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New York: Critical funding and timely action are needed to prevent a decaying tanker anchored close to Yemen’s coastline from sparking a major oil spill, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the country said on Friday in New York. more
Sub-Saharan Africa under threat from multiple humanitarian crises

New York: The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three years, currently reaching 41 million, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported on F ...

Ukraine war drives international food prices to ‘new all-time high’

New York: Global food prices have reached “a new all-time high,” the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday, “hitting the poorest the hardest.&r ...

Ukraine: UN condemns deadly attack on train station, dozens of civilians killed

New York: In eastern Ukraine, a reported Russian missile attack on a railway station that’s killed dozens of civilians including children, has been condemned by the United Nations. ...

Pakistan: 2008 Mumbai Attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets 33 years in prison

Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced  Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed to 33 years of imprisonment in  two cases of terror financing registered by the Counte ...

More resources need to help secure Mali, peacekeeping mission head tells Security Council

New York: The UN’s peacekeeping chief in Mali on Thursday, made an urgent call for adequate resources for the mission to carry out its mandate, and meet the growing demand to addres ...

‘Decisive steps’ needed to keep boys in school – UNESCO report

New York: Although girls have more difficulty accessing education and make up most out-of-school children at the primary level, challenges facing boys are increasing at later stages, acco ...

Justice and reparations still critical, 30 years on from Sarajevo siege

New York: Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo, the UN team in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated the importance on Wednesday of pursuing justice and reparation for victims, survivors ...

Ukraine: Russian missile hits Kramatorsk train station, many feared dead

Kyiv: Several people are feared to have died and 100 others were injured as Russian rocket hitn Kramatorsk train station in Ukraine.

UN chief welcomes new Somali mission, lauds work of African Union

New York: The UN chief issued a statement on Wednesday welcoming the transition to a new African Union (AU) mission in Somalia, pledging the Organization’s “unwavering commitm ...