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

·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...

Guterres condemns detention of 10 more UN staff in Yemen

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·October 7, 2025·1 min read

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns this arbitrary detention of UN personnel, as well as that of our partners, and the ongoing unlawful seizure of UN premises and assets in areas under Houthi control,” his Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday in New York. “These actions hinder the UN’s ability to operate...

Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies

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·October 7, 2025·3 min read

“The pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of the “abhorrent” attacks, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher. “I renew my call for the unconditional, immediate release of all the hostages – and until then, they must be treated humanely,” he continued. “Civilians everywhere have to be protected.” Mr. Fletcher underscored the...

Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns

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·October 7, 2025·2 min read

Members met for their annual open debate on the women, peace and security agenda just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Council’s landmark resolution 1325 (2000) on the issue. As the Secretary-General noted, the resolution “gave voice to a simple truth: women’s leadership is central to just and lasting...

WHO: Despite smoking decline, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide

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·October 7, 2025·1 min read

That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest report on tobacco use published on Monday which analyses smoking trends from 2010 to 2024 and concludes the epidemic is far from over. Tobacco use has fallen from 26.2 per cent in 2010 to 19.5 per cent last year – and the...

We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief

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·October 6, 2025·2 min read

“The atrocities perpetrated in Gaza and the [occupied] West Bank, in Ukraine, Sudan or Myanmar are evidence of the deliberate abandonment of norms in the name of violent power, conducted with complete impunity by States and non-State entities alike,” said Filippo Grandi. “People killed while waiting in line to receive...

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries

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·October 6, 2025·2 min read

“These life changing injuries account for one quarter of all reported injuries, of a total of over 167,300 people injured since October 2023,” said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in the West Bank and Gaza. Over 5,000 people have faced amputation and other severe injuries to arms, legs and the spinal...

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher

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·October 6, 2025·1 min read

“El Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken to loosen the armed vice upon the city and to protect civilians,” he said. Reports of the RSF deploying long-range drones in South Darfur have heightened fears of an escalation in the coming...

Cosmic girls: UN nurtures next generation of space professionals

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·October 6, 2025·4 min read

Now 18, she’s involved in aerospace projects with other young women through the Shakthi SAT initiative and she’s keen to explore the intersection between computer engineering and science, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous robotics and embedded systems that control satellites, drones and rockets. “I’m learning things I once only dreamed...

Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance

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·October 5, 2025·4 min read

Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti, nine-year-old Jonas* lost his life to rabies. When a stray dog bit the boy on the leg, the wound seemed minor. Like many families living far from any health facilities, his mother was unaware that immediate care was critical....

UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages

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·October 5, 2025·2 min read

The statement issued by the militant group indicated it was also prepared to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body as part of a lasting deal to end the fighting, based on “Palestinian national consensus and Arabic and Islamic support.” In response, President Trump – who...