This article is published in association with United Nations. Humanitarian assistance in Gaza is being delayed because aid cargo is routinely deprioritised in favour of commercial goods, the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Monday, as winter storms continue to worsen already dire living conditions for displaced families. Despite sustained efforts by the UN and […]Aid deprioritised as commercial goods flow into Gaza, UN warns
December 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Humanitarian assistance in Gaza is being delayed because aid cargo is routinely deprioritised in favour of commercial goods, the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Monday, as winter storms continue to worsen already dire living conditions for displaced families. Despite sustained efforts by the UN and […]Guterres condemns deadly attack on Hannukah celebration in Sydney
December 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “heinous deadly attack” on Sunday against Jewish families gathered in Sydney, Australia, to celebrate Hanukkah. In a social media post, Mr. Guterres said he was “horrified” by the incident. “My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this […]Deep concerns for Palestinians amid intense Israeli raids in occupied West Bank
December 13, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at reports of a so-called “settler road” being built in the occupied West Bank. Around 100 hectares of Palestinian land have been reportedly confiscated to make way for the new route. This would mark another step towards the […]Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns
December 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger. According to the UN human […]Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes
December 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called “Yellow Line” of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border. “The Security […]Gaza’s babies ‘scarred by war before first breath’ by malnutrition
December 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Mothers who’ve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care units or struggle to survive as they endure acute malnutrition, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. Speaking from the shattered enclave, UNICEF Communication Manager […]UN strongly condemns Israel’s unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem
December 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound in East Jerusalem early on Monday, representing “a new challenge to international law.” Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the facility, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the social media platform X. Police […]Lebanon: UN peacekeepers warn of ‘clear violations’ following latest Israeli airstrikes
December 7, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli airstrikes took place within the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) area of operations, the mission said in a statement issued on Friday. The strikes come as the Lebanese Armed Forces continue operations to control unauthorised weapons and infrastructure in south Lebanon a year after a cessation […]A fragile peace, a harsh winter: Gaza’s families struggle to rebuild
December 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a fragile calm has brought much-needed relief to families who have endured unimaginable suffering and repeated displacement. For months on end, thousands of families remain without a roof over their heads, laying beneath […]UN support helps Gaza mothers give birth amid collapsing health system
December 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often without a trained midwife, pain relief or basic medical supplies. Some are forced to deliver alone. Others rely on neighbours with no medical training. For many, childbirth has become a matter of […]Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza
December 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN has called for an investigation into the recent “horrific” killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in Gaza who were reportedly targeted by a drone while collecting firewood. This comes as humanitarians continue to receive reports that air strikes, shelling, gunfire and other continuing Israeli military operations in the […]‘Decisive action’ needed to end Israel-Palestine stalemate
December 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people and a two-State solution with Israel. Annalena Baerbock was speaking at an Assembly plenary meeting where countries debated a resolution that affirms the UN’s responsibility for the question […]Mass displacement, trafficking fears deepen crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher
December 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher remains dire as mass displacement accelerates and aid access stays restricted, amid warnings of widespread trafficking, sexual violence and the recruitment of children. UN agencies say conditions are deteriorating further across North Darfur and neighbouring Kordofan, while independent human rights […]UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank
November 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West BankAid access and hospital operations remain constrained in Gaza
November 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that most hospitals are only partially functioning and more than 16,500 patients still require urgent medical evacuation. Briefing reporters in New York on Wednesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said […]Africa and Europe can shape a fairer global system
November 25, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General says the world is shifting fast towards a multipolar system – where power is spread across several regions instead of concentrated in one or two. But António Guterres warns this shift will not guarantee stability. “Multipolarity alone is no guarantee of peace,” he said. Without strong […]Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
November 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday. “Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while […]Civilian deaths in Ukraine surge past last year’s toll as winter deepens crisis, Security Council warned
November 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Millions in Ukraine have been left without heating, water or basic public services as winter temperatures plunge – and civilian deaths this year have already surpassed the total for 2024, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday. “Ukrainian civilians have continued to bear the brunt of the […]Gaza: Displaced Palestinians dealing with the ‘death of dignity’, warns UNICEF
November 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Living conditions for Gazans – particularly children – are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said on Wednesday. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, highlighted the case of six-year-old twins Yahya and Nabeela who were critically injured […]Gaza: Diplomatic momentum must translate into urgent steps on the ground
November 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is prepared to play “any role” needed to advance the breakthrough Security Council resolution endorsing the United States-led Gaza peace plan. That’s according to Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, who told journalists in New York that it was “essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum into […]Security Council to vote on new Gaza force: Here’s what you need to know
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Security Council is expected to vote at 5pm in New York today on a US-sponsored draft resolution that would authorise the creation of an international stabilisation force in the Gaza Strip. The proposal building on the 20-point US plan is intended to restore security, ensure humanitarian access and […]Restoring dignity to Gaza: the cleanup begins
November 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A large-scale campaign under the slogan “We Will Rebuild Gaza” was launched on Saturday in Gaza City, with the participation of local organisations and United Nations agencies, in an effort to begin cleaning operations and removing debris left by the war. Dozens of participants — including UN […]Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
November 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia. More than 236,000 buildings have been destroyed or damaged during the war and over 2.5 million housing units – […]‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza
November 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes and property, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday. OHCHR condemned this week’s attacks as abhorrent and said they reflected a wider pattern of […]Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
November 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported. Issuing a warning that the children’s sense of stability and security has been eroded as key everyday […]Ukrainian civilian casualties rise 27 per cent compared to last year
November 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Civilian casualties in Ukraine were 27 per cent higher from January to October 2025, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest UN human rights report on the situation in the eastern European country. “The number of casualties for the first ten months of […]Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds
November 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday. Staff remain on the ground providing lifesaving services, and some 100 UNRWA shelters are housing more […]COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance
November 9, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Thousands of diplomats and climate experts are heading to Belém, in Brazil’s Amazon, for COP30 – the latest round of UN climate talks. Their task couldn’t be clearer: turn promises into action and agree on tougher plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. After decades of pledges and […]Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says
November 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago. “Our partners report that since the ceasefire, the Israeli authorities have rejected 107 requests for the entry of […]Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children
November 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A campaign for routine immunisation, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip this week with the goal of reaching 44,000 children cut off from essential life-saving services due to the devastating conflict. Estimates indicate one in five children under three are either zero-dose or have missed vaccinations because […]Potential Gaza stabilization force must have Security Council approval: Guterres
November 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Any transition in Gaza must uphold unity with the West Bank and a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General said in Doha on Tuesday. António Guterres was speaking at a press conference during the Second World Summit for Social Development in the Qatari capital. He was asked about coordination with Israel and US […]Gaza: Food access improves in the south but food convoys fail to reach north directly
November 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
© UNRWA A young boy passes by a shelter on the way to collect water. This article is published in association with United Nations. In its latest update from Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that access to food improved in early October, especially in southern governorates. One in two households surveyed reported better […]‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare
November 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. After two years of war that kept them out of classrooms, Gaza’s children are finally returning to the classroom, surrounded by devastation – but determined to learn. “What we need now are notebooks, books, and pens. We want to get our lives back”, said one young Palestinian […]
