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UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine

·May 25, 2025·1 min read

According to the UN mission, the overnight assault from Saturday into Sunday – one of the largest of its kind since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 – resulted in civilian casualties and damage to homes and infrastructure across 10 regions of Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv. At least three...

Gazans ‘in terror’ after another night of deadly strikes and siege

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·May 16, 2025·2 min read

Updating journalists in Geneva, Dr. Margaret Harris described another night of terror in the war-torn enclave. She said that some of those injured in the attacks had sought help from the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, even though it was now “just a shell” after 19 months of war. ...

Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO

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·April 23, 2025·1 min read

Each year, more than 21 million adolescent girls in low and middle-income countries become pregnant. About half of these pregnancies are unintended. Nine in 10 adolescent births occur among girls who were married before turning 18. “Early pregnancies can have serious physical and psychological consequences for girls and young women,”...

Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes

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·April 18, 2025·2 min read

The earthquakes – which hit central Myanmar on 28 March – killed at least 3,700 people, injured 4,800 more and left 129 still missing. However, humanitarians warn the true toll is likely much higher due to underreporting and continued challenges in data collection and verification. More than 140 aftershocks –...

UN denounces deadly Palm Sunday attack in Ukraine

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·April 15, 2025·1 min read

The two missiles struck a busy street in the city centre, damaging residential buildings, an educational facility and civilian vehicles, as people were out celebrating Palm Sunday, a major religious holiday in Ukraine. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was deeply alarmed and shocked to learn of the attack his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said...

March proves deadly month for civilians in Ukraine

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·April 9, 2025·1 min read

“The near daily barrage of long-range drones killed and injured scores of civilians across the country last month, and disrupted life for millions more,” said the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), Danielle Bell, in the independent human rights team’s latest monthly update. The...

UN deplores deadly attack on city in central Ukraine

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·April 5, 2025·1 min read

Matthias Schmale said he was outraged by reports of yet another Russian attack on the city, which is located in the Dnipro region. “This attack follows a deeply disturbing pattern of repeated attacks on populated areas across Ukraine that continue to kill and maim civilians,” he said, noting that the...

UN teams ramp up response to deadly quake in Myanmar and Thailand

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·March 30, 2025·2 min read

The Emergency Relief Coordinator tweeted that UN teams are being “supported by expertise across our global network”. News reports quoting sources in the Burmese city of Mandalay, close to the epicentre of the quake, indicate that hundreds have died. In neighbouring Thailand more than 80 construction workers are missing, according...

Deadly impacts of childhood stunting can be prevented, WFP insists

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·March 27, 2025·1 min read

Childhood stunting from malnutrition is a global but preventable problem if adequate investment can be found, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday, amid chronic funding shortages that threaten essential feeding programmes....

‘Intolerable’ suffering in Gaza amid deadly airstrikes, continued aid blockade

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·March 19, 2025·1 min read

“We will not give up on these objectives,” António Guterres said during a press encounter at the UN Office in Geneva. Airstrikes resume, aid blocked In a statement issued earlier in the day, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, said Mr. Guterres was “shocked” by the Israeli strikes, which reportedly killed...

World News in Brief: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda, $500 million human rights appeal, Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws in spotlight

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·February 2, 2025·3 min read

Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing fever-like symptoms. In response to the outbreak of the often deadly and infectious haemorrhagic fever which is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids and tissue, WHO...

Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows

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·January 30, 2025·3 min read

“Hope returns to Gaza, but it’s fragile,” said Corinne Fleischer, World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. “With open crossings and sustained efforts, Gaza’s recovery can take root,” she emphasised. The WFP has doubled its aid deliveries, bringing in 22,000 metric tons of food...