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Philippines earthquake: UN pledges support as Cebu death toll rises to 72

·October 3, 2025·1 min read

The tremor struck off the coast of Bogo City at 9:59PM on Tuesday, 30 September, with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reporting a shallow depth of around 10 kilometers. Residents said the quake sent people fleeing into the streets. A tsunami warning was briefly issued and later...

Ukraine records highest toll from cluster munitions for third year running

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·September 15, 2025·2 min read

According to the latest Cluster Munitions Monitor, more than 1,200 people are known to have been killed or maimed in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The true figure is likely much higher, but it could be years before an accurate number is known, said Loren Persi, team...

Nepal crisis: Army deployed as death toll rises amid political turmoil

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·September 11, 2025·1 min read

The unrest began Monday as a self-styled “Gen Z protest” against corruption, nepotism and restrictions on social media. It quickly escalated after security forces opened fire on the crowds. By Tuesday, protesters had stormed and torched parliament, the Supreme Court and multiple government offices, including Singha Durbar – the central...

World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own

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·August 19, 2025·3 min read

Speaking to UN News from the wartorn enclave to mark World Humanitarian Day, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that exhausted aid workers continue to show up for work “day in and day out”. Approaching two years since the start of the war in Gaza, Ms....

UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall

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·July 27, 2025·2 min read

“Nowhere is safe in Ukraine,” said Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the UN Department of Political Affairs. Citing figures from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, he said civilian casualties reached a three-year high in June, with 6,754 civilians killed or injured in the first half of 2025...

Pakistan reels under monsoon deluge as death toll climbs

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·July 21, 2025·1 min read

Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, reported at least 63 casualties and 290 injuries in the past 24 hours, pushing the nationwide toll since the seasonal rains began on 26 June to over 120 fatalities, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. The unfolding crisis – rising rivers, forecasts of further...

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by devastating Texas floods as toll climbs past 80

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·July 7, 2025·1 min read

In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesperson, António Guterres said he was “deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life, notably of a large number of children,” during what should have been a time of celebration. Friday, 4 July, marked Independence Day in the United States – a...

UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine

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·June 26, 2025·1 min read

At least 24 people were reported killed and over 300 injured – including 32 children – when ballistic missiles struck Ukraine’s Dnipro and Odesa regions on Monday and Tuesday, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said on Wednesday. The attacks destroyed homes, schools, hospitals, and other civilian...

Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos

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·June 23, 2025·1 min read

Speaking to journalists in Deir al Balah on Saturday, Jonathan Whittall, who heads the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) in Gaza and the West Bank, said: “The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence.” Since Israel eased its total blockade last month, more than 400 people are...

Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries

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·May 12, 2025·4 min read

“Extreme weather and climate change impacts are hitting every single aspect of socio-economic development in Africa and exacerbating hunger, insecurity and displacement,” the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. WMO said that average surface temperature across Africa in 2024 was approximately 0.86°C above the 1991–2020 average. North Africa...

Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts

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·April 4, 2025·3 min read

Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the earthquake has “supercharged the suffering”. “Myanmar today is the scene of utter devastation and desperation,” he said. He emphasised that even before the disaster, the country was grappling with political turmoil, human rights abuses and...

Sudan: Civilian death toll triples in one week amid escalating hostilities

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·February 9, 2025·1 min read

This figure represents a threefold increase from the previous week, when at least 89 civilians lost their lives amid the ongoing hostilities.The crisis is compounded by intensifying violence in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, where a humanitarian catastrophe looms, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami....