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World News in Brief: Russian attacks continue in Ukraine, Gazans shelter in flood-prone areas, keeping sight of eye health (opens the publisher's site)
UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday he was appalled by a wave of attacks that have killed civilians across Ukraine over the past four days.
Ukraine: UN condemns latest attacks and calls for civilian protection (opens the publisher's site)
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine on Wednesday called for an end to attacks against civilians following further overnight strikes by Russian forces that reportedly killed at least 19 in the Chernihiv Region.
In Islamabad, Guterres calls for end to US-Iran conflict (opens the publisher's site)
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for an end to the United States-Iran war and the toll it has taken on global trade, as he began an official visit to Pakistan.
Djibouti faces ‘overlapping emergencies’ as Yemen’s refugee exodus continues (opens the publisher's site)
Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the opposite direction, the UN migration agency (IOM) warned on Tuesday.
Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians (opens the publisher's site)
Sixty-nine Palestinians – more than half of them children – were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their residential building in the At Tur area of East Jerusalem, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) has reported.
More than 184,000 displaced as fighting intensifies in Yemen (opens the publisher's site)
Intense fighting in Yemen has forced more than 184,000 people from their homes since the start of August, most of them since early September, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Monday.
‘The clock on AI regulation is ticking’, warns UN rights chief (opens the publisher's site)
The world is running out of time to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday, as a “ruthless race” between companies and countries raises concerns about human safety and even humanity’s survival.
‘Nothing can justify these atrocities,’ says Guterres three years on from 7 October attacks (opens the publisher's site)
Three years after Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups attacked Israel, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said nothing can justify the atrocities of 7 October – calling for an end to the suffering of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Gaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx ahead of winter (opens the publisher's site)
Repeated delays in bringing lifesaving medicines, prosthetics and more from Israel into Gaza risk having devastating consequences on Palestinians who urgently need them in the war-torn enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia, food insecurity in the Middle East (opens the publisher's site)
Haitians remain in the grip of lethal gang violence as it continues to “adapt and expand”, the UN’s top rights official, Volker Türk, said on Friday.
World News in Brief: Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, FlyDubai attack condemned, Ukraine update, breast cancer treatment expanded in West Bank (opens the publisher's site)
The enduring radioactive legacy of US nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands took centre stage at the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
After five years of war, how do Ukrainian small businesses survive? (opens the publisher's site)
In this interview, writer and journalist Victoria Belim-Frolova shares her observations about Russia’s war on Ukraine and how it forces “a constant process of adaptation,” especially in women-led small businesses.
Beyond protest: Mob violence and the struggle for institutional response in Bangladesh (opens the publisher's site)
Mob violence is rising in Bangladesh as unchecked impunity, weak law enforcement, and social media instigations drive lethal crowd attacks, challenging institutional responses, justice delivery, and overall state accountability.
An exiled Myanmar journalist’s story: Echoing public’s voice and resilience (opens the publisher's site)
“When our journalism produces positive outcomes, the sense of fulfilment is difficult to compare with anything else.”
Young Japanese find new outlets for peace activism amid rising tensions in the Pacific (opens the publisher's site)
GV observed Japanese peace activism shifting from an ideological, often confrontational and hierarchical approach among the older generation to a more individualised, accessible, pop-style approach among young people.
Pskov’s medieval religious art is being appropriated by the Russian state to support the invasion of Ukraine (opens the publisher's site)
In Russia, authorities are leveraging traditional medieval religious art of the once-independent city-state of Pskov to justify its invasion of Ukraine.
How journalism inspired a youth-led initiative against online harm in Armenia (opens the publisher's site)
One of the strongest realizations during my reporting was that digital violence often enters daily life disguised as normal behavior: Control becomes attention, surveillance becomes care, pressure becomes love.