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(UN News)* — Meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.
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12/06/2025
Military Conflicts at Historic High as US Signals Retreat from World Stage
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– The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: the highest number of state-based armed conflicts in over seven decades.
The scene of a destruction caused by the war in Ukraine. Credit: UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy
A staggering 61 conflicts were recorded across 36 countries last year, according to PRIO’s Conflict Trends: A Global Overview report.
“This is not just a spike – it’s a structural shift. The world today is far more violent, and far more fragmented, than it was a decade ago,” warned Siri Aas Rustad, Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and lead author of the report.
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12/06/2025
Displacement Doubles While Funding Shrinks
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(UN News)* — With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to represent the largest displacement crisis in the world. This is no longer the case.
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11/06/2025
Myanmar on the ‘Path to Self-Destruction’ If Violence Does Not End
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(UN News)* — Nearly three months after a catastrophic earthquake struck Myanmar, the country continues to grapple with its aftermath alongside the brutal civil war which has devastated the country since the February 2021 military coup.
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11/06/2025
Haiti Sees the Highest Number of People Displaced by Violence Ever Recorded: 1.3 Million
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By the International Organization for Migration*
Geneva/Port-au-Prince, 11 June 2025 – Nearly 1.3 million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, a 24 percent increase since December 2024, according to a recently published Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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11/06/2025
Greed Is Driving Oceans toward Collapse
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(UN News)* — The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change.
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10/06/2025
160 Million Children – 1 in 10 Worldwide- Engaged in Child Labor; Africa and Asia-Pacific Account for Almost 9 Out of 10
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The World Day against Child Labour is widely supported by these actors, along with UN agencies and individuals committed to building a world free of child labour. PHOTO: UNFPA Asia and the Pacific
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10/06/2025
Israel’s Destructive West Bank Military Operation Fuels Mass Forced Displacement of Palestinians
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By Amnesty International*
The Israeli military has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians by destroying homes and essential civilian infrastructure in Jenin and Tulkarem refugee camps rendering them uninhabitable, as part of its ongoing brutal military operation in the occupied West Bank, said Amnesty International.
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10/06/2025
Gaza: Amid “Unprecedented Levels of Despair,” Search for Food Puts Lives on the Line
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(UN News)* — The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN said on Monday , amid more reports of people being killed and injured near newly-established distribution sites.
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09/06/2025
South Asian Cities Faced Relentless, Record-Breaking Heatwaves Last Year
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“Some mornings, I can’t even stand, my feet are so swollen. My whole body aches from working all day at the juicer. The doctor said my uric acid is high, but I waited months to get tested. Who has the time or money when missing work means no food?”– Sana, a street vendor selling sugarcane juice in chronic pain, navigating long hours and poor hydration, in Delhi’s extreme temperatures.
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Street vendor exposed to extreme heat, New Delhi, 2024. Credit: Greenpeace India
– From the blistering heat of Delhi’s streets to Colombo’s humid corners, workers in the informal economy are silently enduring the toll of labour on their bodies and livelihoods.
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