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World News in Brief: UNAMA concern over migrant deaths, ‘war tactics’ in the West Bank, UN political chief underscores support for Somalia

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNAMA concern over migrant deaths, ‘war tactics’ in the West Bank, UN political chief underscores support for Somalia 18 October 2024 © Unsplash/Mahyar Motebassem An aerial view of Tehran, Iran's capital city. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed its deep concern over disturbing reports that Iranian border police opened fire on a group of…

Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Cholera fears for communities uprooted by war 17 October 2024 © UNICEF/Fouad Choufany A woman collects a hygiene kit in Bourj Hummoud, Lebanon. (file) The UN health agency has warned that a first case of highly infectious cholera virus has been detected in northern Lebanon, raising fears that those displaced by Israeli bombardment may already be at risk from the potentially deadly…

Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger 17 October 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zagout A mother prepares a meal for her children outside their makeshift home in a refugee camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. (file) More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated during the ongoing Israeli…

Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings 17 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A family displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, lives in a tent on the roof of a former government building. More than a billion people worldwide live in acute poverty and 40 per cent are in countries exposed to violent conflict, according to a UN-backed study published on…

World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine 17 October 2024 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal Mothers and their children attend a nutrition centre in Tawila in North Darfur State, Sudan. A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe levels of hunger UN…

Lebanon: Drone brought down by UNIFIL ship as cross-border fire intensifies

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Drone brought down by UNIFIL ship as cross-border fire intensifies 17 October 2024 © UNIFIL Indonesian vessel Kri Diponegoro patrolling off the Lebanese coast as part of UNIFIL Maritime Task Force MTF. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported on Thursday that one of its Maritime Task Force vessels off the southern Lebanese coast intercepted an approaching drone…

UN chief proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025, highlighting peace, development and reforms

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025, highlighting peace, development and reforms 16 October 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías View of UN headquarters (file) The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, highlighting the Organization’s commitment to peace, sustainable development, and human rights initiatives, while advancing key…

WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger 16 October 2024 © WFP/Ali Jadallah Children share a small amount of food provided by the UN's World Food Programme. Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, was celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50 languages. With colleagues sending dispatches from around the world, we started in…

Security Council meets on north Gaza as ‘supplies for survival’ run out

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council meets on north Gaza as ‘supplies for survival’ run out 16 October 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Reality is brutal in Gaza and gets worse every day, while essential…

‘Yet another’ Israeli strike on peacekeepers’ position in southern Lebanon

6 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Yet another’ Israeli strike on peacekeepers’ position in southern Lebanon 16 October 2024 UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz A file photograph of the perimeter wall at a UN position in southern Lebanon. In another serious security incident in southern Lebanon, a UN peacekeeping position has been “apparently deliberately” struck by incoming fire from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF…