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2024 deadliest year ever for aid workers, UN humanitarian office reports

The grim milestone has surpassed previous records. “Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity…

WFP scales up operations to reach millions in Sudan

WFP announced a major surge in its operations across Sudan, part of a scale-up effort to reach millions in the…

COP29 climate talks conclude with $300 billion annual pledge, but developing nations call deal ‘an insult’

After two weeks of intense negotiations, delegates at COP29, formally the 29th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention…

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leadership: what happens next?

Why have the warrants been issued? The ICC can only investigate and prosecute if the national judicial system of the…

The trial that brought down a warlord

Our team took the Anthem Award’s gold medal in the diversity, equity and inclusion category announced earlier this week. The documentary…

Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’

Speaking from an UNRWA school in Gaza City, which is in the north of the Strip, Ms. Wateridge said that,…

Preparing for climate chaos in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s most vulnerable nations

In April 2021, catastrophic flash floods ravaged Timor-Leste, claiming the lives of more than 30 people and destroying over 4,000…

COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance

The new draft outcome text, which will surely push this round of talks into the weekend, called for the overall…

Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies

Highlighting the deepening humanitarian catastrophe for civilians on Lebanon’s Independence Day, the UN refugee agency, UNCHR, warned of a prevailing…

World News in Brief: Mpox update, Haiti violence, deadly strikes in Ukraine, Pakistan attack condemned

The UN agency declared in August that mpox raised the highest level of alarm under international health law following an…