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Gaza: 340 children killed despite ceasefire agreement - UNICEF (opens the publisher's site)
A little over one year since a ceasefire agreement was announced between Hamas fighters and Israel, more than 340 children have been reported killed and hundreds more injured, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll (opens the publisher's site)
As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors are expected to press yet again for a ceasefire, safe aid access an...
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify (opens the publisher's site)
Civilian casualties in Ukraine remain at record levels, with intensified Russian attacks in September continuing a pattern of harm in 2026 far exceeding previous years, UN human rights monitors in Ukraine said on Friday.
Security Council LIVE: Deaths, demolitions spike in Gaza, West Bank (opens the publisher's site)
Amid a rise in lethal Israeli strikes, demolitions and violence in Gaza and the West Bank, the Security Council held an open debate on Thursday focusing on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks (opens the publisher's site)
Ongoing and deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine are causing serious healthcare disruption, with more than $1.5 million-worth of medicines and supplies destroyed in four separate strikes on warehouses used by the UN there since July.
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ (opens the publisher's site)
Despite progress in the political process in Libya, institutional divisions, economic deterioration and security fragility continue to threaten stability, the UN envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, calling on Libyan leaders to overcome their differences to pave the wa...
World News in Brief: Gaza braces for winter amid attacks, joint patrols in CAR, 90 cities commit to sustainable development (opens the publisher's site)
The UN and its partners are stepping up preparations in Gaza for the approaching cold and rainy season, even as attacks affecting civilians continue, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.
Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets (opens the publisher's site)
Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing into rural areas, terrorising communities, killing people, committing rape and other sexual assaults, kidnapping for ransom and e...
Ukraine: Residents killed and dozens injured in attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv (opens the publisher's site)
Russian attacks in recent days on on Ukraine’s two largest cities have again killed and injured civilians, damaged homes and civilian infrastructure, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs (opens the publisher's site)
Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz is facing a “devastating” humanitarian crisis as escalating tensions are dramatically driving up food prices and causing shortages of supplies, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Security Council LIVE: Syria’s fragile transition – economic strain, Israeli incursions and progress towards elections (opens the publisher's site)
The Security Council met to debate Syria's thorny transition Monday as it faces pressure on several fronts. Economic hardship is fuelling unrest, Israeli incursions continue in the south and sectarian tensions persist in Sweida, even as Damascus reports progress on its chemical w...
Colombia peace deal must endure as insecurity grows, Security Council hears (opens the publisher's site)
Nearly 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace agreement to end a decades-long insurgency, the deal is under strain from growing insecurity – and the UN’s top official in the country says it cannot be allowed to falter.
‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport (opens the publisher's site)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s main airport that Saudi authorities say killed 12 people and wounded more than 300.
UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, warns against escalation (opens the publisher's site)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an immediate end to the renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, saying he is deeply worried by reports that Eritrean forces are present in the country.
Giving a dam: Cultivating peace in Côte d’Ivoire (opens the publisher's site)
Adam Ouattara and Makongo Traoré have four children and a home on the edge of Torla village in Côte d’Ivoire. He herds cattle. She grows vegetables on a small plot nearby. For years, the dry season pitted their two livelihoods against each other.
Security Council LIVE: Yemen has fallen back into full-scale war, warns UN envoy (opens the publisher's site)
The Security Council met to discuss the crisis in Yemen Friday, where a Houthi offensive launched in September has sharply escalated the 12-year-long war for control of the country and spillover from the US-Iran war has provoked a new displacement crisis. Live coverage below and...
Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’ (opens the publisher's site)
Escalating violence and human rights violations in the four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war are in the spotlight in the Security Council on Friday following a spate of Russian attacks against civilian targets and infrastructure in recent days.
World News in Brief: ‘Horrific’ attack in Sudan, Israeli incursions in Syria intensify, most women and girls homeless in Gaza (opens the publisher's site)
A suspected drone strike has left at least 40 dead in Sudan’s Blue Nile State – near the Ethiopian border - according to initial reports from the ground, according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. Most of the casualties were women and girls.
Subsea cables and oil pipelines: The infrastructure linking AI, empire, and occupation (opens the publisher's site)
The growing importance of subsea cables in military and economic policy offers an entrypoint into understanding the corrosive, yet dependent, relationship between AI and oil infrastructure
Darfur: Healthcare needs outstrip resources as Security Council extends Sudan sanctions (opens the publisher's site)
More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila, in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday as it called for an urgent increase in resources.