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The education of 800 students in occupied East Jerusalem is at risk as Israel moves to close their schools next week, a senior official with...

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon has called for greater support to people in the south of the country working to rebuild their li...

Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result in millions of people dying, the UN...

After suffering almost 18 months of deadly bombardment, displacement and lack of access to basic services, the embattled people of Gaza face...

The UN Secretary-General has warned that the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine is nearing collapse, urging world leaders to take b...

Faced with mounting debt and economic stagnation, middle-income countries have issued a call for financial reform, sustainable investment, a...

The Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot presidi...

The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive...

Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become a desperate reality in the Gaza Strip, where human...

Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and mounting trade wars, top UN officials on Monday called for urgent a...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and oth...

The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Saturday, as hum...

Syria is undergoing a rocky transition after years of conflict and authoritarian rule. Despite tentative political progress, ongoing violenc...

The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to block the entry of all humanitarian aid into the...

The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials –...

Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climat...

As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and girls remain ex...

Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as...

Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death among 15-19-year-old girls which countries could help prevent by keeping girls in schoo...

Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes – but that hope is fadin...

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people – mostly women and children – trapped, s...

Asia’s sprawling megacities – which are driving economic growth – face an uncertain future as rising temperatures, aging populations and unp...

Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country and their communities, the outgoing UN Deputy Regional Human...

The UN Secretary-General has expressed grave concern over US airstrikes in and around Yemen’s port of Ra’s Isa this week, which reportedly r...

The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and...