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World News in Brief: Hostilities in northeast Syria, response plan in Mali, Uyghur deportations in Thailand

Between 16 and 18 January, at least three civilians were killed and 14 injured in shelling and other attacks impacting Manbij, Ain al-Arab and other villages near the Tishreen Dam in the eastern Aleppo region. UN partners also reported that shops in the main market were damaged when an improvised bomb detonated inside a car […]

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WHO launches $1.5 billion appeal to tackle global health crises

In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for $1.5 billion through its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal, to deliver life-saving health interventions worldwide. The appeal, unveiled on Thursday by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, outlines the urgent priorities for addressing 42 ongoing health emergencies, including 17 requiring immediate and coordinated action. “Conflicts, outbreaks, climate-related disasters, and […]

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UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, urged Russian authorities to release lawyers Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin, who were sentenced on 17 January to prison terms on “extremism” charges. Their trial, held in the Petushki district court of the Vladimir region, was criticized as a […]

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Ballistic missile hits St. Andrew the Cathedral church in Zaporizhia

On January 18, during a morning attack, two Russian ballistic missiles hit the city’s St. Andrew the First-Called UOC cathedral in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia. The dome of the church collapsed. Fr. Konstantin Kostyukovich said that at the time of the attack, there was a duty officer in the church, who is there twenty-four […]

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World News in Brief: Security Council Libya resolution, cyclone recovery in Mozambique, Marburg virus in Tanzania, counter-terrorism laws in Türkiye

The resolution authored by the United Kingdom was passed by 14 votes with none against – permanent Council member Russia abstained. It introduces new provisions concerning the arms embargo and assets freeze measures imposed in 2011 following the overthrow of long-term ruler Muammar Gaddafi. It also establishes a new listing criterion targetting individuals and entities […]

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Report details bleak human rights situation in Ukraine nearly three years into Russian invasion

Covering the period of September to November 2024, the report describes intensified Russian attacks on populated areas, deliberate strikes on energy infrastructure, and efforts to restrict fundamental rights. “Behind each of the facts and figures in this report are stories of loss and human suffering, showing the devastating impact of the war across Ukraine,” said […]

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‘Enough death and destruction’: Gazans hope for ceasefire and a better future

Around 90 per cent of the population across the Gaza Strip have been displaced from their homes, forced to move to avoid Israeli military operations. Many have been displaced repeatedly, some 10 times or more. Much of Gaza is rubble, while Israeli airstrikes and military operations have damaged or destroyed around 60 per cent of buildings, including homes, […]

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Major step forward for child protection in Colombia, as politicians ban underage marriage

In November, following several failed attempts, politicians of all stripes approved a bill to overhaul legislation that has been in effect since 1887, reflecting a deep-rooted practice that violates the rights of children and adolescents: according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). one in five girls aged between 14 and 18 is in a […]

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More than 125,000 refugees return to Syria in desperate conditions

Leading calls for the international community to “move from words to action” to help the country’s most vulnerable returnees urgently, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said that many families have little shelter and few economic prospects. “In recent weeks, there has been talk in high-level international circles of the need for ‘early recovery’ and ‘rebuilding,’” […]

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Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist

“The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes’ required by international law for the death penalty,” the Human Rights Council-appointed experts stated. “Her death sentence constitutes a serious violation of international human rights law.” Solitary confinement Ms. Azizi was arrested in Tehran on 4 August 2023, by Iranian […]

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Gaza ceasefire could boost aid deliveries to 600 trucks per day: WHO

“The target is to get between 500 and 600 trucks in per day over the coming weeks,” said Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT). This would represent “a huge increase” from the 40 to 50 lorries reaching Gaza in recent months and be similar to the level of aid reaching […]

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Stories from the UN Archive: Roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

Read our story here: When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the Viet Nam conflict, the civil rights leader likened the anti-war movement to the struggle for equality for Black people in the US, declaring then what has today become a rallying […]

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Who is Mihai Stoian, the Romanian yoga teacher arrested in Georgia and wanted by French justice?

On 20 and 26 December 2024, the City Court of Tbilisi held hearings to decide whether Georgia should extradite Mihai Stoian and his wife Adina arrested in August 2024 on the Turkish-Georgian border on the basis of an Interpol arrest warrant issued on France’s request. A few days after mid-December, I happened to be in […]

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‘Absolutely the wrong path,’ Türk warns against Afghanistan’s ban on women in NGOs

The measure, issued by the de facto Ministry of Economy on 26 December, enforces a two-year-old decree prohibiting women from working with both national and international NGOs.  In his statement, Mr. Türk emphasised the devastating impact on the delivery of critical humanitarian aid in Afghanistan the decree will have, where more than half the population […]

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Relentless crisis in Haiti: One in eight children internally displaced

The latest data reveals that over 500,000 children have been forced from their homes – a shocking 48 per cent increase since September. In total, more than one million Haitians are internally displaced, half of whom are children urgently requiring humanitarian aid. “It is a horrific time to be a child in Haiti, with violence […]

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In Lebanon, Guterres highlights challenges and support for peacekeepers

His itinerary included a trip to Naqoura in the south – where the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is headquartered – and he expressed his gratitude for the courage and determination of peacekeepers operating in one of the most challenging environments, where a fragile ceasefire between Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces across the Blue […]

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World News in Brief: Deaths on the Mediterranean, rights in Venezuela, new Security Council members take their seats

Regina De Dominicis – who also heads the agency’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office – issued her plea for action after another small boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on New Year’s Eve. “Among the seven survivors is an eight-year-old child whose mother is among those unaccounted for. […]

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Ď Award Goes to Czech Scientology ‘Yellow Angels’ for Life-Saving Volunteer Work in Jeseníky

KINGNEWSWIRE // September 2024, devastating floods struck the Jeseníky region of the Czech Republic, displacing thousands and causing widespread damage. Scientology Volunteer Ministers mobilized quickly, cleaning over 120 buildings and helping 200 families return home in under two weeks. For their incredible 3,000+ volunteer hours and dedication, they were honored at the Ď Awards in […]

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UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus

Speaking from Damascus after meeting the leader of the caretaker authorities, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Mr. Türk said that he had been “assured…of the importance of respect for human rights for all Syrians and all different components of Syrian society”. Syria’s de facto leader – who spearheaded the lightning overthrow of Bashar Al Assad on 8 December […]

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Bolstering the cybersecurity of the healthcare sector

  The Commission has presented an EU Action Plan to strengthen the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers. This initiative is a key priority within the first 100 days of the new mandate, aiming to create a safer and more secure environment for patients.  In 2023 alone, EU countries reported 309 significant cybersecurity incidents targeting […]

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