This article is published in association with United Nations. Haiti continues to face escalating violence and deepening insecurity, with gangs expanding their reach beyond Port-au-Prince and civilians increasingly caught between armed groups and security operations. A new report released by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) on Friday says at least 1,642 people were killed […]World News in Brief: Haiti crisis continues, Gaza-West Bank update, Sir David Attenborough at 100
May 11, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Haiti continues to face escalating violence and deepening insecurity, with gangs expanding their reach beyond Port-au-Prince and civilians increasingly caught between armed groups and security operations. A new report released by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) on Friday says at least 1,642 people were killed […]World News in Brief: Gaza aid restrictions, Syria humanitarian needs, lawyer reprisals in Burundi
December 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN and partners continue to provide assistance to people in Gaza, where recent winter storms have worsened conditions for thousands across the enclave. However, the humanitarian response has not been able to keep pace with needs due to ongoing restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities, the UN […]World News in Brief: Gaza winter storm, $7 billion UNICEF appeal, support for emergency response fund
December 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday. Following two years of war, most of Gaza’s roughly two million residents are living in makeshift shelters. Humanitarians […]World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
June 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday. Between 1 January and 30 May, at least 2,680 people – including 54 children – were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped for ransom, and many more […]World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
May 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called on Monday for renewed global commitment to combating emerging criminal threats and strengthening justice systems worldwide. In recent years, criminal and terrorist groups have seized “every” opportunity afforded by growing instability to “entrench, expand, and […]World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, child migrant deaths at sea, nursing shortages, invasive pest scourge
May 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN expressed deep concern on Monday over the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan. Port Sudan – the main entry point for humanitarian supplies and personnel into the country – came under attack for the ninth consecutive day. As the UN’s main humanitarian […]World News in Brief: Sudan aid challenges, Myanmar quake update, UN support for victims of sexual abuse
April 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as escalating violence blocks aid deliveries and forces thousands more civilians to flee, the UN warned on Monday. “The UN is gravely concerned about the plight of civilians fleeing Zamzam camp, as well as the dire situation in and around El Fasher, […]World News in Brief: Syria transition update, healthcare as a human right, more than 2,000 killed and injured in Haiti this year
April 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, issued a statement on Monday following his latest “extensive discussions” with leader of the caretaker administration in Damascus, Ahmed al-Sharaa. The envoy expressed his appreciation noting they had talked through “all aspects” of the ongoing political process, following the overthrow […]World News in Brief: US strikes on Yemen, Gaza aid update, debt burden weighs on developing world
March 18, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN on Monday expressed concern over the continued threat posed to shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi attacks from their bases in Yemen as well as recent airstrikes by the United States which have left over 50 reportedly dead. In a statement released to correspondents in […]World News in Brief: Guterres convenes Cyprus summit, violence continues in southern Lebanon, UN aid hub in Chad expands
March 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday announced a fresh bid to end the decades-long hostilities over the division of Cyprus through informal talks scheduled to take place over two days from 17 March. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular daily briefing in New York that […]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. […]World News in Brief: Aid activities suspended in Yemeni governorate, Gaza humanitarian update, UN welcomes summit on DR Congo crisis
February 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General has instructed agencies, funds and programmes to pause all activities in Sa’ada governorate in Yemen for security reasons, the global body said on Monday. The decision follows the recent detention by the Houthi de facto authorities of eight additional UN personnel, including six working […]World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia
February 7, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. New executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the cooperative, multilateral work of the United Nations, two weeks since the United States declared that it was pulling out of the UN health agency, WHO. According to President Trump’s latest directive from the […]World News in Brief: ‘Ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan, Gaza ceasefire must hold says relief chief, World Cancer Day
February 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians. Clementine Nkweta-Salami issued a statement on Tuesday lamenting the “relentless” intensifying shelling, air and drone strikes against civilians in the Darfur and Kordofan regions, and other conflict-affected areas. The Sudanese Armed Forces […]World News in Brief: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda, $500 million human rights appeal, Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws in spotlight
January 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola virus family. Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing […]World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions in Mozambique
January 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday reported further attacks on displacement shelters in Gaza which have been ongoing since 9 January. In his daily briefing in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists that there have been significant casualties reported in Jabalia al Balad […]World News in Brief: Solidarity with Ukraine, Haiti earthquake victims remembered, funding for Sudan healthcare
January 14, 2025 by 9 Comments
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top aid official has travelled to Ukraine where he’s expressed his solidarity with the country’s people, who continue to come under attack from Russian forces. Speaking from Zaporizhzhya on the front line in eastern Ukraine, Tom Fletcher reported that air strikes continue to “kill and […]World News in Brief: Deadly China quake, Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, CAR rights defenders, finance and food crises
January 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is profoundly saddened by the devastating loss of life caused by the earthquake that struck the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on Tuesday, his Spokesperson said in a statement. At least 126 people were killed and 188 injured in the 7.1-magnitude quake in […]World News in Brief: Arrivals surge in South Sudan, the rise of digital media, Haiti crisis update
December 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has issued an alert after a surge in the number of displaced people fleeing war-torn Sudan for neighbouring South Sudan. More than 20,000 crossed into South Sudan last week alone, with the number of daily arrivals tripling, compared to previous weeks. This […]World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa
October 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM, said on Wednesday. New data from the International Organization for Migration indicates a 22 per cent […]World News in Brief: Possible ‘dire consequences’ for Yemen following strikes, Ukraine hospital attack, human rights in Algeria
October 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations UN humanitarians on Monday warned of the potentially dire consequences that could arise from disruption to the flow of food imports into Yemen following Israeli strikes on the crucial Red Sea port of Hudaydah. Aid coordination office, OCHA, said it was assessing priority areas for response in […]World News in Brief: Aid trucks on Ukraine frontline, Africa schools close due to insecurity, Georgia rights defenders
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN humanitarians continue to reach beleaguered communities stranded on the frontline in Ukraine. An inter-agency convoy delivered three trucks of aid to a community in the Kherson region on Wednesday – the ninth this year that has managed to get through. There are still nearly 2,000 people […]World News in Brief: IMO tanker attack alert, UN Women on new Afghan law, counter-terrorism in Viet Nam, Paralympics tech
August 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) raised serious concerns on Wednesday about a tanker carrying one million barrels of crude oil that was attacked in the Red Sea. “The risk of an oil spill, posing an extremely serious environmental hazard, remains high,” said IMO Secretary-General […]World News in Brief: UN chief condemns religious hate, threats to freedom in Sri Lanka, four young people executed in Somalia, human rights office for Caribbean
August 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As the world marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General urges a renewed global commitment to ensuring everyone can live free from “fear, stigma, and persecution,” regardless of their religion or beliefs. The […]World News in Brief: Ukraine alert over new attacks, more Nicaragua NGO closures, disinformation in DRC
August 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Tuesday condemned “yet another attack” carried out by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region. UN Resident Coordinator Matthias Schmale said that the attack damaged a transit centre in Pokrovsk town “where people already fleeing for safety had sought […]World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues
August 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure. World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying sorghum, pulses, oil and rice destined for 13,000 people […]World News In Brief: Bangladesh student protests, Yemen’s maternal deaths, Mandela Day, honouring LGBT rights at EuroGames 2024
July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN chief urged the Government of Bangladesh on Thursday to create an environment that allows proper dialogue with student protesters following weeks of demonstrations in the South Asian country. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres expressed concern about the reported deaths and injuries in Bangladesh amid student protests […]
World News in Brief: Doha talks on Afghanistan, human rights in Belarus, Rohingya refugees in India, global trade rises
July 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top political affairs official on Tuesday reiterated that human rights, especially the rights of Afghan women and girls, and inclusion of all members of the society will continue to be an integral part of all discussions. “This morning, we heard views from members of Afghan […]World News in Brief: UN responds to Bangladesh floods, sports and human rights, polio vaccination in Angola
July 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN emergency food relief agency is providing vital assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in northeast Bangladesh, the agency said on Monday. About 1.4 million people are estimated to have been left in dire straits, as heavy rains lashed Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, as […]World News in Brief: Weapons sales threat, More aid for Haiti, global refugee and migrant survey
June 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A conference focused on small arms and light weapons is taking place at a “difficult and dangerous moment for humanity,” according to the UN Chief António Guterres. Delivering remarks in New York on behalf of the Secretary-General at a meeting aimed at eradicating the illicit trade in […]
