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Borrowed boots, borrowed joy: Football thrives in Gaza camps
Matches organised by a former professional player are providing a brief respite from the harsh reality of lif…
Matches organised by a former professional player are providing a brief respite from the harsh reality of lif…
The dire conditions in the Gaza Strip are trapping children “in an endless cycle of suffering” and their hear…
Intensified Israeli airstrikes overnight in Lebanon forced people to again flee their homes, while humanitari…
In front of a simple tent in Gaza that offers no protection from the cold or the heat, in a crowded camp wher…
As Gaza’s fragile ceasefire frays and humanitarian conditions deteriorate, a senior UN envoy warned the Secur…
The Security Council meets top of the hour in New York to debate stalled progress in Gaza as the fragile ceas…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel’s decision to establish military…
Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one an…
The UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle Ea…
The head of the UN atomic watchdog on Monday underscored the need to safeguard nuclear security in wartime, a…
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has reduced the scale of violence in the Gaza Strip but killings and d…
Civilians across Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon continue to face mounting hardship as conflict, displacement…
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People meets Friday at the UN Head…
The UN Security Council meets Friday morning in New York to discuss the evolving situation in Syria, as the c…
More than 1,600 conflict-related detainees in Yemen will be released under a UN-brokered agreement reached af…
A feasibility study is underway to examine whether Gaza’s war debris could be recycled to reclaim coastal lan…
Millions of Syrians are at growing risk of hunger after severe funding shortages forced the UN World Food Pro…
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Wednesday that escalating drone activity and nearby explosio…
The humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate despite the ceasefire announced last month wit…
As the Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens and tensions between Iran and the United States remain unresolved, oil…
The fragile ceasefire in Lebanon hasn’t prevented “ongoing killing and displacement”, with villages in the so…
An Israeli airstrike overnight on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut has sparked a new wave …
As the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz continues, the United Nations reiterates its commitment to support effo…
The UN human rights office on Wednesday called on Israel to immediately release two members of the Global Sum…
Death and destruction have continued unabated in Lebanon while communities are still unable to return to thei…
The UN has formally concluded its cross-border humanitarian operations from Türkiye into Syria, marking the e…
Lebanon’s fragile ceasefire is being tested by renewed violence and rising humanitarian needs amid continuing…
Amid claims and counter-claims of strikes and confrontations in the crucial Strait of Hormuz between Iran and…
As the Middle East crisis continues the humanitarian fallout is worsening, with aid route disruptions and foo…
Strain on food, fuel and aid systems continues as the global impacts of the Middle East crisis deepen. Rising…