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Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), briefing the UN Security Council.

ICC seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu

Arrest warrants are being sought for the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to the war in Gaza, the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Monday.

A UN vehicle passes through the ruins of Gaza City.

With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council hears

Streets in Rafah are emptying as families continue to flee in search of safety.

Rafah exodus passes 810,000, says UNRWA

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World News in Brief: Myanmar violence intensifies, praise for Brazil refugee response, Baháí detainees in Yemen

UN chief saddened at death of Iranian President in helicopter crash

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

Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector

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Yasmina Guerda, UN Humanitarian Affairs Officer, looks out over Rafah, Gaza, in March 2024.

Urgent aid needed in Gaza amidst unimaginable hardship

Destroyed home in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Feb 2024)

Ukraine crisis reaches new terrifying level as civilians face daily drone and ‘glide bomb’ attacks

Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), briefs reporters on his recent visit to Haiti.

Sudan civilians ‘want conflict to end’ says WFP's Deputy Executive Director

Abdoulaye Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country.

Libya: Outgoing UN envoy details challenges to political solution

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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’

Peace and Security The establishment of a multinational security support mission for Haiti is moving closer as the Caribbean nation continues to face a crisis of violence and insecurity caused by entrenched criminal gang activity.

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?

Daily life continues on the streets of Port-au-Prince, despite the insecurity.

First Person: ‘Our tears are dry, we are exhausted’ – Youth voices in Haiti

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

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

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

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.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda talks to UN News ahead of the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) taking place there from 27-30 May 2024.

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister hopes for high impact conference charting course for small island States

Economic Development The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) is heading to Antigua and Barbuda later this month with “human survivability and protecting our planet” topping the agenda when it comes to containing climate change, according to the Caribbean nation’s Prime Minister.

A Palestinian family flees Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

Humanitarian Aid Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access and, ultimately, a ceasefire.

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