Ukraine: Top UN relief official deplores latest deadly strikes in Kharkiv

Ukraine: Top UN relief official deplores latest deadly strikes in Kharkiv

The attacks occurred in the city’s Novobovarskyi district late on Thursday. At least three people were killed and a further 16 injured, according to media reports. The repeated missile strikes caused significant damage to residential buildings.  They also affected rescue workers rushing to the scene. In a statement issued on Friday, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for…

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World News in Brief: Food aid reaches Haitians, UN chief condemns attack on Slovakian leader, Russian strikes drive influx of evacuees in Ukraine

World News in Brief: Food aid reaches Haitians, UN chief condemns attack on Slovakian leader, Russian strikes drive influx of evacuees in Ukraine

Providing an update of the situation, he said the World Food Programme (WFP) distributed close to 10,000 hot meals on Monday and Tuesday to about 5,000 people displaced in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. The UN agency started to transition from hot meals distributions to cash-based transfers for the displaced. “So far, more than 37,000 people…

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Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after strikes on Iran

Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after strikes on Iran

“The Secretary-General condemns any act of retaliation and appeals to the international community to work together to prevent any further development that could lead to devastating consequences for the entire region and beyond,” he said in a statement issued by his Office. Echoing those concerns, UN atomic energy agency chief Rafael Grossi urged “extreme restraint”…

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World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced

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 hot meals to over 76,000 internally displaced persons in 57 sites in the greater Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.  Aid partners have also delivered nearly four million…

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UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy plants

UN officials outraged at Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy plants

The UN chief António Guterres condemned in the strongest terms the large-scale missile and drone attacks, his Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, said on Friday. Guterres appalled at attacks on civilians “The Secretary-General is appalled by the continued killing and destruction and once again underlines that attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law;…

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UPDATING LIVE: Crisis in the Middle East

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council to meet on Middle East crisis over US strikes

Video of the Security Council meeting. 4:05 PM More attacks across Middle East fuel chances of miscalculation The UN’s Political Affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, is briefing ambassadors first. She said that as everyone in the diplomatic world is all too aware, “the tensions that have engulfed multiple countries in the Middle East continue to rise.”…

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World News in Brief: Strikes in Ukraine condemned, surge in Rohingya deaths at sea, boost investment in decent jobs

World News in Brief: Strikes in Ukraine condemned, surge in Rohingya deaths at sea, boost investment in decent jobs

“I was having coffee at home this morning in Kyiv, my neighbours were getting ready for work, children preparing to go to school, when our homes started to shake because of a wave of airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital,” Denise Brown said in a statement. The attacks damaged civilian buildings just next to the UN…

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UN chief condemns Russian attacks against Ukrainian cities and towns

Ukraine: 2024 starts with ‘loss, pain, and anguish’ amid intense Russian strikes

In a statement on Tuesday, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown strongly condemned the assaults targeting mostly cities. “For the people of Ukraine, the new year started with loss, pain, and anguish. For the third day in row, vast aerial assaults by the Russian Federation have caused death – including several children – and destruction of…

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