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9 April 2025

Many UNRWA-run schools in Gaza have been damaged in the conflict or are used as temporary shelters. (file photo)

World News in Brief: East Jerusalem schools told to close, Guterres saddened by Santo Domingo deaths, DR Congo and Haiti updates

Six schools run by the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem have been issued "illegal closure orders" after being forcibly entered by Israeli security forces, according to the agency's head Philippe Lazzarini.

Peace and Security

A woman stands in the ruins of her house in Mykolaiv in the south of Ukraine.

March proves deadly month for civilians in Ukraine

More than three years on from the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian civilians continue to face the devastating consequences of war, with March 2025 proving to be another deadly month.

Human Rights

A girl walks to a water collection point in Renk town in South Sudan's strife-ridden Upper Nile state. (file)

South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink

Hunger in South Sudan's northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million people facing severe food insecurity as conflict escalates, the UN's emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday.

Peace and Security

A nine months pregnant woman is treated at a hospital in Gaza (file).

Fear and uncertainty are daily staples for Gaza's most vulnerable

In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to daily fears and hardships being faced by those about to give birth in the devastated enclave.

Peace and Security

A girl carries water at the Farchana camp for Sudanese refugees in Chad.

Sudan war: UNHCR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad

As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee into neighbouring countries, including Chad, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday.

Humanitarian Aid

Dense forests cover the mountains of northwestern Thailand.

Northern Thai communities put nature before profit

The people of Mae Hong Son and Tak provinces in northwestern Thailand have lived in balance with nature for hundreds of years and many of them depend on rivers and forests for their livelihoods.

Economic Development