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Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, Russia
- UN News
UN chief António Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at stopping crippling attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges
- UN News
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities.
UN migration agency forced to restructure amid significant budget cuts
- UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is undertaking “essential structural adjustments” at its Geneva headquarters and globally, in response to a substantial 30 per cent reduction in donor support for 2025 – including a significant decrease in projects funded by the United States.
LIVE NOW: Security Council meets on Gaza crisis, UN relief chief calls for urgent renewal of ceasefire
- UN News
The UN Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss the Middle East crisis exactly two months since the start of the fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal came into effect. That has been shattered by deadly Israeli airstrikes overnight, following a two-week aid blockade which has strained critical supplies. Well over 400 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured, according to local authorities. We'll have reaction from across the UN and agencies on the ground. UN News app users follow live here.
World News in Brief: US strikes on Yemen, Gaza aid update, debt burden weighs on developing world
- UN News
The UN on Monday expressed concern over the continued threat posed to shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi attacks from their bases in Yemen as well as recent airstrikes by the United States which have left over 50 reportedly dead.
Funding shortages risk undermining a ‘watershed moment’ for Syria
- UN News
Fourteen years of war have left Syria’s people in desperate need – but international support is dwindling, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, calling for urgent investment in the country’s recovery.
No food deliveries to Gaza as border closures continue
- UN News
The UN emergency food relief agency has not been able to transport any aid into the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing closure of all border crossing points, which is now in its twelfth day, the UN Spokesperson said on Friday.
In Bangladesh, UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh vowed to do everything in his power to prevent further hardship as drastic aid cuts threaten food supplies and other critical relief efforts.
World News in Brief: Gaza aid ‘unravelling’, funding cuts in Ukraine, concern over Syria aid access, Duterte in ICC custody
- UN News
Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, “crucial progress” made during the first six weeks of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants “continues to unravel”, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday.
Humanitarian system at breaking point as funding cuts force life-or-death choices
- UN News
The UN’s top relief official warned on Wednesday that the global humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts forcing life-or-death decisions over which aid programmes to sustain and which to shut down.
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