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The UN Security Council is due to meet in emergency session at 10am in New York on the collapse of health services in Gaza. The meeting was...

More than 115,000 people have reportedly returned to Syria from countries such as Türkiye, Jordan and Lebanon since 8 December – the fall of...

Civilians are not safe anywhere in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, warned on Thursday. 

The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire in Gaza in a statement posted on the social media pl...

Since he began his mandate as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale has seen for himself the devastating eff...

Humanitarians continue to respond to needs in Syria as security and logistical conditions permit, the UN said on Tuesday.

Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed the healthcare system to the brink of t...

The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, issued a fresh call on Tuesday for investigations into the “systematic dis...

Essential services that sustain life - healthcare, emergency aid, and humanitarian access - are being systematically dismantled in the Occup...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria continues to uphold the need for a Syrian-led transition in his ongoing talks on the way forward for the coun...

A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalat...

Harbia Al-Himiary  has a special connection to Sana’a, whose war-damaged buildings she is helping to restore, as part of a UNESCO-supported...

A low tech and sustainable solution to holding back advancing desert sands in eastern Saudi Arabia could help farming communities to thrive...

The last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan Hospital, is now out of service, putting the lives of the 75,000 Pa...

Fresh details of the Israeli airstrike on Sana’a airport, which occurred as Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Org...

Health challenges in northwest Syria have escalated due to harsh winter conditions, exacerbating the vulnerability of displaced populations,...

Newborns and infants in Gaza have reportedly died of hypothermia, deaths described by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as preventable. The ne...

Civilian casualties and injuries continue to be reported across Gaza due to the ongoing hostilities, with most families unable to afford bas...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, has described the scene in Sana’a, Yemen, on Thursday, after Israeli...

Artificial intelligence or AI technology can help to protect vulnerable women, give women a voice in male-dominated communities and increase...

For the second year in a row, Christmas arrived for the Christian community in the Gaza Strip without celebrations, as daily life remains a...

Tchaikovky’s ballet The Nutcracker is now a staple of the holiday season. Less well-known is the famed Russian composer’s strong connection...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched a $56.4 million flash appeal to address urgent health needs in Syria, where years...

As we near the end of another year of war and humanitarian crisis, UN News is highlighting the extraordinary work of staffers in the field w...

The humanitarian crisis in Syria continues to escalate, with millions struggling to access basic resources as fuel shortages and damaged inf...