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World News in Brief: Yemen appeal, Middle East war roils Somalia, needs grow in Colombia This number includes women and children and comes...

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UN mourns constitutional lawyer-turned top crisis diplomat, Nicholas Haysom

UN mourns constitutional lawyer-turned top crisis diplomat, Nicholas Haysom 18 March 2026 UN Affairs The UN is mourning the loss of Nicholas Haysom,...

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Middle East war risks pushing 45 million more people into acute hunger

Middle East war risks pushing 45 million more people into acute hunger “The Secretary-General asserts once more that the war in the Middle...

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Afghanistan: UN condemns deadly attack on rehab centre in Kabul

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World News in Brief: West Bank displacement, Cuba fuel crisis, Sexual abuse safeguards, New ‘humancentric’ AI Advocate According to the UN human rights...

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‘No matter what’, UN Women vows to stay in Afghanistan, amid deepening rights crisis

‘No matter what’, UN Women vows to stay in Afghanistan, amid deepening rights crisis The agency is operating in what it describes as...

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Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why

Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why Most of these deaths are preventable with proven, low-cost...

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War-driven energy price spikes highlight value of renewables: UN climate chief

War-driven energy price spikes highlight value of renewables: UN climate chief Speaking at the 2026 Green Growth Summit in Brussels, Simon Stiell, Executive...

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Deepfakes, voice cloning and weaponised AI: Global wake-up call to organised fraud “The scammer was extraordinarily believable,” Kim Sawyer, a former university professor...