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Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns

While international attention has primarily focused on the vast region’s declining opium production, advanced criminal drug trafficking networks have successfully…

4 days ago

‘Sudan is losing another generation’ to war, Mohammed warns

Amina Mohammed was speaking to Security Council members during an informal meeting on safeguarding education in Sudan, organised under a framework known as the…

2 weeks ago

UN warns West Bank settler violence hits ‘all-time high’ as calls grow to end occupation

As of 24 July, the agency reports that 76 Palestinians and one Israeli have died this year in settler attacks. Since…

3 weeks ago

Middle East: UN warns against wider escalation after Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply alarmed about the resumption of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea this week and the renewed threats…

4 weeks ago

Gaza’s food gains could unravel without sustained aid, UN warns

The warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN child rights agency UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP), comes as people across the war-torn enclave still struggle to restore their livelihoods,…

4 weeks ago

Nicaragua continues to weaken political freedoms, UN warns

Mr. Ortega said on Sunday that the country would no longer hold elections, which were scheduled for next year. In his…

4 weeks ago

US launches fresh strikes on Iran, as Trump warns of retaliation for deaths of soldiers

The US military says it has begun a new round of strikes against Iran to "further degrade" its capabilities to…

4 weeks ago

Father warns of 'brain-eating amoeba' after son's death

Cases caused by the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, have numbered in the hundreds since 1960 – but it can quickly prove…

1 month ago

Gaza farmers battle to rebuild as WFP warns of West Bank settler violence

These growers include Taysir Dahdouh, whose farm in the Zeytun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, is a little smaller than…

1 month ago

WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as Uganda reaches milestone

Addressing reporters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the two month-old outbreak has continued to expand despite major…

1 month ago