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Children stand at a reception centre for newly arrived displaced families in Raqqa city, Syria.

‘A Syrian-led future’: Security Council highlights priorities ahead

The Security Council met on Wednesday to discuss political and humanitarian developments exactly a month on from the collapse of the Assad regime. The transitional authorities also outlined their vision for the country’s future for the first time in a major international forum.

Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, addresses the Security Council meeting on non-proliferation and Democratic People’s Republi…

DPR Korea’s nuclear quest thwarts disarmament efforts, Security Council hears

A one-year-old child is screened for malnutrition by a UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)-supported health team in Syria.

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Security Council meets on Syria, plus Gaza and Lebanon updates

The destruction of municipal buildings, including this school in the village of Ulakly, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, continues.

Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks

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Rights experts call for immediate release of Abu Zubaydah from Guantánamo

Gaza: Humanitarians assist families impacted by recent airstrike in Deir Al-Balah

Lebanon: Appeal for $371.4 million to boost life-saving support

More than 5,600 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2024

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A displaced family in the Al-Hol camp in Syria.

Lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign begins in Syria’s Al Hol camps

Harbiya al-Hamiry, a Yemeni heritage engineer who embarked on a mission to revive Yemen’s historical buildings.

The inspiring female engineer breathing new life into Yemen’s ancient capital

Colombian activists urge the Senate to eliminate child marriage.

Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage

A scammer’s workstation in the Philippines, which displays Chinese text reading ‘increasingly prosperous’.

Making the digital and physical world safer: Why the Convention against Cybercrime matters

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Gazans in Khan Younis desperate to receive WFP rice.

First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble

Humanitarian Aid “We saw dead bodies scattered to the left and right, decomposing in the sun”, recounts Jonathan Dumont, Head of Emergency Communications at the World Food Programme (WFP). A veteran of conflict zones around the world, he says that the destruction and suffering he witnessed in Gaza is on a “different scale”.

Two Venezuelan children use tablets at school.

Young Venezuelan refugees get a fresh start in Trinidad’s schools

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Summit of the Future high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in September 2024.

In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges countries to drastically slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’

A student in Viet Nam presents a seedling.

The climate crisis: 5 things to watch out for in 2025

Conflict in Syria has displaced thousands of people. (file)

Forging Peace in Syria: Great opportunities, grave risks

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A woman walks past destroyed apartment buildings and vehicles in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

1,000 days of war in Ukraine: UN support remains steadfast

As Russia’s assault on Ukraine reaches its 1000th day, the UN continues to provide much-needed assistance, in areas ranging from humanitarian aid, to healthcare, sanitation and ensuring the safety and security of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

Atomic bombs: The second the world changed

The remains of a wristwatch found in the ruins of Hiroshima, Japan, records the moment of the atomic bomb explosion at 8:15am local time on 6 August 1945. (file)

Faces of Gaza, one year on

The town of Khan Younis, like many areas of the Gaza Strip, has been decimated by the war.

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Local firefighters participate in a rescue operation after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

World News in Brief: Deadly China quake, Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, CAR rights defenders, finance and food crises

Peace and Security UN Secretary-General António Guterres is profoundly saddened by the devastating loss of life caused by the earthquake that struck the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on Tuesday, his Spokesperson said in a statement.

Poultry farmers test chickens for the Avian Flu virus.

Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO

Health A day after the United States reported its first human death from avian flu, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Tuesday that the risk to the wider population remains “low”.

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