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Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality

Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies warned in a new report that calls for greater investment in midwives and other health workers. The…

UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih which reportedly killed 18 people, including nine children.…

World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world

Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls. Close to 300,000 women continue to die during pregnancy or…

UN deplores deadly attack on city in central Ukraine

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine has strongly condemned a missile strike in Kryvyi Rih on Friday which killed more than a dozen people, including at least nine children, and left several others injured…

More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF

The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more than a million children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday. No aid has been allowed into Gaza since…

AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race needs to slow down and IT firms should instead be focusing on the bigger picture to ensure that the technology is not misused on the battlefield, UN disarmament experts and leaders of ‘big tech’ companies have insisted.…

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.…

Myanmar quake: Airstrikes persist as UN pushes aid efforts

Amid ongoing military airstrikes and growing humanitarian needs following last week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, the UN has intensified calls for immediate, unhindered aid access to assist millions affected by the disaster…

UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land…

World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise

A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The UN…