This article is published in association with United Nations. The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive amid daily bombings – and the sick and injured without lifesaving medical help. “The siege on Gaza is the silent killer of children, of […]Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade
April 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive amid daily bombings – and the sick and injured without lifesaving medical help. “The siege on Gaza is the silent killer of children, of […]Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months
April 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become a desperate reality in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid has been blocked for nearly two months. Both the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, and the World Food Programme (WFP) […]Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities
April 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As Ukrainian cities struggle to recover from this week’s deadly missile and drone strikes, frontline areas remain under relentless attack, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday, warning of ongoing displacement and deepening humanitarian needs. “Attacks on frontline regions (are) increasing and it’s always civilians that […]Trust collapsing as job fears surge worldwide, warns UN
April 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks combine to erode global security, a new UN report has warned. According to the World Social Report 2025 launched on Thursday, the […]Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza
April 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle. In the makeshift coastal encampments of Al Mawasi, families have no choice but to live in unsanitary conditions that […]Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day
April 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people – mostly women and children – trapped, starving and desperate, as no aid has been allowed in for the past 50 days. The UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said on Tuesday that […]Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief
April 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in […]Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle
April 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands and depriving civilians of shelter, food and medicine. More than 500,000 people are reported to have been newly displaced since 18 March, many of them uprooted multiple times due to […]Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to kill civilians, UN rights office warns
April 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued to claim civilian lives and destroy vital infrastructure, the UN human rights office warned on Tuesday, raising alarm over mounting violations since a ceasefire agreement took effect last November. At least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in […]Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation
April 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities. On Monday, World Health Organisation (WHO) […]Bombardment, deprivation and displacement continue in Gaza
April 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and injuring many civilians, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Thursday. OCHA said dozens of people, including at least eight children, were killed in Gaza City […]With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
April 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low. In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war […]UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land. The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, […]Lebanon: UN expresses deep concern over latest Israeli airstrikes, in call for restraint
April 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Nations on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of violence in Lebanon, despite the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, following an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut that reportedly killed four people – including a woman – and injured several others. Tuesday morning’s […]Under the strikes: A story of survival
April 1, 2025 by 2 Comments
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Manal Ahmedain Morwih, a third-year medical student at Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s […]Myanmar quake: More than 1,600 reported killed, as UN aid operation supports rescue efforts
March 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Latest news reports indicate that over 1,600 have been killed in Myanmar with thousands injured following two powerful earthquakes on Friday which have left hundreds trapped under rubble. The earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude struck Myanmar in the centre of the country northwest of Sagaing. The […]UN welcomes Black Sea talks, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
March 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed recent diplomatic talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia, calling an agreement on freedom of navigation and security in the Black Sea a crucial step for global food security. In a statement, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for Secretary-General […]Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
March 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the enclave. “In the past week, Israel carried out devastating strikes on Gaza, […]Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teams
March 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday. “We’re waking up from another intense night of bombardments, the fourth night of bombardment since the ceasefire abruptly broke down […]Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, Russia
March 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN chief António Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at stopping crippling attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour. “Any ceasefire is welcome because it saves lives, but it is […]Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges
March 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that leaflets were dropped over Beit […]Nine out of 10 Gazans unable to access safe drinking water: UNICEF
March 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday. The situation has deteriorated further following Israel’s decision on Sunday to cut power to the enclave – […]Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli operations continue to have dire consequences
March 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are exacerbating an already dire situation for displaced Palestinians. The UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) reports that Israeli authorities have started demolishing more than 16 buildings in Nur Shams refugee […]UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine
March 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The President of the General Assembly on Thursday renewed his call for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between Ukraine and Russia, in line with the UN Charter and the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity. The meeting, held under the Assembly’s veto initiative, followed Russia’s […]Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF
March 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. The agency said that despite the huge influx of humanitarian […]Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza
March 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan to continue with phase one of the fragile ceasefire has had an immediate impact, including a 100-fold increase in the price of flour and vegetables. That’s according to […]Ukrainians continue to flee the frontline, as war stretches into fourth year
March 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Communities on the frontline of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are being killed, injured and displaced on a daily basis, as the war grinds on. “In the last six months alone, more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from frontline areas in the east and north,” said […]Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists
February 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in Gaza to hold, amid delays to talks between Hamas and Israel on extending the truce into the second phase. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on conditions inside the Occupied Palestinian […]Ukraine war: Amid shifting alliances, General Assembly passes resolution condemning Russia’s aggression
February 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Peace and Security Three years to the day since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN General Assembly adopted two competing resolutions on resolving the conflict on Monday, one initiated by the United States and the other by Ukraine – a sign of strategic differences within the […]Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future
February 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. 24 February 2025 marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to face near daily-attacks. The UN staff living alongside them, enduring the same difficult conditions, have been a lifeline throughout the war. “I’m trying not to cry, but […]UN chief condemns ‘abhorrent and appalling’ treatment of hostages’ remains by Hamas
February 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the “parading” of coffins earlier in the day containing the bodies of dead Israeli hostages by their Hamas captors, describing the manner of the handover in Gaza as abhorrent. Hamas militants said the bodies of the four people who were returned […]Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
February 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving millions in urgent need of support, according to UN Women. Russia’s full-scale invasion has forced more than 1.8 million women to flee their homes within Ukraine, whilenearly 6.7 million require humanitarian […]World News in Brief: $53.2 billion needed for Palestinian recovery, UN condemns UNRWA schools raid, Lebanon-Israel tensions continue
February 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next ten years, according to the latest Damage and Needs Assessment from the UN and partners. “Palestinians will need joint action to address the immense recovery and reconstruction challenges ahead. […]
