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A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio, at a UN clinic in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, 1 September 2024.

Gaza polio vaccine rollout starts well, UN says

The drive comes after the first confirmed case of the disease in 25 years was discovered in Gaza.

20 hrs ago
Middle East
5 days ago
Palestinians collect food aid from a United Nations distribution centre in Jabalia, in northern Gaza (24 August 2024)

World Food Programme halts Gaza staff movements

The move comes after a convoy of the UN food agency's vehicles was shot at near an Israeli checkpoint.

5 days ago
Middle East
6 days ago
Dozens of poppy wreaths lie at the bottom of a war memorial.

Bid to add soldier's name to memorial 50 years on

A council wants to honour 17-year-old Guardsman Graeme Lawson, from Washington, who died in 1974.

6 days ago
Wear
6 days ago
Children float on a bamboo pontoon on the resort-studded Coral Coast of Fiji, 11 November 2003.

Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief

Speaking to the BBC at the Pacific Islands Forum, António Guterres says these islands are the "most vulnerable".

6 days ago
Climate
7 days ago
A Palestinian boy sits on boxes of food aid distributed by the UN's World Food Programme in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip (24 August 2024)

UN says Gaza aid operation paused due to evacuation orders

An official says staff cannot operate in central areas because of relocations and safety concerns.

7 days ago
Middle East
23 Aug 2024
Protesters hold placards including one reading 'Protect our children from racists' during the Belfast Welcomes Diversity anti-racism protest in Belfast

Crack down on racist hate speech, UN tells UK

The four-year review said violence by white supremacists, including in recent riots, was concerning.

23 Aug 2024
World
22 Aug 2024
Tetyana Potapenko, a middle-aged blonde woman, looks pensive in maroon prison overalls

‘I never worked for the Russians’ - punished by Kyiv for being a collaborator

Almost 2,000 people have been convicted of collaborating with Russia under a new Ukrainian law.

22 Aug 2024
Europe
14 Aug 2024
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro smiles during an event, in Caracas, Venezuela August 8, 2024.

UN slams Venezuela repression and lack of transparency

July's presidential election lacked "basic transparency and integrity", a UN panel of experts finds.

14 Aug 2024
Latin America
13 Aug 2024
People stand next to an overturned vehicle in flood waters in Yemen.

Yemen flooding leaves at least 57 dead, UN says

Torrential rain has worsened the "dire humanitarian situation" in the country, the UN says.

13 Aug 2024
Middle East

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