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Construction workers walk along a road in Daan Hari, Philippines.

The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges UN chief

The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme heat, as global temperature rise continues unabated.

Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an interview with UN News.

UN rights chief calls for end to protest crackdowns in Bangladesh

A woman browses alcohol in a supermarket in Moscow, Russia.

Europe tops the charts for alcohol consumption. WHO calls for urgent action to curb the trend

Palestinian families on the move in response to the latest evacuation orders from the Israeli military.

Gaza: Hunger fears persist as Israeli operations further harm enclave’s farmers

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New ECOSOC President to focus on safe migration, AI for sustainable development

UNICEF chief calls for urgent security reset in Gaza amid ‘new horrors’

Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report

Gaza: Exodus from Khan Younis compounds pressure on meagre resources

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Máximo Torero, chief economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The world must look to South America’s success in reducing hunger

A girl sitting on the steps to her home in the Al Biddawi camp for Palestine refugees in northern Lebanon.

Exclusive: A look into the lives of Palestine refugees in Lebanon awaiting a solution to their plight

Trucks transport food aid into northern Gaza (file)

UNRWA stresses need to protect humanitarians after convoy hit in Gaza

Aristides de Sousa Mendes' house in Cabanas de Viriato, Portugal, has been transformed into a memorial museum.

The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: An example for us all

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Local displaced and homeless Haitians gather for free medical treatment at an IOM mobile clinic in Place Clercine in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince.

‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

Humanitarian Aid The entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due largely to insecurity and gang-related violence, according to Abdoulaye Sawadogo, head of the UN’s humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean island nation.

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed meets young children at a refugee camp in Chad.

Sustainable development: ‘Be leaders and inspire’ UN deputy chief urges, as 2030 deadline nears

Toto Aquino in his bedroom at home in Manila.

First Person: Filipino elderly ex-prisoner’s joy of ‘sleeping and eating’

Scammers who do not meet their quotas are often tortured

Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’

Girls study science at a school in India.

Time running short as 2030 deadline looms for UN blueprint for a fairer future

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Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are fleeing from escalating violence in the north and south in the seven-month-long war that has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, leaving behind a looming famine and trails of rubble in the besieged enclave.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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UN migration agency IOM and local authorities conduct an assessment of a displacement-affected community in Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (file photo).

World News in Brief: Rights chief ‘horrified’ at deadly PNG violence, Lebanon-Israel ‘knife edge’, Sudan refugees suffer sexual violence

Peace and Security Recent attacks on three villages in East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea, resulted in at least 26 deaths - including 16 children – an event that has left UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk “horrified”, he said in a statement on Wednesday.

Rising heat across Europe and Central Asia kills nearly 400 children a year, according to latest data.

Rising heat in Europe and Central Asia killing almost 400 children a year: UNICEF

Climate and Environment Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year according to new analysis of the latest available data by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Wednesday.

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