This article is published in association with United Nations. The confirmed death toll from Nepal’s catastrophic floods has surged to 903, with more than 4,200 still missing as rescue crews and humanitarian workers battle blocked highways to reach the hardest-hit areas, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday. Key points Triggered by a glacier collapse and […]Nepal flooding deaths surpass 900 as needs climb
September 1, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The confirmed death toll from Nepal’s catastrophic floods has surged to 903, with more than 4,200 still missing as rescue crews and humanitarian workers battle blocked highways to reach the hardest-hit areas, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday. Key points Triggered by a glacier collapse and […]WHO reports more than 3,200 attacks on Ukraine’s healthcare system since full-scale invasion
August 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 3,205 attacks on healthcare facilities have been carried out, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Ukraine Jarno Habicht reported on Friday following fresh overnight strikes. Key points Such attacks undermine the ability of humanitarian organizations to provide support […]‘Immense impact’ of Nepal flood disaster highlighted as casualties mount
August 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The impact of the deadly flood in Nepal has been described as “immense” as the authorities there confirm that 538 bodies have been recovered from the disaster-stricken area. The catastrophic flooding occurred at the border between Nepal and the Tibet autonomous region of China. It is thought […]Aid reaches hundreds of thousands in Gaza amid severe food insecurity
August 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As hunger deepens across Gaza, humanitarian agencies continue to deliver food and other essential supplies to families in need. In Gaza, about one in five families say that they are eating only one meal a day, and 50 per cent of them reported that they completely ran out of food at least […]After Israeli seizure of Kalandia training centre, UNRWA warns of impact on youth
August 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The seizure of a vocational training centre in occupied East Jerusalem has left hundreds of Palestinian young people without access to skills and training that could help shape their futures. Israeli authorities forcibly entered the Kalandia Vocational Training Centre on Tuesday, 24 August, and took control of […]Four children killed as separate attacks in Gaza destroy aid supplies
August 31, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli attacks killed four children and destroyed humanitarian aid supplies in what turned out to be a deadly week in war-ravaged Gaza, the UN emergency relief agency, OCHA, said on Friday. Key points According to UNICEF, the four children – aged two to 16 – were reportedly […]Deadly floods cause widespread destruction in China, Nepal
August 27, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Severe flooding in China and Nepal caused widespread destruction and mounting death tolls, UN agencies reported on Wednesday as aid efforts deployed to help provide emergency assistance. UN agencies and humanitarian partners are already providing support to local authorities, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. “The Secretary-General is […]As wars spread, the global food system unravels
August 26, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A family with four children abandoned its farm in Somalia after armed groups arrived and demanded payments for the right to continue cultivating the land. They walked roughly 100 kilometers to a displacement camp. One of the children died along the way. Carl Skau, the acting head […]Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger
August 25, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Among tent cities pitched on the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza, children are, by one measure, finally getting enough to eat. By another, however, many of them may never fully recover, according to a new study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Monday. Key points Hunger […]AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights
August 24, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a book in his own language. Thousands of miles away, gold miners in Ethiopia are being screened more quickly for tuberculosis, while communities around […]DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads
August 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease. The Ervebo vaccine was initially developed to target the Zaire ebolavirus, which caused the 2014-2016 […]Raising alarm over new illegal Israeli outposts, UN condemns attacks, incitement against Palestinians
August 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Reports of new illegal Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank raised alarms at UN Headquarters on Wednesday while the UN rights office called on Israel to condemn its national security minister’s words that incite “violence amounting to atrocity crimes” against Palestinians. Key points “The Secretary-General is […]Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire
August 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian ballistic missile strikes killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, local authorities reported. Tweet URL UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attacks, which significantly damaged homes and represents the latest in frequent Russian attacks on populated […]Middle East: 94 per cent need shelter in Gaza, Israel ramps up demolitions in Lebanon
August 21, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ninety-four cent of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents need shelter as Israeli gunfire and strikes continue inside the enclave, UN agencies and peacekeepers warned on Thursday. Key points More than four out of five families currently face critical or catastrophic living conditions, which lack fuel, energy and essential […]Zambia: Arrests and detention of political opponents following election raises concern
August 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In the wake of President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia’s re-election for a second five-year term, UN human rights chief has raised concerns over the reported arrests and detention of political opponents in the country. On 13 August, the incumbent president and his party won parliamentary and presidential elections by […]The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?
August 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? At a UN desertification conference this week in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, experts at a side-event examined how renewable energy expansion can co-exist with land protection and restoration, spotlighting examples from around the world. […]Sudan war: 200,000 newly displaced as fighting and floods intensify
August 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Intensifying fighting in Sudan has displaced at least another 200,000 people since late 2025, while destructive seasonal floods are compounding the massive humanitarian emergency there, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. In an alert, the agency also warned that relief access has been […]International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ against its independence
August 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday responded to a new round of US sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecutor, calling them “a flagrant attack” against the court. “These sanctions are a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution which operates pursuant […]Raising alarm over new illegal Israeli outposts, UN condemns attacks, incitement against Palestinians
August 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Reports of new illegal Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank raised alarms at UN Headquarters on Wednesday while the UN rights office called on Israel to condemn its national security minister’s words that incite “violence amounting to atrocity crimes” against Palestinians. Key points “The Secretary-General is […]Sudan war: 200,000 newly displaced as fighting and floods intensify
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Intensifying fighting in Sudan has displaced at least another 200,000 people since late 2025, while destructive seasonal floods are compounding the massive humanitarian emergency there, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. In an alert, the agency also warned that relief access has been disrupted further […]Yemen: Türk alarmed by rising civilian toll, urges restraint
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Escalating conflict in Yemen is killing and injuring a growing number of civilians, the UN human rights chief warned on Monday, as Houthi rebels also strike Saudi Arabia and Red Sea shipping linked to the wider Iran–US confrontation. At least 17 civilians have been killed in attacks by the Houthi group – formally known as […]Singapore: Independent rights experts urge immediate end to ‘unlawful use’ of death penalty
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Tuesday condemned the execution of at least 16 people in Singapore for drug-related offences this year and urged the country to end its “continued and unlawful use of capital punishment.” According to the experts – who receive no salary for their work […]Colombia earthquake: UN ramps up aid for 100,000 people
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is scaling up humanitarian assistance in western Colombia as needs continue to grow following last week’s devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake, according to the latest update released on Tuesday. Key points More than 186,000 people have been affected, according to a report by the UN humanitarian aid agency, OCHA. The […]What’s journalism worth in disasters and emergencies? A lot, says a new UN report
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A single New York Times article on a disaster generated an additional $500,000 in official aid. That’s just one of the findings on the critical role a free press plays in saving lives, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday. Key points From COVID-19 and human rights to climate […]Aid workers under fire as drones reshape warfare
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is warning that aid workers face a deadly and evolving threat, with armed drones reshaping battlefields worldwide – putting humanitarian teams increasingly in the line of fire. In a stark new assessment, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) marked World Humanitarian Day on Wednesday warning that 907 aid […]Lebanon: 860,000 displaced people have returned home, but humanitarian crisis remains ‘immense’
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Around 860,000 people displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon have returned, but the displacement and humanitarian crisis are “far from over,” the UN warned on Tuesday. A fragile ceasefire The region has suffered years of conflict, with Israeli airstrikes killing thousands and displacing over a million […]Gaza: Only three per cent of cropland available to grow food
August 19, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Amid ongoing deadly hostilities in Gaza, the enclave’s farmers face the increasingly difficult challenge of finding safe land to grow their crops. Satellite images published on Tuesday in news analysis from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNOSAT, the UN Satellite Centre, indicate that just three per cent (448 hectares) of the shattered enclave’s […]Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification
August 18, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities — and rising seas are erasing territories — one environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the land beneath our feet. Desertification, the phenomenon whereby fertile land becomes unproductive and desert-like, is spreading at alarming […]Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history
August 18, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. According to local authorities, the disease has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths recorded in the […]Qusra siege eases as UN reaches trapped families, but crisis deepens in Gaza
August 18, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Humanitarian workers have reached Palestinian families who had been trapped for days by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the northern West Bank, the UN said on Monday, as officials warned that the standoff must not become “the new normal.” UN teams on the ground reached the […]An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account
August 17, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola outbreak spreading rapidly in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). That information comes from the World […]‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts
August 17, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As amber heat-health alerts spread across England this summer, a new study has found that the warnings are being received – but not changing behaviour. Research published by the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health found that seven in ten adults in England had […]First Person: Syrians lead efforts to clear rubble and rebuild lives
August 17, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Communities in Syria are clearing rubble and rebuilding neighbourhoods and livelihoods torn down in the more than a decade of conflict and crisis in the country. The conflict there killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and caused severe damage to infrastructure across the country estimated […]
