar earthquake: Search and rescue efforts continue in race against time

    According to news reports citing Myanmar’s military leader, around 1,700 are confirmed dead from Friday’s 7.7 magnitude quake, with some 3,400 injured and hundreds...

    Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO,...

    The United Nations agency has received only $1.57 billion of the $21.1 billion required to sustain its operations this year, with donations slashed by...

    Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians

    According to local health authorities in Gaza, 830 people were killed between 18-23 March, including 174 women and 322 children. A further 1,787 were...

    Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war

    UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen, who’s on the ground there, said that hundreds of children had been killed and injured – some with severe burns, shrapnel...

    Sudan war: Displacement figures fall for first time

    However, the country remains in the grip of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with millions facing famine, disease and insecurity.IOM data shows...

    DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hunger

    The situation represents one of the world’s worst food crises, according to the UN-partnered Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) platform.“The humanitarian situation in the...

    UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis

    The arrest of First Vice President and main opposition leader Riek Machar, alongside mounting military clashes and reported attacks on civilian populations, signals a...

    UN welcomes Black Sea talks, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

    In a statement, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres, said the UN chief’s good offices remain available to support all efforts towards a...