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First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Syrian refugee shipwreck survivor vows to help reconstruct shattered country 13 January 2025 Doaa Al-Zamel Doaa Al-Zamel, Syrian Activist and Refugees' rights advocate. Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel’s harrowing tale of surviving a deadly shipwreck brought the horrors of fleeing war to a worldwide audience when it was told in the book “A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea” in…

Top humanitarian official issues ceasefire appeal during visit to Gaza City

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Top humanitarian official issues ceasefire appeal during visit to Gaza City 12 January 2025 UN News UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory Muhannad Hadi (sitting in the middle) visits Latin Holy Family Church in Gaza City. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory called on Sunday for an end to the war in Gaza to ensure a…

It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief 10 January 2025 © UNICEF Young adults check social media in North Macedonia. Social media posts inciting hate and division have “real world consequences” and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted on Friday, following Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking…

US: Rights experts urge Senate to reject bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home US: Rights experts urge Senate to reject bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court 10 January 2025 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The International Criminal Court is based in The Hague, Netherlands. Three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday urged the United States Senate to oppose a bill seeking to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), and cut…

Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency 10 January 2025 © Unsplash/James Day 2024 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record. UN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record, at 1.55 degrees Celsius (C) above pre-industrial temperatures…

Critical aid blocked in Gaza, as fuel shortages threaten lifesaving services

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Critical aid blocked in Gaza, as fuel shortages threaten lifesaving services 10 January 2025 © WFP/Ali Jadallah A family in Gaza receives a box of food. (file) Israeli authorities continue to deny UN-led efforts to reach North Gaza with lifesaving aid, including the most recent attempt on Friday, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). …

Syria has real opportunity to ‘move from the darkness to the light’

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Syria has real opportunity to ‘move from the darkness to the light’ 10 January 2025 © UNICEF/Muhannad Aldhaher Families arriving at a reception centre in Ar-Raqqa city, Syria, on 4 December 2024 Syrians have high expectations for their country, and a strong desire for people from across the social spectrum to come together and forge a new constitution, which must begin with an inclusive “…

World News in Brief: Famine spreads in Sudan, deadly attack in Myanmar, Venezuela update

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Famine spreads in Sudan, deadly attack in Myanmar, Venezuela update 10 January 2025 © UNICEF/Osman Rajab Health workers screen children and pregnant women for malnutrition at a shelter for displaced families in Gedaref state, Sudan. Lifesaving efforts by UN humanitarians and partners to distribute food and agricultural aid in Sudan last year reached millions, agencies…

Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia attack marks highest civilian casualties in nearly two years

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia attack marks highest civilian casualties in nearly two years 09 January 2025 © OCHA in Ukraine This November marks the 1000th day of Russia’s war of aggression. The needs of civilians are growing amid intense attacks and as another grueling winter season sets in. Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian…

‘Children are now freezing to death’: harrowing updates from Gaza

3 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Children are now freezing to death’: harrowing updates from Gaza 09 January 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel A woman carries children's winter clothes in Der Al Balah Gaza. The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them women and children…