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Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease: WHO Middle East crisis: Security Council holds consultations as Hormuz crisis cont...

Human spread of hantavirus not ruled out on cruise ship In Lebanon, fears and dangers persist, despite ceasefire: UNHCR ITU UNDRR back call...

Strait of Hormuz, the UN maritime agency continues to urge maximum cautionWHO assisting with cruise-liner deadly respiratory illness outbrea...

Middle East war: Growing consequences on global humanitarian supply chains: UNHCRUN chief welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi from prison t...

Hormuz crisis highlights need for strategic change of course on energy - UNECE Gaza: Disease spike linked to rodent infestation, scabies and...

Iran: UN rights chief condemns ongoing deadly repression Climate: Europe is heating up at twice the global rateLebanon: global food security...

Sudan’s war leaves children at mercy of increasing drone strikes, warns UNICEFSyria: UN Human Rights reports discovery recent mass graves Gu...

Afghanistan: refugees from Iran ‘returning to nothing’: OCHAStrait of Hormuz crisis sparks rush to use Gulf’s land corridors – UNECEMali: UN...

Middle East war: Hormuz seizures on the riseGaza’s humanitarian emergency continues, warns WHO UNDP supports efforts to rid WWII’s toxic leg...

Middle East war: Concerns grow over vital raw minerals Lebanon: French peacekeeper dies following recent attack Largest vaccine catch-up cam...

Humanitarian emergency looming unless fertilizers can pass through Strait of Hormuz: UNOPS100 million people in over 60 countries live under...

Middle East crisis driving global energy shock, UN chief warns Sudan: millions still impacted by war and displacement: IOM First UN global d...

Lebanon: Solemn tributes to fallen peacekeeperGaza: $71.4 billion needed for recovery and reconstruction over next decadeNearly 3 in 4 count...

Lebanon: WHO highlights pressure on medical services as ceasefire beginsGaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls Record Rohingya death to...

Ukraine endures another night of Russian strikes: OCHA Lebanon: Israeli strike kills four health workers - OHCHR Epstein files: Rights exper...

Hundreds of Rohingya feared missing or drowned in new shipwreck Iran: 3.2 million now displaced inside country: UNHCR Caribbean on brink as...

Sudan conflict pushes economy back three decades, warns: UNDP ‘Grief, fear and exhaustion hang heavy in the air’ across Lebanon: UNFPAA thir...

Strait of Hormuz ‘blockade’ heightens food insecurity fears: FAOMiddle East war risks plunging many Iranians into poverty: UNDP Budget crisi...

Lebanon airstrike casualties ‘still under the rubble’ Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue Spanish truth commi...

UN condemns massive Israeli strikes on LebanonLebanon: WHO highlights deadly strikes, attacks on healthcareChad: Funding shortfalls put Suda...

UN leadership welcomes Iran ceasefireLebanon situation ‘critical’Palestine rights violations ‘eclipsed’ by conflict

Over 180 dead or missing in latest Mediterranean shipwrecksThousands of Afghans displaced by conflict with PakistanRwanda ambassador on reco...

IAEA confirms Iran nuclear strikeWHO chief condemns deadly Beirut attackDeveloping economies hit by Middle East conflict

Middle East war: Leaders can choose to end conflict, UN chief urges Syria needs in spotlight as UN relief chief visits: OCHANYC looking for...

Middle East war: Energy crisis crunch hits vulnerable nationsUnderstanding the threat of sea mines: UN Mine Action ServiceSomalia drought dr...

Middle East war: WFP warns that vital food aid blockedSyria: 200,000 have fled Lebanon conflict - UNHCRUNWRA chief condemns Knesset death pe...

UN peacekeeper killed in Israeli-Hezbollah clashes in Lebanon Yemen: UN envoy decries Houthi decision to attack Israel Transform inefficient...

Aid shipments getting back on track in Middle East: WHOLebanon: ‘Nowhere safe to go’ warn UNICEF, UNHCR, UN WomenDesalination plant strike r...

Ukraine war more dangerous than ever, Human Rights Council hearsHaiti’s ‘vortex of violence’ now at disastrous levels: OHCHRCuba blockade ha...

Guterres urges de-escalation as war spirals ‘out of control’Iran offers conditional safe passage through Strait of Hormuz: UN maritime agenc...

Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civiliansLifesaving medicines arrive for Lebanon’s strained healthcare systemHai...

• Strait of Hormuz impact still expanding, warns UNCTAD • UNICEF aid convoy reaches southern Lebanon communities in need• WMO warns of recor...

UN chief Guterres urges end to war as regional crisis threatens to spiralHuman rights defenders in Colombia face relentless violence: OHCHRW...

Plight of Strait of Hormuz seafarers in spotlight at IMO meetingYemen appeal seeks $2 billion for 12 million people in need Forests hailed a...

Mid-East war prompts risk of most severe aid disruption since COVID - WFPLebanon’s displaced fear ‘targeted assassinations’, warns top aid o...

Combating Islamophobia is about overcoming bigotry, says UN chiefMiddle East war: UN human rights office condemns killing of Palestinian Kil...

UN chief launches $308 million appeal for strife-hit LebanonMiddle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadsideSyria rights p...

UN maritime agency to hold emergency session on Gulf crisis: IMOIOM condemns deadly strike on Lebanon shelterUkraine: child deportations by...

Aid chief condemns use of drones in $1 billion-a-day Middle East war: OCHALebanon: UN ‘blue helmets’ are staying, says peacekeeping chiefUNI...

‘Black rain’ alert after oil depot strikes across Middle East: WHO, OHCHRGazans still forced to live hand-to-mouth, warns WFPUN rights chief...

Middle East strikes on Iranian petrol stores prompts WHO alertCondemnation for latest occupied West Bank killings: UN rights officeRefugee w...

UN rights chief urges de-escalation as Middle East war spreadsLebanon suffering in spotlight amid Israeli evacuation ordersLifesaving relief...

UN rights chief warns global inequality is deepeningObesity is ‘one of the greatest health problems of our time,’ says TedrosDomicide on the...

Lebanon: families fleeing Israeli airstrikes have almost nothing - UNICEFNeeds remain immense in Gaza, warns OCHA Iran’s protesters face exp...

Iran war: Emergency protocols in place amid supply chain slowdown - WFPRelief as key Gaza crossing set to reopen, aid teams say Afghanistan...

Iran crisis: Nuclear watchdog urges restraint amid ongoing strikesCondemnation for Strait of Hormuz shipping attacksAfghanistan’s quake surv...

Epstein scandal highlights how women and girls are silenced: UN Human Rights chief Fears grow for Afghan civilians after reported Pakistan a...

Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions: UN Human Rights chief urges talks Further risk of genocidal acts in Sudan, top rights probe warnsGaza sufferi...

Organized crime and poor regulation to blame for toxic pollution scourge Ukraine war with Russia now driving school closures even far from f...

Ukraine wakes to more violence as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters fifth yearSomalia alert as acute hunger doubles in a yearGaza’s childr...