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Israeli air strikes on 26 May hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, reportedly claiming over 35 Palestinian lives, including women and children.

Guterres ‘heartbroken’ by images of deadly strikes on Rafah camp

As fighting continues in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he was “heartbroken” by images of people killed and injured in airstrikes on Sunday that hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah.

Three flags signifying "great danger" and "severe storm imminent" in village of Panjupara, Bangladesh, as Cyclone Remal is about to make landfall on 26 May 2024.

UN supports response as Cyclone Remal batters communities in Bangladesh, India

The people of Gaza continue to be forcibly displaced. Since the military offensive on Rafah started 6 May, over 630,000 people have been forced to flee the area.

Gaza: Rafah camp attack heightens focus on dwindling health resources

A view of Antigua and Barbuda, the host of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4).

SIDS drowning in debt and ‘running on empty’, warns Guterres in Antigua

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UN supports Papua New Guinea following deadly landslide

UN hub reaches remote Pacific islanders: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities

Gaza: UN officials condemn Israeli airstrikes on camp for displaced

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UN News Special Coverage: 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States

Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the UN-administered Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BCS), pictured at the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4).

Small islands must wake up to chemical and pollution ‘time bomb’

Gus, the oldest known gopher tortoise, lives at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in Canada.

Accelerating extinction rate triggers domino effect of biodiversity loss

Recently displaced Ukrainians gather at a transit centre in Kharkiv city.

Ukraine: Evacuees brought to safety as Russian strikes intensify

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The community of Nui island waves goodbye to the Prime Minister of Tuvalu following his visit in the aftermath of the destruction of Cyclone Pam.

‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course to resilient prosperity

Economic Development Leaders from small island developing States worldwide will converge on the shores of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean this weekend to deliver a bold new plan of action to build resilience on the road to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Some 200,000 Haitians, mainly in Port-au-Prince (pictured) have been forced by insecurity to flee to temporary locations.

Haiti: Multinational mission and the ‘inexorable requirement to restore security conditions’

Jelaskovic Ibrahim of the then-Yugoslav medical staff of the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) treats a child in El Kuntilla in the Sinai in Egypt in 1959. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force

An UNHAS helicopter lands on Ile de la Tortue off the north coast of Haiti.

Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti

Dominica's geothermal energy pipe, Roseau Valley

Could the answer to 100% renewable energy in Dominica be under the ground?

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Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are fleeing from escalating violence in the north and south in the seven-month-long war that has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, leaving behind a looming famine and trails of rubble in the besieged enclave.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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A view of St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, the host of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4).

Small island development ‘a test case’ for climate and financial justice, says Guterres

Economic Development Good morning from the blue waters and lush green hills of the Caribbean where earlier we were reporting live from the opening of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) on the beautiful twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda.

Hundreds were buried in a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on May 24, 2024

Papua New Guinea landslide: 670 feared dead, says UN migration agency

Humanitarian Aid Friday’s landslide in the north of Papua New Guinea is likely to have been far more deadly than first thought, Serhan Aktoprak, the country head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday.

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