Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalate attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground.

More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.

Humanitarians “will spare no effort” to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in Sudan, a senior UN official in the country said on Tuesday.

In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sunday’s devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

The cooling climate phenomenon known as La Niña could return between now and November, but it won’t stop the trend for warmer global temperatures caused by human activity, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for strengthening multilateralism in an increasingly divided world in remarks to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the arbitrary detention of at least 11 staff members in Yemen on Sunday by the de facto Houthi authorities in areas under their control.

After a magnitude six earthquake struck remote areas of eastern Afghanistan overnight reportedly killing at least 800 people and wiping out villages, UN chief António Guterres on Monday pledged to “spare no effort” in helping those affected.

TOKYO, September 1 (IPS) - Marking the United Nations’ International Day Against Nuclear Tests, young activists and experts gathered at the UN University in Tokyo for an event titled “The Role of Youth in Supporting Global Hibakusha.” The forum underscored how youth solidarity can amplify the voices of survivors of nuclear testing and bombings, known collectively as the “Global Hibakusha” — communities scarred by the use, production, and testing of nuclear weapons, from Hiroshima to the Marshall Islands — and strengthen global momentum toward nuclear abolition.

PRETORIA, South Africa, September 1 (IPS) - African sovereign debtors in distress face terrible choices. They are often forced to choose between fully paying their creditors and financing the needs of their populations – health, education, renewable energy, water.