The UN agency serving 5.9 million Palestine refugees, UNRWA, continues to strive to deliver on its mandate while facing an unprecedented $100 million budget shortfall,…
View More Despite record $100 million shortfall, Palestine relief agency still ‘a critical platform’ for Gaza recovery
With another weekend of strikes involving the United States and Iran, renewed diplomatic efforts on Monday have eased immediate fears of escalation, but the economic…
View More Middle East conflict leaves developing countries paying the price
The United Nations’ maritime agency said on Friday that it had successfully evacuated about 2,500 stranded seafarers from the Persian Gulf before suspending the operation,…
View More Strait of Hormuz: UN evacuates 2,500 seafarers before attack freezes rescue operation
As the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) released more details of its plan to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz,…
View More Stranded Hormuz seafarers begin mass evacuation operation
Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the…
View More Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds
On 17 June 2026, the village of Munimpur in Haryana’s Jhajjar district saw a crowd of over 3,500 farmers turn up for a single event:…
View More India and Israel’s Farming Partnership Hits a New Mark
The United Nations has welcomed reports of a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday while warning that civilians on the ground are…
View More UN welcomes fresh Lebanon ceasefire reports as rights experts urge Iran accountability
More than 100 days of war reveals a shattering snapshot of life for civilians in Lebanon amid Israeli strikes and forced displacement, the UN Children’s…
View More Lebanon: 12 children killed, maimed daily, despite Hezbollah-Israel truce
Top UN officials called for bolstered efforts to stave off rising hunger and foster a path towards permanent peace in Yemen as they briefed the…
View More UN officials call for urgent action in Yemen to push peace, reduce hunger
As representatives of Iran and the United States reportedly prepared to sign a new peace agreement at the end of the week, the UN on…
View More While world waits for details on Iran-US accord, UN calls for Hormuz aid corridor