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Ukraine civilians face escalating attacks and mounting hardship, UN warns

·December 9, 2025·3 min read

“Our findings establish several worrying trends: rising civilian casualties in both frontline and urban areas, sustained attacks on energy infrastructure, and continued patterns of systematic and widespread torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees,” said Danielle Bell, head of the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), Russia...

Israeli raids and settler attacks deepen humanitarian crisis in West Bank

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·December 5, 2025·2 min read

Between 25 November and 1 December, four Palestinians, including one child, were killed by Israeli forces, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year to 227. Nearly half of all fatalities in 2025 were recorded in the Jenin and Nablus governorates. Large-scale operations...

Mozambique’s displaced facing massive needs as attacks intensify

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·December 5, 2025·1 min read

According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 107,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks, pushing total displacement in just the past four months to 330,000. “They barely had time to recover when they again had to leave, due to attacks or fear of attacks,” said Paola Emerson,...

World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed since Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

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·November 30, 2025·2 min read

“There is a new momentum towards justice in Libya, and we now look towards the first trial to be held at the Court in this situation,” Nazhat Shameem Khan told ambassadors. She said the arrest of alleged war criminal Khaled El Hishri by German authorities in July is “a clear example of the momentum...

Nigeria: Hundreds abducted in the north as insurgent attacks rise

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·November 30, 2025·1 min read

At least 402 people, mainly schoolchildren, have been kidnapped in four states in the north-central region – Niger, Kebbi, Kwara and Borno – since 17 November, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday. Only 88 have reportedly been freed or escaped from captivity. Call for justice “We are shocked at the recent surge in mass abductions in north-central Nigeria,” OHCHR Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said in Geneva....

Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter

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·November 25, 2025·2 min read

UN Women’s Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp, who just returned from a visit to the enclave last week, said that women there repeatedly told her “there may be a cease-fire, but the war is not over”. “The attacks are fewer, but the killings continue,” she said. The UN aid...

Ukraine: Russian attacks on energy could trigger major ‘crisis within crisis’

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·October 31, 2025·2 min read

The heavy humanitarian and psychological toll of these strikes is compounded by the expectation that this year’s winter will be much colder than last year’s – with the level of destruction of power facilities outpacing the ability to recover. “We are very worried about people living in high-rise buildings in...

Civilians in Ukraine face death and injury amid new attacks

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·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...

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,...

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...

Netanyahu hails Israel’s ‘stunning comeback’ after 7 October attacks, vows to ‘finish the job’

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·September 27, 2025·2 min read

“Last year, I stood at this podium and I showed this map. It shows the curse of Iran’s terror axis,” he said. “This axis threatens the peace of the entire world. It threatened the stability of our region and the very existence of my country, Israel.” Recalling the Hamas-led attacks...