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Gaza killings, turmoil and misery continue, warns OHCHRLebanon: fear and uncertainty haunt war-torn communities 24 million people in the Sahel urgently need aid: OCHA

El Niño confirmed, extreme weather events will be more intense, says WMO Lebanon hospital strikes impact most vulnerable patients, warns WHO DR Congo Ebola mustn’t be allowed to spread further: IOM

DR Congo Ebola workers discharged after making full recovery: WHOGaza: Families live on Yellow Line ‘in constant fear’ of deathLebanon: Mass upheaval in southern Beirut amid new strike fears

DR Congo: Early detection of Ebola critical WHO warns, as treatment trials get underwayUN human rights office urges child safety improvements onlineThousands on the brink of famine in South Sudan: WFP

WHO chief appeals for ceasefire as DR Congo bears brunt of deadly new Ebola strain UN human rights chief warns against dangerous escalation in Ukraine Independent experts warn French prison conditions may breach international law

Secretary-General warns Security Council UN Charter is facing ‘profound strain’Air travel safe for now in face of Ebola emergency says UN aviation agencyUN alarmed by escalating attacks and destruction in Ukraine

Healthcare in Gaza crippled by severe shortage of medical suppliesAid operations disrupted as civilian toll rises in UkraineUN warns against forced returns to Afghanistan

Humanitarian crisis deepens in Gaza amid ceasefire delaysAfghanistan ruling erodes women’s rightsResponse to Ebola outbreak ramps up

Ebola outbreak risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: TedrosUN chief calls for Security Council reform during Japan visitUN launches $529 million plan for Afghan returnees

DR Congo/Uganda Ebola outbreak: the search for patient zeroMyanmar hunger crisis deepens, EU boosts aid via WFPWorld trade wavers as Middle East crisis remains unresolved

WHO supports response as Ebola confirmed in DR Congo’s Goma LGBTIQ+ face mounting violence, discrimination: UN rights chief South Sudan: Families return to Akobo, aid resumes after conflict

Somalia: ‘real and credible risk of famine’, warn aid teamsSudan: 825,000 small children face near-starvation: UNICEFUkraine: another UN convoy attacked twice in Kherson

Sudan war: staggering civilian suffering continues alongside famine riskUkraine: aid teams condemn night of heavy Russian attacks in Kyiv - OCHAGaza reconstruction envisages building ‘islands’ out of rubble

UN human rights chief condemns Nigeria marketplace bombingsUkraine: attack on aid convoy reaching vulnerable communities - WFP Gaza police increasingly targeted by Israeli military, alleges OHCHR

Children shot, stabbed, beaten and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank: UNICEFHantavirus transmission kept low thanks to united effort: WHOA world without sand? UN partners push for alternatives amid shortages

Strait of Hormuz de-escalation is urgent for African planters and people, says UN chiefHantavirus: WHO assesses exposure risk as cruise liner docks in TenerifeSudan war: armed drones caused 80 per cent of civilian killings (OHCHR)

Deadly hantavirus outbreak is not a new COVID, insists UN health agencyLebanon crisis leaves families foraging for food: WFPStrait of Hormuz crisis linked to looming famine in Somalia

UN rights chief Türk says ‘widening repression’ must end in TunisiaGaza: ‘Rats bite children in their sleep’ aid teams say, in plea for suppliesUkraine: aid convoys deliver life-saving relief near the frontline

Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease: WHO Middle East crisis: Security Council holds consultations as Hormuz crisis continuesIsrael urged to release arrested Gaza-bound flotilla members: OHCHR

Human spread of hantavirus not ruled out on cruise ship In Lebanon, fears and dangers persist, despite ceasefire: UNHCR ITU UNDRR back call for early warning system to avoid a ‘digital pandemic’

Strait of Hormuz, the UN maritime agency continues to urge maximum cautionWHO assisting with cruise-liner deadly respiratory illness outbreakPress freedom is shrinking and reporters still risk deadly danger: UNESCO

Middle East war: Growing consequences on global humanitarian supply chains: UNHCRUN chief welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrestNew death penalty in Israel perpetuates racial discrimination against Palestinians, warn independent human rights experts: OHCHR

Hormuz crisis highlights need for strategic change of course on energy - UNECE Gaza: Disease spike linked to rodent infestation, scabies and fleas - UNRWAScam no more: how the Philippines is cracking down on online fraud centres UNODC

Iran: UN rights chief condemns ongoing deadly repression Climate: Europe is heating up at twice the global rateLebanon: global food security experts warn that 1 in 4 people face acute hunger

Sudan’s war leaves children at mercy of increasing drone strikes, warns UNICEFSyria: UN Human Rights reports discovery recent mass graves Gulf land routes already expanding amid Strait of Hormuz shipping freeze

Afghanistan: refugees from Iran ‘returning to nothing’: OCHAStrait of Hormuz crisis sparks rush to use Gulf’s land corridors – UNECEMali: UN aid chief highlights dangers, urges access to assistance

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

Middle East war:  Concerns grow over vital raw minerals Lebanon: French peacekeeper dies following recent attack Largest vaccine catch-up campaign reaches 18 million children

Humanitarian emergency looming unless fertilizers can pass through Strait of Hormuz: UNOPS100 million people in over 60 countries live under shadow of landmines threat: UNMAS Rights chief Türk alarmed at Singapore death penalty spike: OHCHR

Middle East crisis driving global energy shock, UN chief warns Sudan: millions still impacted by war and displacement: IOM First UN global debate on AI aims to bridge ‘huge divide’ in access

Lebanon: Solemn tributes to fallen peacekeeperGaza: $71.4 billion needed for recovery and reconstruction over next decadeNearly 3 in 4 countries use AI to diagnose illness: WHO

Since the outbreak of the Middle East war on 28 February, sites of major cultural importance across Israel, Iran and Lebanon have come under threat.At the request of the Lebanese Government, the UN education and cultural agency, UNESCO, has placed 39 World Heritage sites under so-called “enhanced protection”- a special status aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage during times of conflict.To explain what this means in practice, UN News’s Nancy Sarkis spoke to Krista Pikkat, who leads UNESCO’s Culture and Emergencies Unit.

Lebanon: WHO highlights pressure on medical services as ceasefire beginsGaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls  Record Rohingya death toll at sea highlights their desperation: UNHCR

Ukraine endures another night of Russian strikes: OCHA  Lebanon: Israeli strike kills four health workers - OHCHR Epstein files: Rights experts stress States’ responsibility to act

Hundreds of Rohingya feared missing or drowned in new shipwreck Iran: 3.2 million now displaced inside country: UNHCR  Caribbean on brink as war shock and drought fears collide, says WFP

Sudan conflict pushes economy back three decades, warns: UNDP ‘Grief, fear and exhaustion hang heavy in the air’ across Lebanon: UNFPAA third of displaced Venezuelans in Latin America could consider return: UNHCR

Strait of Hormuz ‘blockade’ heightens food insecurity fears: FAOMiddle East war risks plunging many Iranians into poverty: UNDP Budget crisis threatens future of key UN human rights committees

Lebanon airstrike casualties ‘still under the rubble’ Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue Spanish truth commission to investigate human rights violations during civil war and Franco dictatorship

UN condemns massive Israeli strikes on LebanonLebanon: WHO highlights deadly strikes, attacks on healthcareChad: Funding shortfalls put Sudanese refugees at risk

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 recovering from genocide

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 deeper ties with UN, says city’s new mayor Mamdani

Middle East war: Energy crisis crunch hits vulnerable nationsUnderstanding the threat of sea mines: UN Mine Action ServiceSomalia drought drives crop failure and hunger crisis: UNICEF

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

UN peacekeeper killed in Israeli-Hezbollah clashes in Lebanon Yemen: UN envoy decries Houthi decision to attack Israel  Transform inefficient food systems on Zero-Waste Day

Aid shipments getting back on track in Middle East: WHOLebanon: ‘Nowhere safe to go’ warn UNICEF, UNHCR, UN WomenDesalination plant strike risk looms over Gulf States

Ukraine war more dangerous than ever, Human Rights Council hearsHaiti’s ‘vortex of violence’ now at disastrous levels: OHCHRCuba blockade having major impact on healthcare: WHO

Guterres urges de-escalation as war spirals ‘out of control’Iran offers conditional safe passage through Strait of Hormuz: UN maritime agency Ukraine: massive drone and missile attack reported: OHCHR

Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civiliansLifesaving medicines arrive for Lebanon’s strained healthcare systemHaiti’s criminal gangs expand their reach, police accused of executions