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6 May 2025

UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file photo)

UN Secretary-General urges military restraint from India, Pakistan

The UN chief has expressed deep concern over Indian military operations across the Line of Control and the international border with Pakistan.

Peace and Security

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

UN investigators take on 'titanic' task of finding Syria's missing

As Syria emerges from over a decade of brutal conflict, a new chapter is beginning in the search for the tens of thousands who went missing during more than 50 years of dictatorship.

Human Rights

A midwife visiting pregnant women in a shelter for internally displaced persons in Sudan.

Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk as funding cuts impact midwifery support

Midwives are vital frontline workers who can provide up to 90 per cent of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn health services – from safely delivering babies to caring for survivors of sexual violence.

Health

People walk through the streets of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (file)

Security Council urged to stand firm as Bosnia and Herzegovina faces deepening crisis

A recent rise in tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sparked an "extraordinary crisis" as the country continues to emerge from the shadows of the Balkan wars 30 years ago, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday.

Peace and Security

Many Gazans are living in temporary shelters after their homes were destroyed.

Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel's 'deliberate attempt to weaponize aid'

The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday.

Humanitarian Aid

A woman is being screened for malnutrition in South Sudan. "Health is the last safety net. If it fails, everything else will also fall.", said Dr Humphrey Karamagi, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)'s Representative in South Sudan.

Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese

Aid teams in South Sudan warned on Tuesday that repeated attacks on healthcare including the bombing of a hospital in eastern Jonglei state at the weekend are just the latest of the "multiple vulnerabilities" the country's people face.

Peace and Security

Refugees from wartorn Sudan wait at a food distribution centre in neighbouring Chad. Most of the new arrivals are women and children, says the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).

Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates

Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid teams said on Tuesday, as a third day of drone strikes ripped into the city of Port Sudan.

Peace and Security

Midwife Silvia Ramos checks the health of a newborn in Mexico.

More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities

Where you're born could be the difference between living over three decades longer than someone else from a poorer country lacking safe housing, good educational opportunities and access to decent jobs, a new UN report revealed on Tuesday.

Health

Trinidad & Tobago is investing in AI with the expectation that it can accelerate development.

'Alarming' slowdown in human development - could AI provide answers?

The progress of human development – as measured by people's freedoms and well-being – has remained sluggish since the major shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. A UN study released on Tuesday finds that used in the right way, artificial intelligence could be a powerful tool to improve millions of lives.