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The first aid vessel heading to the besieged Gaza Strip via a new maritime corridor was visible Friday off the coast of the war-ravaged territory, an AFP journalist said. AFP video footage and photographs showed the...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he was “appalled” by conflict continuing in Gaza despite the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Speaking after the failure of attempts to negotiate a ceasefire, Guterres called...

The most widely used AI tools in the world are driven by OpenAI and Meta algorithms that exhibit discrimination against women, claims a study released on Thursday by UNESCO, the UN agency for cultural affairs. The...

The UN’s International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday that 2023 was the worst year since records began ten years ago, with at least 8,565 deaths on migration routes globally. “The 2023 death toll represents a...

In an effort to improve humanitarian operations for the Rohingya refugees on Bhasan Char Island, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) of Bangladesh have inked two...

The World Food Programme of the United Nations said on Wednesday that Sudan’s nearly 11-month-long conflict between rival generals “risks triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis”. Tens of thousands of people have died, infrastructure has been...

According to the UN on Friday, unless the Israel-Hamas conflict changes, famine in the Gaza Strip is all but certain. Even while conditions in the Palestinian territory have gotten worse since the war began on October...

In response to calls for UNRWA’s abolition, the organization’s head declared on Thursday that it is unreasonable to believe it can be simply replaced. “It is a little bit short-sighted to believe that UNRWA can just technically...

More than four months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees stated on Sunday that famine in the Gaza Strip may be avoided if essential supplies is permitted into the beleaguered area. “This...

China issued a warning on Wednesday, claiming that the crisis has become “even more dangerous” as a result of the US decision to reject a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A...