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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that cuts to international aid are disrupting healthcare services in at least 70 countries, placing millions of lives at risk, the Independent reported. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered the warning during…

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna, Ambassador Kamran Akhtar Malik, addressed the 34th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), outlining the country’s multifaceted approach to combating transnational crime, Daily Parliament Times reported. Ambassador…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of rapid Himalayan glacier melt, describing Nepal as “on thin ice” after losing nearly one-third of its ice in just over 30 years, with glacier melt accelerating 65% in the last decade, UN website reported.…

The United Nations announced on Friday it is scaling back humanitarian aid goals in Yemen and Somalia due to a significant drop in funding from member states, Arab News reported. The UN warned that these cuts put millions of lives…

Acute food insecurity escalated for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, with over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories affected—a 5% increase from 2023, Arab News reported. The UN’s 2025 Global Report on Food Crises highlights conflict, climate…

Nearly half of all women-led organizations providing critical support in humanitarian crises face the risk of closure within six months due to steep cuts in international funding, Anadolu Agency reported citing UN Women. This warning comes from a new report…

The United Nations has confirmed that at least 670,000 Syrians have been newly displaced internally due to escalating sectarian violence and security instability following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN…

Global human development progress has hit its lowest level since 1990, Xinhua revealed citing a UNDP report released Tuesday. The 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) shows stalled growth across all regions, with inequality between high- and low-development nations widening for…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed “alarm” over Israel’s reported plans to expand military operations in Gaza, warning it would cause “countless more civilian deaths” and further destruction, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq stated Monday, Xinhua reported. The warning followed Israel’s Security…

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for a major global shift in drug policy, advocating decriminalization as a more humane and effective alternative to criminalization. His remarks were made last week during a speech at…