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Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward
- UN News
After years of stalemate and suffering, Syria is beginning to see renewed international engagement.
Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’
- UN News
Noor, a 16-month-old toddler, is from the Lahj governorate in the southwest corner of Yemen. A UN-partner volunteer diagnosed her with severe malnutrition – and her story became headline news when the UN relief chief recounted it to the Security Council during an impassioned briefing last week.
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
- UN News
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
- UN News
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel to distribute five trucks’ worth of lifesaving relief that was allowed into Gaza at the start of the week, after an 11-week blockade.
Malnutrition Plagues Children and Pregnant Women in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
MARJA DISTRICT, HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, May 20 (IPS) - Bibi Gul, a pregnant woman from Helmand’s Marja District, walked two hours to reach the nearest health center in search of treatment for her moderate malnutrition.
Fostering Dialogue for Disarmament Ahead of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (IPS) - The argument for nuclear disarmament is perhaps more relevant than it has been since the end of World War II, especially in a world where there is a growing gulf between nuclear states and between nuclear states and those who don't have the weapons.
Explainer: How Germs Outsmart Antimicrobials and Why Its Making Us Sicker
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, May 20 2025 (IPS) - More people are dying from once treatable infections because the medicines we rely on are no longer working as they should. The culprit? A growing health threat called antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
- UN News
When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling her they were going in search of food. For six days and six nights, Ms. Kim counted from one to 100 over and over again, desperate for their return.
UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
- UN News
Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring humanitarian needs, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
- UN News
Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just as they are at their most vulnerable.
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