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Sudan: UN warns of unprecedented child hunger in Darfur as fighting fuels refugee exodus

·December 31, 2025·3 min read

The war, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has devastated civilian infrastructure, collapsed basic services and triggered one of the world’s largest displacement crises. A nutrition survey conducted this month in Um Baru locality in Sudan’s North Darfur...

LIVE: General Assembly decides on 2026 UN budget

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·December 30, 2025·1 min read

Follow our live coverage as the General Assembly and its Fifth Committee meet today to finalize negotiations and vote on the United Nations’ regular budget for 2026. The Fifth Committee is responsible for administrative and budgetary matters, including the Organization’s finances and staffing. UN News app users can click here...

UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries

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·December 30, 2025·1 min read

Speaking at the signing in Geneva, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher paid tribute to humanitarian workers operating under increasingly difficult conditions, describing the past year as “a very, very tough year for everyone engaged in humanitarian action.” Despite the challenges, he said the agreement, known as a memorandum of...

UN chief urges world leaders to ‘get priorities straight’ as New Year message calls for peace over war

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·December 30, 2025·1 min read

“The world stands at a crossroads,” he said, warning that conflict, climate breakdown and systemic violations of international law are eroding trust in leadership worldwide. “People everywhere are asking: Are leaders even listening? Are they ready to act?” he said. Mr. Guterres underscored the scale of global suffering, noting that...

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Briefing on threats to international peace and security

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·December 30, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council meets today to hear a briefing on threats to international peace and security following Israel’s recent recognition of the northern region of Somalia as an independent and sovereign state. Follow live below and UN News app users can click here and go here for all our...

UN warns Sudan war entering deadlier phase as fighting spreads in Kordofan

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·December 29, 2025·3 min read

Briefing the Security Council on Monday, senior UN political and humanitarian officials described a sharply deteriorating security and humanitarian situation marked by indiscriminate attacks, expanding territorial gains by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and escalating dangers for civilians, aid workers and peacekeepers. The conflict erupted in April 2023 amid a...

Winter aid delivery continues in Gaza

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·December 28, 2025·1 min read

This has resulted in casualties and disruptions to aid operations over the past 24 hours, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at Headquarters, in New York. Still, efforts to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable families continue during the cold and wet winter season, although a rescue mission to reach an injured person in Gaza City was denied. Lack of...

Myanmar elections marked by fear as UN warns civilians are coerced from all sides

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·December 28, 2025·3 min read

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned that the military-controlled ballot is unfolding amid intensified violence, intimidation and arbitrary arrests, leaving no space for free or meaningful participation. “These elections are clearly taking place in an environment of violence and repression,” Mr. Türk said in a news release....

UN peacekeeper injured in gunfire near ‘Blue Line’ in south Lebanon

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·December 28, 2025·1 min read

According to a note to correspondents issued by UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, the incident occurred as a patrol of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was inspecting a roadblock in the village of Bastarra in southern Lebanon. The Blue Line, set by the United Nations, stretches for approximately 120...

Sudan civil war: Health system ‘on the verge of collapse’

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·December 28, 2025·3 min read

The UN agency has revealed shocking figures related to attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, stressing that the country is recording the largest percentage of global deaths linked to the targeting of the health sector, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. In a conversation with Abdelmonem Makki from UN...

Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

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·December 27, 2025·3 min read

The cyclone made landfall on the island’s eastern coast on 28 November, triggering widespread flooding and deadly landslides across all 25 districts. While some displaced families have begun returning home, recent heavy rains caused fresh flooding, landslides and road closures, particularly in the central districts of Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and...

Development cooperation agreement marks new phase in UN-Iraq partnership

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·December 27, 2025·1 min read

On Thursday, the UN and Iraq signed a new agreement, the Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2025 to 2029, to assist the country in making progress on its national goals, which are also reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by Member States in 2015. The agreement comes ahead of the closure of the...