For Human Rights Day, UN launches yearlong campaign to mark adoption 75 years ago of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
WHO warns the pandemic is not over
World Health Organization estimates about 63,000 malaria deaths and 13 million cases were due to disruptions during COVID-19 pandemic
More than 80,000 Somalis fleeing conflict and drought have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps over the past two years, more than 24,000 since September
Observers say more than 14,000 peaceful protesters have been arrested and more than 1,000 indictments have been issued in Tehran province alone.
A UN team finds both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war have been subjected to torture and ill treatment
The refugee agency aims to raise $700 million this year to help families in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and across the Middle East
If $51 million is not received soon, WFP says food aid will be cut off in February
WHO has revised its Ebola risk assessment for Uganda from high to very high, and from low to high at the regional level, while global risks remain low
Ground-based strikes targeted camps housing internally displaced people in Idlib province
Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is protesting his imprisonment and cruel conditions of detention
Millions of children caught in climate-induced disasters are at risk of starvation, disease, exploitation and death
UN commission of inquiry is holding weeklong public hearings to investigate alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law in the occupied Palestinian territories
Hearings will focus on the closure orders, Israel's terrorism designation of Palestinian NGOs, killing of Palestinian American journalist
Eighteen-member right committee panel calling for investigations into allegations of widespread violations against civilians by all parties to conflict in Tigray and the region
Since 2000, the World Health Organization reported 32 outbreaks of Ebola, 19 in the last decade compared to 13 in the preceding one
The six-month truce, which expired a month ago, has resulted in a sharp rise in civilian casualties
Nations are preparing to attend a make-or-break climate change conference in Egypt next week
A report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization suggests fears that automation will result in large-scale unemployment are overblown
Volker Tuerk saiys he worries about the deepening politicization and polarization in the world
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