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Venezuela: US actions make all countries less safe, says rights chief TürkUkraine: WFP teams continue to reach frontline communitiesSudan: Escalating violence in Darfurs and Kordofan sparks panic, warns OCHA

Venezuela: Security Council convenes in New York after Maduro extractionUkraine: UNOCHA supports victims of latest deadly Kharkiv attacksEthiopia: Refugee response now at breaking point, warns WFP

UN deplores ‘heinous’ attack on mosque in Nigeria Guinea: UN rights chief calls for end to pre-election intimidation  New UN-Iraq deal on sustainable development cooperation

Guterres calls for peaceful elections in the Central African Republic Yemen: UN Envoy welcomes accord on new phase of conflict-related detainee release Forest products show signs of recovery after 2023 decline, FAO reports

Myanmar: UN rights chief warns of pre-election violence and repression DR Congo: WFP aims to reach thousands displaced by South Kivu violence Humanitarian funding cuts impact drought response in Somalia

Syria: Illicit “captagon” manufacturing disrupted following regime change UN mission supports landmark elections in the Central African Republic$880 million humanitarian appeal for Haiti

Sudan war: Kordofan’s El-Obeid ‘one or two steps’ away from being attacked - IOM Gaza: Famine is averted but a third child dies of hypothermia - UNICEF DR Congo crisis: Victims of flare-up in eastern regions risk lives to reach safety, says UNHCR

António Guterres calls for de-escalation in YemenSudan war: UN Human Rights office puts spotlight on horrific violations, executionsVolker Türk alarmed by spiralling Thai-Cambodia conflict and impact on civilians

Concerns grow for Ukrainians in cities left without power for days: OCHAKey water pipeline repaired in Gaza, but dire conditions remain: OCHA ‘High or very high’ levels of early season influenza sweeping across Europe: WHO

Afghanistan: mothers turned away at health centres amid dire funding cuts, warns WFPDR Congo violence pushes 500,000 from their homes: UNHCRNew influenza variant is surging, but vaccination still our best bet: WHO

UN Secretary-General condemns deadly attack on Hannukah celebration in SydneyAmid “unending atrocities” around world, @Refugees chief Filippo Grandi reaffirms solidarity with asylum seekersUkraine: Aid teams provide relief after another weekend of Russian strikes on vital infrastructure - OCHA

Sudan war: Aid teams report agreement reached to access stricken El Fasher, reports World Food Programme, WFPOccupied West Bank alert over ‘intense’ Israeli raids, warns UN human rights office, OHCHRSri Lanka's cyclone Ditwah created ‘2.2 million stories of loss and resilience’, says UN migration agency, IOM

• Gaza: Aid teams push to step up support as driving rain and cold take hold - UNICEF• Fear and uncertainty in DR Congo amid heavy fighting – OCHA, WFP• Venezuela’s national guard linked to serious abuses, say independent investigators

Gaza: continuing airstrikes, shelling and gunfire leave more dead and injured: UN human rights chiefUNICEF warns of deepening global crisis for childrenOn Human Rights Day 2025, credit for journalists risking everything to expose abuses

Gaza newborns ‘scarred by war before first breath’ by preventable maternal malnutrition: UNICEFSudan: Dangerous ordeal of El Fasher’s escapees is not over, warns UNFPASeven in 10 women activists have been abused online: UN Women

Sudan: WHO chief Tedros deplores 'senseless attacks' on civilians in South KordofanHumanitarians launch $33 billion appeal for 2026UNRWA condemns search of Jerusalem headquarters by Israeli officials

Syria one year after government change - UN rights office warns of ongoing killings and abuses Mozambique displacement crisis deepens as attacks intensify and aid supplies run low, UN reports South-East Asia: Climate disasters disrupt schooling for more than 4 million children, UNICEF says

Sudan: UN rights chief Türk condemns spiralling conflict in KordofansMalaria control faces biggest threat from growing drug resistance: WHOArab region pushed to limits by climate extremes: WMO

Ukrainians brace for another winter of hardship amid Russian invasion: OCHAUN deminers appeal for greater support to slow deadly legacy from world’s conflictsGaza: As fragile ceasefire holds, aid teams continue vital work, WHO says

Mozambique: close to 100,000 flee violence and attacks in the past fortnight alone, warns UNHCRAsia: Lives upended by cyclones, ‘extreme’ rainfall on the rise, warn UN agenciesMillions of jobs at risk in Asia-Pacific as AI surges in wealthy nations