Daily Memo: Tensions Flare in the Baltic Sea
Russian probe. A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter over the Baltic Sea on Sept. 14, according to the Danish government, which said the
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Security Council LIVE: Rising violence triggers emergency meeting on Yemen
Amid rising violence in Yemen, the Security Council met in emergency session on Tuesday to discuss the situation surrounding the critical Bab el-Mandeb Strait shipping route as UN agencies warn of rising displacement, in...
UNICEF says thousands of children require mental health support after Nepal floods
Three weeks after the devastating flash floods in Nepal, about 17,000 children require urgent mental health and psychosocial support in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen
The escalating conflict in Yemen is choking off aid shipments and driving fresh displacement, including to nearby Djibouti, with UN agencies reporting on Tuesday that nearly 100,000 people have been displaced since fight...
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo
The deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo continues to spread across the vast country despite some success in containing it, aid officials said on Tuesday, in a renewed call for international support to help responders...
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’
When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the children a simple question: What did they most need from the UN child...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns
In an underground classroom in Sumy, Ukraine, children sit quietly at their desks, busy with the day’s lessons. For the moment they are shielded from the horrors of nearly five years of war, but just barely.
The Paradox of China’s Military Purges
The formal removal of Gen. Zhang Youxia and Gen. Liu Zhenli in August marks the latest and most consequential stage of President Xi Jinping’s prolonged
World fears major war more than any other global risk, UN survey finds
Two years ago, the idea of a large-scale war breaking out felt like a distant hypothetical to the experts who help chart the world’s dangers. Today it tops their list of fears, according to a new UN Global Risk Report.
Gaza remains recovery points to possible war crimes, says UN rights chief
Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble of Gaza, three years after Israeli bombardment flattened entire neighbourhoods – most of them women and children.
‘Super El Niño’ deepens hunger crisis in South Sudan – WFP
The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday.
Six UN staff killed in Gaza school strike; Lebanon violations mount
Israeli strikes killed six UN workers and civilians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza as needs grow, according to the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.