2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (468+ words) Aid agencies in Ukraine on Thursday rushed to respond to a massive uptick in deadly strikes by Russia, including one of the largest attacks on Kyiv to date. According to reports, at least 18 people died in the capital, where densely…...

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1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (88+ words) UN News Security Council LIVE: Emergency meeting on Iranian attack in Bahrain The 15-member Security Council is convening an emergency meeting on Thursday morning to address the escalating situation between Iran and Bahrain. Stay tuned for live updates. Security Council…...

18+ hour, 11+ min ago  (547+ words) Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes " or cannot safely return to them " after the…...

19+ hour, 11+ min ago  (769+ words) Drone attacks by advancing rebel fighters who are besieging El Obeid, Sudan, continue to result in civilian casualties, putting around half a million civilians at grave risk of large-scale atrocities. UN Spokesperson St'phane Dujarric said on Wednesday that drone strikes…...

22+ hour, 15+ min ago  (577+ words) The continued expansion of areas under Israeli control in Gaza since October's ceasefire agreement is placing civilians at greater risk and severely constraining humanitarian operations, the UN and humanitarian partners'warned on Wednesday. The alert comes amid continued displacement and mounting…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (511+ words) In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days since the double-earthquake disaster. The miraculous story of the three-year-old's rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (513+ words) Re-opening the Strait of Hormuz would bring vital relief for many economies, but developing countries will continue to grapple with increased food and fuel costs, according to'a new UN report released on Tuesday. Following the shaky ceasefire in the US…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (431+ words) The United Nations has overthrown a decades-old "Kafkaesque financial rule" that requires it to return unspent funds to Member States - even when those funds had never been deposited in the first place. The decision taken by the General Assembly on…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (576+ words) The deadly Venezuela quakes have deepened hardship for families who already needed support and left others without homes, income or regular access to food." Before the disaster, the World Food Programme (WFP) was already assisting around 500, 000 people through school meals…...