World News in Brief
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Culture and Education
World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals
A strike in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has led to death of at least one staff member…
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Migrants and Refugees
World News in Brief: UNAMA concern over migrant deaths, ‘war tactics’ in the West Bank, UN political chief underscores support for Somalia
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed its deep concern over disturbing reports that Iranian border police opened fire…
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Migrants and Refugees
World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine
A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe levels of hunger UN…
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Human Rights
World News in Brief: ‘Historic drought’ in southern Africa, human rights in Tunisia, accountability essential for Pakistan mineworker killings
Nearly six and a half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an “historic drought” linked to last…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: Egypt malaria-free, tropical storm lashes Cuba, Mozambique killings, WHO support for South Sudan
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially certified Egypt as malaria-free. The achievement marks the culmination of a century-long effort to…
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Human Rights
World News in Brief: Deadly strikes in Ukraine, justice must be served over custody deaths, FIFA urged to challenge law-breaking by Israeli clubs
Russian shelling has hit another apartment block in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, UN aid teams said on Thursday. Tweet…
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Health
World News in Brief: 1.3 billion teens suffering mental disorders, Russia’s Indigenous Peoples face ‘extinction’, Belarus rights update
At least one in seven youngsters has a mental disorder. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO),…
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: Possible ‘dire consequences’ for Yemen following strikes, Ukraine hospital attack, human rights in Algeria
UN humanitarians on Monday warned of the potentially dire consequences that could arise from disruption to the flow of food…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa
A breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people –…
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight, mpox cash boost
Regional directors from six UN agencies and three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on Wednesday for the immediate and unconditional release…
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