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Sudan: Hospital strike highlights surge in drone attacks on civiliansLifesaving medicines arrive for Lebanon’s strained healthcare systemHaiti’s criminal gangs expand their reach, police accused of executions

•    Strait of Hormuz impact still expanding, warns UNCTAD •    UNICEF aid convoy reaches southern Lebanon communities in need•    WMO warns of record ‘climate imbalance’ 

UN chief Guterres urges end to war as regional crisis threatens to spiralHuman rights defenders in Colombia face relentless violence: OHCHRWomen and girls bear brunt of global water crisis UNESCO report finds

Plight of Strait of Hormuz seafarers in spotlight at IMO meetingYemen appeal seeks $2 billion for 12 million people in need Forests hailed as renewable source of economic prosperity: FAO, UNDP

Mid-East war prompts risk of most severe aid disruption since COVID - WFPLebanon’s displaced fear ‘targeted assassinations’, warns top aid official Afghanistan drug rehabilitation centre blast reaction from OHCHR

Combating Islamophobia is about overcoming bigotry, says UN chiefMiddle East war: UN human rights office condemns killing of Palestinian Killing of Palestinians condemned in Gaza and occupied West Bank 

UN chief launches $308 million appeal for strife-hit LebanonMiddle East war: Women in Lebanon forced to give birth on roadsideSyria rights probe warns of ongoing serious violations across country

UN maritime agency to hold emergency session on Gulf crisis: IMOIOM condemns deadly strike on Lebanon shelterUkraine: child deportations by Russia are crimes against humanity, says Human Rights Council independent probe

Aid chief condemns use of drones in $1 billion-a-day Middle East war: OCHALebanon: UN ‘blue helmets’ are staying, says peacekeeping chiefUNICEF worker confirmed killed in DR Congo 

‘Black rain’ alert after oil depot strikes across Middle East: WHO, OHCHRGazans still forced to live hand-to-mouth, warns WFPUN rights chief issues South Sudan ceasefire call amid atrocities

Middle East strikes on Iranian petrol stores prompts WHO alertCondemnation for latest occupied West Bank killings: UN rights officeRefugee women’s rights trail far behind men’s, warns UNHCR

UN rights chief urges de-escalation as Middle East war spreadsLebanon suffering in spotlight amid Israeli evacuation ordersLifesaving relief for Gaza, Sudan, held up by supply chain crisis: WHO

UN rights chief warns global inequality is deepeningObesity is ‘one of the greatest health problems of our time,’ says TedrosDomicide on the increase as conflicts proliferate, warns top rights expert

Lebanon: families fleeing Israeli airstrikes have almost nothing - UNICEFNeeds remain immense in Gaza, warns OCHA Iran’s protesters face expedited death penalty, say independent rights experts

Iran war: Emergency protocols in place amid supply chain slowdown - WFPRelief as key Gaza crossing set to reopen, aid teams say Afghanistan braces for further returns influx from Iran and Pakistan UNHCR

Iran crisis: Nuclear watchdog urges restraint amid ongoing strikesCondemnation for Strait of Hormuz shipping attacksAfghanistan’s quake survivors still vulnerable, warns OCHA 

Epstein scandal highlights how women and girls are silenced: UN Human Rights chief Fears grow for Afghan civilians after reported Pakistan air strikesDenmark eradicates mother-to-child transmission of syphilis, HIV

Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions: UN Human Rights chief urges talks Further risk of genocidal acts in Sudan, top rights probe warnsGaza suffering enormous, Türk tells Human Rights Council

Organized crime and poor regulation to blame for toxic pollution scourge Ukraine war with Russia now driving school closures even far from front linesGeopolitical tensions hinder economic growth in Arab nations pursuing green energy shift

Ukraine wakes to more violence as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters fifth yearSomalia alert as acute hunger doubles in a yearGaza’s children refuse to give up on their future

Human Rights Council must resist geopolitical uncertainty: GuterresEnd the targeting of civilians in South Sudan violence, insists UN aid chiefDuterte pre-trial hearings underway at International Criminal Court

Ukraine: Women continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing war Child trafficking by gangs severely threatens Haiti’s future Somalia: WFP warns funding cuts could stop food aid within weeks 

Sudan: UN fact-finding mission finds ‘Hallmarks of Genocide’ in El Fasher Gaza: OHCHR warns of possible ethnic cleansing South Sudan: WFP scales up aid as conflict deepens hunger crisis 

Sudan: deadly drone strikes killed dozensAsia-Pacific: falling behind 88 per cent of their SDG targets by 2030UN plays tribute to civil rights icon the Reverend Jesse Jackson who passed away on Tuesday

Conflict and instability are making pregnancy increasingly dangerous worldwide, warns WHOUkraine: Civilians face ongoing attacks as bitter winter conditions deepen sufferingUN Secretary-General’s message for Lunar New Year