Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarm over the killing of two contracted workers delivering clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.In a statement issued on Friday, the agency warned that the incident threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of [...] Full text...
Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - A French UN peacekeeper has been killed and three others injured after a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol came under fire in southern Lebanon, the mission said.The incident occurred on Saturday morning local time as a UNIFIL team was clearing explosive ordnance along a [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has urged the parties to the conflict in Sudan -- the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – to immediately observe a ceasefire that would allow for delivery of humanitarian assistance to millions of civilians trapped between [...] Full text...
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, according to UN Women. Six months after the ceasefire, as international attention shifts away from the Palestinian enclave, the UN agency warns of the continued extreme danger for women [...] Full text...
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The world is at a “moment of crisis” and countries must reaffirm commitment to international law amid rising violations and geopolitical tensions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at an event on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials painted a sorry picture of South Sudan on Friday at the Security Council, describing political turmoil, rising violence, hunger and disease, amid budget cuts that are limiting the ability of the UN peacekeeping mission to protect civilians.Anita Kiki Gbeho, the new Special [...] Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” whether when fleeing to safety or arriving at displacement camps, a senior official with the UN reproductive and sexual health agency UNFPA said on Friday.Fabrizia [...] Full text...
