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Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from...

Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical healt...

The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed...

The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eas...

No aid has entered Gaza for more than 10 weeks and every single one of the 2.1 million people there faces famine conditions, the UN Emergenc...

The Security Council is set to meet this afternoon at 3 PM in New York to discuss the deepening crisis in Gaza, where humanitarians warn of...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the release of a hostage held in in Gaza on Monday and renewed his call for a permanent cease...

Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine”, UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel a...

Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers a rare kind of hope. For hundreds of dis...

A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies unless smarter trade and invest...

Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as...

The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security forces into three of its schools in...

Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in psychosocial support sessions provided by the UN agency...

Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly kille...

The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core princip...

The UN Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of Israeli plans to expand ground operations and prolong its military presence in Gaza, a spo...

The progress of human development – as measured by people’s freedoms and well-being – has remained sluggish since the major shock of the COV...

The UN is sounding the alarm over escalating violence in Sudan following drone strikes near Port Sudan airport reportedly carried out by the...

The UN and partners on Sunday issued a stark warning over the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as Israeli authorities maintain a near-...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is following developments in Syria, where fresh fighting in the capital Damascus and elsewhere is thre...

"After losing my leg in the war, I returned to photojournalism not just for work, but because I have loved photography since childhood," sai...

Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people are fighting over water amid relentless bombing, the UN’s hum...

In Afghanistan, 75 per cent of the population struggles to meet their daily needs; with female-headed households, rural communities and inte...

The UN’s top humanitarian official on Thursday issued a stark warning over the continuing blockade of aid into Gaza, calling on Israel to li...

Chicago has been named host city for the 2026 International Jazz Day festivities - coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the event and the...