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World News in Brief: healthcare crisis in Yemen’s Taiz and Afghanistan, Western Sahara mission's phased closure
- UN News
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is worsening, particularly in the southwestern city of Taiz, which is being encircled by paramilitary Iran-backed Houthi forces.
Ukraine: WFP provides hot meals to Oleshky evacuees as UN pushes to restore power before winter
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to more than 400 people who were able to leave the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, in Ukraine’s Kherson region, during a brief local ceasefire.
Ethiopia: Violence in the north is pushing health system to the brink, WHO chief warns
- UN News
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for greater protection for civilians caught in conflict in northern Ethiopia following deadly drone strikes this past weekend.
Western Sahara: UN ‘stands ready’ to keep supporting peace efforts as MINURSO mission ends
- UN News
The UN remains committed to supporting a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution in Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of its people, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, as the UN peacekeeping mission there began to wind down.
‘They deserve to know the truth’: UN rights chief demands probe into staffer’s death in Houthi custody
- UN News
The UN human rights chief on Saturday demanded an independent investigation into the death of a Yemeni colleague held by the Houthis for more than two years, whose family learned of his death only weeks after it happened.
Somalia looks to the future as the UN's political mission closes
- UN News
“The story of the UN's political engagement in Somalia has been one of persistence, partnership and adaptation,” Raisedon Zenenga, the UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative for Somalia has said, as three decades of UN political missions in the Horn of Africa country comes to an end on 31 October.
World News in Brief: 300,000 displaced in Lebanon, Türk ‘deeply concerned’ over Novaya Gazeta closure, $50 million refugee appeal, World Cities Day
- UN News
More than 300,000 people displaced since early March remain internally displaced in Lebanon, where the humanitarian crisis is “far from over,” according to the UN’s aid coordination office (OCHA).
Ukraine: Oleshky ceasefire offers ‘hope’ for civilians as attacks on aid vehicles continue
- UN News
Each day the ceasefire in Oleshky holds means hope for civilians in the city, the UN’s top humanitarian official said, stressing that those wishing to leave must be able to do so safely and voluntarily.
Yemen war makes reaching assistance too dangerous for many
- UN News
More than 280,000 people have now been displaced by fighting in Yemen and many vulnerable people are unable to access lifesaving relief because it is too dangerous to do so, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Myanmar’s illicit economy fuels escalating violence, with civilians bearing the brunt
- UN News
Myanmar’s human rights situation is “catastrophic”, the UN independent expert on the country warned at a press briefing Thursday, as the war spirals with no end in sight.
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