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10 February 2025

Young boys stand in front of a damaged vehicle in Sa'ada, Yemen. (file)

World News in Brief: Aid activities suspended in Yemeni governorate, Gaza humanitarian update, UN welcomes summit on DR Congo crisis

The UN Secretary-General has instructed agencies, funds and programmes to pause all activities in Sa'ada governorate in Yemen for security reasons, the global body said on Monday.

Humanitarian Aid

A view of the entrance to Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, headquarters of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

UN rights office urges humane treatment of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for Israel and Hamas to ensure that all people they are holding are treated humanely.

Human Rights

Part of a water and sewage network in Nur Shams camp in Gaza is damaged following an Israeli military operation.

Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank

The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees UNRWA warned on Monday.

Humanitarian Aid

Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, briefs Security Council members on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.

Security Council hears of persistent and evolving Da'esh threat

The terrorist group Da'esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite years of sustained efforts to dismantle its operations, UN counter-terrorism officials warned during a Security Council meeting on Monday.

Peace and Security

Karla Quintana (centre), head of the Independent Institution, visits Al Marjeh Square in Damascus, a focal point where families of missing persons display photos in hopes of finding their loved ones.

'We all have someone missing': Families of the thousands of Syrians 'disappeared' by Assad regime share stories of loss

Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family's rule, which stretches back to the early 1970s. A UN body set up to discover their whereabouts has been hearing the testimony of family members of the disappeared during a visit to the capital, Damascus, described as a "step on the path to truth."

Human Rights

Migrants often cross the Libyan desert to reach smuggling routes across the Mediterranean Sea.

Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya

Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the ongoing, deadly dangers facing vulnerable people fleeing conflict and poverty, the UN migration agency, IOM said on Monday.

Migrants and Refugees

Children gather at a destroyed building in Al Nuseirat, in central Gaza.

Gaza crisis: Amid winter storms, humanitarians appeal for full aid access

As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had cut the enclave in two, UN humanitarians issued a fresh appeal for an end to all aid restrictions which continue to prevent the delivery of lifesaving relief.

Peace and Security