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Destroyed vehicles outside Fedal Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.

‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls

El Fasher has “descended into an even darker hell,” senior UN officials warned on Thursday, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia seized control of the North Darfur capital after a 500-day siege…
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smoke from bombed Ministry of Defence building in Damascus (July 2025)

‘Repeated bouts of violence’ put Syria rebuilding at risk: Independent rights investigator

Damage to Ukraine's power infrastructure has lad to led to disruptions in essential services like electricity, heating, and water supplies (file).

World News in Brief: Ukraine energy targeted, nuclear test warning, rights violations in Nicaragua

A man in Les Cayes in Haiti repairs his home which was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Melissa leaves thousands displaced across the Caribbean

The newly appointed Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, Miroslav Jenča, visits some of the projects of implementation of the Peace Agreement.

UN Envoy hails Colombia’s peace process as global model, calls for more funding

Bogotá, Colombia, was selected by UN-Habitat as the official host city for World Cities Day 2025—the United Nations’ flagship event on sustainable urbanism.

Putting people at the heart of cities, key to improving urban life

A family runs across a dusty street in Herat, Afghanistan. (file)

‘Normalising’ Taliban rule would betray Afghan women, warns UN expert

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