News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 21 from 82)
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As Myanmar reels from deadly floods, renewed fighting and widespread displacement, the United Nations warned on Thursday that urgent humanitarian needs are going unmet due to escalating violence and blocked access.
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Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian update warns of soaring malnutrition-related deaths, relentless civilian attacks, and mounting obstacles to aid access amid deepening crisis.
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The first UN inter-agency mission to embattled Sweida governorate in Syria arrived there on Thursday, UN aid coordination office OCHA has reported.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday over the rising toll of hunger, disease and displacement in various conflict-ridden parts of Sudan.
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Despite daily âtactical pausesâ declared by Israeli forces, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, with children starving, aid workers overwhelmed and fuel and water supplies critically low, UN humanitarians reported on Wednesday.
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People in Haiti have expressed âdespairâ following the âabrupt suspensionâ of a wide range of humanitarian services, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean country.
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Ongoing violence has displaced more than 100,000 people in two regions of Somalia in the past two months, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.
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The heightened risk of cholera spreading is driven by active outbreaks in DR Congo and Nigeria, which raise the threat of cross-border transmission to neighbouring countries.
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âThe worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,â UN-backed food security experts said on Tuesday, in a call to action amid unrelenting conflict, mass displacement and the near-total collapse of essential services in the war-battered enclave.
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The IPC Global Initiative is issuing this Alert based on the latest evidence available until 25 July to draw urgent attention to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
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This alarming data was reported by Ard El Insan, which has been delivering nutrition and medical support to Palestinians across Gaza. It is an almost 10% increase from May.
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As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israelâs decision to support a âone-week scale-upâ of aid is far from enough to reverse deadly malnutrition rates in the enclave.
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A fragile de-escalation in Syriaâs Sweida region is âlargely holdingâ after weeks of violence displaced 175,000 people, killed hundreds and devastated critical infrastructure â exposing deep fissures in the countryâs political transition.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health and food crises across Sudan, notably as cholera cases continue to rise in the locality of Tawila, North Darfur state.
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Since January, more than 35,000 suspected cholera cases and at least 852 related deaths have been reported â an average of more than four deaths every day and a 62 percent increase compared to 2024.
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United Nations agencies welcomed on Sunday Israelâs pledge to implement daily humanitarian pauses in its military operations in Gaza, aimed at easing the flow of desperately needed aid into and across the devastated enclave.
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The ongoing rainy season is slowing cholera response efforts in some locations, raising concerns about further transmission and undermining progress made so far in combating the outbreak.
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In the centre of war-torn Gaza, UN staff continue to work despite the âunprecedentedâ destruction and suffering around them, according to the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) Head of Office.
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Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and infrastructure, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Friday, warning of mounting humanitarian needs amid faltering donor support.
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With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people, including one million who were internally displaced and over 300,000 refugees, have returned home, according to UN agencies.
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As deadly sectarian violence continues to displace hundreds of thousands of civilians in Syriaâs Sweida Governorate, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday that attacks on health facilities had killed two doctors.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has again sounded the alarm over the catastrophic and rapidly deteriorating conditions in the Gaza Strip as Israeli military operations continue to cause death, displacement and destruction.
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The UN Security Council is meeting on Friday morning to discuss the situation in Ukraine amid mounting concerns over the intensifying hostilities and growing humanitarian needs. Senior UN political affairs and humanitarian officials are expected to brief the Council. Follow our live coverage from UN News, in coordination with UN Meetings Coverage, for updates from the chamber. UN News App users can follow here.
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Pockets of relative safety have emerged and to date over a million IDPs have gone home - mainly to Khartoum, Sennar and Al Jazirah states, where the impact of more than two years of war is immense.
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From January to June 2025, births sharply declined. About one-third of babies were born prematurely, underweight or required admission to neonatal intensive care.
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Cases of measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, cholera and severe respiratory infections have risen to more than 46,000, with children under five representing about 60 per cent of these.
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âPeople in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.â
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Afghans returning to their country face âserious violationsâ of their human rights committed by the Taliban de facto authorities, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday amid mass deportation campaigns from Iran and Pakistan.
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People at particular risk of reprisals and other violations by the authorities were women and girls, those affiliated with the former government and security forces, media workers and civil society.
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A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, warning that the war has become âa nightmare of historic proportionsâ and it is âlong past timeâ for the fighting to end and for hostages to return home.