Middle East
Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue
The escalation is occurring as war grinds on between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid…
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UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank
Media reports said soldiers fired warning shots near the diplomats, who were on an official visit to view…
Middle East
International aid: ‘The money isn’t coming back anytime soon’, Fletcher warns
UN News: You have said that policymakers who signed off on aid cuts should come to Afghanistan to…
Middle East
The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future?
The chinamperos get their name from ‘chinampas,’ the human-made islands of floating gardens on which they farm. It…
Middle East
Kosovo’s inclusive and peaceful election marks progress, but challenges remain
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, highlighted that women secured more…
Middle East
DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the…
UAE News
Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward
The United States, European Union and United Kingdom have taken steps to ease long-standing sanctions – moves that,…
Middle East
Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow
Myanmar crisis: The 28 March quakes killed over 3,800 people and damaged or destroyed more than 55,000 homes…
Middle East
Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs
The UN agency is sounding the alarm following the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification…
Middle East
Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council
Ukraine crisis: Briefing the Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher called on the international community to…