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Forced online scams: IOM warns trafficking networks are booming

The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) issued an alert *on Tuesday over the rapidly expanding, multibillion-dollar criminal industry that…

4 days ago

Security Council LIVE: Briefing on Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes hit cities and ports

The UN Security Council met on Monday at Ukraine’s request, following recent large-scale Russian attacks on Kyiv and elsewhere. At…

5 days ago

After war took her leg, this Ukrainian gymnast refused to give up

After surviving a Russian attack that claimed her leg, Sasha now hopes her story will remind the world that Ukraine's…

6 days ago

Gaza: Dialysis patients face grueling hospital journey by donkey cart

The elderly man sits in a wheelchair mounted on a donkey-drawn cart, with an oxygen cylinder and a small fan…

6 days ago

‘Women do not stop giving birth in an emergency’ – one month after Venezuela quakes

Paula Narvaez, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, briefed journalists in New York on her recent visit to the country. Speaking…

1 week ago

Wildfires surge across Europe as Spain and France battle major blazes

Wildfires destroyed 2.2 million hectares of land in the WHO’s European Region in 2025 – up from 1.4 million hectares…

1 week ago

In El Obeid, Sudanese women face drones by day, rape by night, to reach water

Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping the North…

1 week 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…

1 week 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,…

1 week 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…

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