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Clearing mines laid at sea can be an “extremely challenging and very dangerous” undertaking according to a UN mines expert.

Developing countries are being priced out of the affordable finance they desperately need for sustainable development, with sovereign credit...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for accountability after a peacekeeper was killed in Lebanon on Sunday amid hostilities between...

Just hours after war broke out in the Middle East last month, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council...

More than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 more displaced in the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Syria, UN human rights investigat...

Almost one month since Israeli and US airstrikes on Iran began, sparking a wider regional war, UN agencies and partners on Friday highlighte...

The war in the Middle East continues, with attacks causing further terror and suffering, deepening the humanitarian crisis across the region...

The number of children and young people out of school worldwide has climbed for the seventh consecutive year, reaching 273 million, accordin...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the escalating Gulf war is “out of control”, urging all sides to step back from the br...

It’s day 26 of war in the Middle East. Ongoing strikes in Israel and Iran have included intensifying Israeli attacks against Hezbollah targe...

As tensions escalate in the Middle East, the international community must not lose sight of the situation in Gaza, an official with US Presi...

Since the start of the Middle East conflict with Israeli and US strikes on Iran on 28 February, concerns have been growing over rising oil a...

Since the outbreak of war on 28 February, several unique sites of cultural significance have been damaged in Iran, Israel and Lebanon, along...

The war in the Middle East is well into its fourth week and the humanitarian emergency it has sparked continues to be the focus of internati...

More than 1,000 people have been killed and 2,584 injured in Lebanon since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, UN officials said Saturda...

The crisis in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the region, driving civilian casualties, displacem...

The fallout from the war in the Middle East is rippling far beyond the Gulf, disrupting fuel supplies, shipping routes and supply chains acr...

The US and Israel must end their bombing campaign before it spirals out of control, while Iran needs to stop attacking Gulf neighbours who h...

The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes across the region driving civilian casualties, displacement and rising humanit...

Humanitarian needs are continuing to grow again across Gaza, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday, amid moun...

The international community must step up efforts to support Syria amid the current conflict raging in the Middle East, two senior UN officia...

The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes across the region and rising humanitarian needs. The UN nuclear watchdog repor...

The Middle East war could cause the worst disruption to lifesaving humanitarian work since COVID, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned o...

The crisis in the Middle East continues to intensify, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the region and the humanitarian toll...

The widening war in the Middle East and its growing impact on civilians came under scrutiny at the UN in Geneva on Monday, as independent ex...