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Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify
- UN News
Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN’s top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and despair.
Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel
- UN News
The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave’s people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief
- UN News
The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more international assistance than they are getting today, the UN’s top aid official said on Thursday.
‘Our kids cry for food’: Most Gaza families survive on one meal a day
- UN News
Most families in the Gaza Strip are surviving on one meal a day and one-third go entire days without eating as a result of Israel’s continued bombardment of the enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and partners.
‘Fuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death,’ UN warns
- UN News
The rapid depletion of the remaining fuel stocks in the Gaza Strip is threatening efforts to keep critical lifelines up and running, the UN reported on Wednesday.
‘Still reeling’: Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country
- UN News
Nearly three months after Myanmar’s strongest earthquake in a century, more than six million people remain in urgent need of assistance, as the disaster compounds a humanitarian crisis driven by years of conflict, political turmoil and mass displacement.
Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says
- UN News
At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch from controversial new aid hubs in Gaza – a likely war crime – the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Yemen: Nearly half the population facing acute food insecurity in some southern areas
- UN News
The food security situation in Government-controlled areas of southern Yemen is dire, with nearly half the population facing acute food insecurity and struggling to find their next meal.
Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos
- UN News
The top UN humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has issued a stark warning over the deepening crisis in Gaza, where civilians are being killed daily while trying to access food, water and medical care.
UN reiterates call for urgent de-escalation amid Iran-Israel conflict, worsening Gaza crisis
- UN News
Senior UN officials reiterated an appeal for urgent restraint on Saturday as conflict spiral between Israel and Iran, amid a wider regional crisis exacerbated by Israel’s war in Gaza and the worsening humanitarian situation facing Palestinian civilians.
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