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Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records

The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity impact some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

Malaria: Drug resistance and underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating killer disease

General Assembly demands return of Ukrainian children by Russia

Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza

"Persons living with disabilities are entitled to the same rights, choices, and opportunities as everyone else. Our societies thrive when those rights are respected."

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Sudan’s crisis deepens with communities trapped in ‘siege conditions’

Genuine inclusion of persons with disabilities is a win for us all: Guterres

World News in Brief: Food insecurity triples, Mozambique aid boost, Uganda elections alert

General Assembly LIVE: Resolution adopted demanding Russia return Ukrainian children

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Record cocaine seizure in Haitian waters underlines country’s ‘pivotal’ trafficking role

Law and Crime Prevention A record seizure of cocaine off the coast of Haiti has underlined the island nation’s "pivotal role in trafficking routes linking South America, the Caribbean and the United States of America," according to the United Nations.

‘Leave no one behind’: As wealth gap widens, UN calls for new industrial deal for world’s poorest

In the Amazon, a school becomes a beacon of climate resilience

Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking

COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance

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A young girl carries a pot of cooked food in Al-Mawasi, Gaza.

UN ramps up ceasefire support to hungry and war-weary Gazans

The UN is taking the opportunity of the ceasefire in Gaza to ramp up the delivery of aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza.

From podiums to patrols: Taking the pulse of the UN’s busiest week

Delegates gather on the plaza in front of the General Assembly building at UN Headquarters.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

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UN sounds alarm as landmine deaths rise amid funding cuts

Peace and Security The deadly legacy of conflicts old and new – from Gaza to Sudan and beyond – continues to kill and maim civilians on a near-daily basis, mine action workers said on Wednesday, as they appealed for greater support for their lifesaving work in the face of deep funding cuts.

Crackdown on Palestinian civil society is reaching alarming levels, warns UN human rights office

Human Rights The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned an Israeli raid on the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in the occupied West Bank, warning that pressure on Palestinian civil society has reached alarming levels.

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