Myanmar: Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies
Rakhine was the site of a brutal crackdown on the Rohingyas by the military in 2017, leading to killing of some 10,000 men, women and newborns, and the exodus of…
World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced
Since early March, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than 500,000 people, providing school meals, social protection and emergency activities nationwide. The agency has also served some 500,000…
Drawing a line in the sand as communities adapt to climate change
UN News’s Daniel Dickinson travelled to Madagascar ahead of the United Nations Environment Assembly, which is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 26 February, to ask people how they are…
Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line
Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian partners continue to provide desperately needed food, water, healthcare and other services to the more than two million people…
COP28: Bring the vulnerable to ‘front of the line’ for climate funding
Among them is young Senegalese singer and rapper Oumy Gueye, who goes by OMG and was triggered to embrace climate action when her grandparents’ home in Bargny east of the…
Israel-Palestine: Blockade puts Gaza aid on the line, WHO spotlights soaring mental health needs in Israel
An alert from Gaza’s main hospital in the south of the enclave that lifesaving operations would stop on Wednesday evening because of fuel shortages followed an appeal from UN chief…
Climate inaction puts lives on the line: WMO
UN Secretary-General António Guterres echoed that message, warning that record temperatures and extreme weather were “causing havoc” around the world. The global response has fallen “far short”, Mr. Guterres insisted,…
UNESCO World Heritage Sites often ‘last line of defence against extinction’
Although properties protected under the World Heritage Convention make up less than one per cent of the Earth’s surface, they harbour more than 20 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity,…
After Gorilla Now Line Glass: 10 times stronger than conventional glass
American experts have created the world’s strongest glass called Line Glass, which is environmentally friendly and ten times stronger than conventional glass and has resistance to scratches. Photo: Courtesy of…
Sweden joined the battle line over the desecration of the Holy Quran: Khamenei
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei – file photo Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, says that Sweden has entered the war zone over the desecration of the Holy Quran. Iran’s Supreme…