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Civilians in Ukraine face death and injury amid new attacks

·October 10, 2025·1 min read

Civilian casualties were 31 per cent higher from January to September 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to HRMMU’s monthly report published on Thursday. “High civilian casualties last month confirm this year’s disturbing pattern of intense violence in Ukraine, as virtually no day passes without civilian deaths or...

Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis

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·October 10, 2025·1 min read

The landmark survey, funded under WHO/Europe’s project with the European Commission – coinciding with World Mental Health Day – analysed nearly 100,000 responses from 29 countries, from October 2024 until April this year. The key finding is that doctors and nurses are working in conditions that harm their mental health...

Middle East LIVE: Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release

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·October 10, 2025·1 min read

As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could hasten the end of the two-year war, UN aid teams on Thursday insisted that they were ready to deliver humanitarian relief supplies into the shattered enclave at scale. We’ll be covering all news developments across...

World News in Brief: Deadly attacks in Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant update, first humanitarian flight for Syrians in Libya

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·October 10, 2025·2 min read

Substations, power plants and oil depots were damaged in Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Donetsk, temporarily cutting off electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in those regions. “As colder weather sets in, strikes on critical infrastructure are deepening humanitarian needs,” warned Mr. Dujarric. “Despite growing challenges, we, along...

Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead

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·October 9, 2025·2 min read

On Thursday, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group reportedly opened fire on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Saudi hospital and a local mosque, where displaced families had sought refuge.  The Saudi hospital “is the last functioning medical facility in the city,...

Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in

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·October 9, 2025·3 min read

“There is a very positive, jubilant mood in Gaza this morning and there was overnight,” said Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. “There were people whistling and partying and celebrating.” Speaking to UN News from the devastated enclave, Ms. Cherevko stressed that immediate humanitarian priorities remain unchanged:...

UN decries deadly Myanmar airstrike, amid mounting military attacks on civilians

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·October 9, 2025·1 min read

At least 24 were killed and more than 45 wounded on Monday when bombs were dropped on civilians attending a religious festival in Chaung-U township, Sagaing Region, according to news reports. Witnesses said a “motorized paraglider” was used to drop two explosives on the crowd gathered to mark a national...

Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons

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·October 9, 2025·10 min read

Olukemi Ibikunle took a deep breath. The job fit her to a T but would take her far from her family in Lagos, Nigeria. Then the 38-year-old project manager did what any meticulous planner would: she called home. “I spoke to my husband, and he said, ‘Why are you asking...

Haiti: ‘Unprecedented’ number of children on the run

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·October 8, 2025·2 min read

An alarming 3.3 million children — the highest number on record — are now in need of humanitarian assistance and cases of acute malnutrition, child recruitment, gender-based violence and other children’s rights violations are on the rise. “Children in Haiti are being displaced at a distressing pace and scale,” said...

Guterres urges countries to ‘seize this historic opportunity’ as renewable energy use grows

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·October 8, 2025·2 min read

The latest push follows the release of two reports on Tuesday which affirmed that the so-called “renewables revolution” is accelerating at unprecedented rates. For the first time ever, renewable energy has generated more power than coal, according to new analysis by Ember, a global think tank working to speed up...

Father of Gaza hostage calls for an end to war – and a two-State solution

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·October 8, 2025·2 min read

On 7 October 2023, Corporal Nimrod Cohen was guarding the area near the Nirim kibbutz close to Gaza frontier, when his tank malfunctioned and his unit was overrun by armed militants. Nimrod was the only one taken alive, and his father has received credible reports – including from some of...

Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns

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·October 8, 2025·2 min read

The surge in displacement in late September marks a turning point in the conflict – now entering its eighth year – with more than 100,000 people already uprooted during 2025. The violence in Cabo Delgado began in 2017, led by armed groups locally known as al-Shabaab – unrelated to the...