UN News Today

• Yemen escalation continues to force thousands from homes: agencies • Sexual violence by Russian forces is widespread against Ukraine prisoners: OHCHR monitors • Sudan emergency relief pipeline will run out in less than two weeks - IOM

• Yemen escalation forces 57,000 children from homes: UNICEF • The world must wake up to water cycle changes: WMO • ‘Entire’ human rights treaty body system risks crumbling, UN warns

• SG’s report on reprisals against human rights activists covers 32 countries • Stop attacking merchant ships and seafarers, says IMO chief • Families feared buried in Gaza building collapse: OCHA • AI’s role in ‘denialism’ trend must be countered by truth, says rights expert: HRC63

• DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still needs massive funding boost to contain deadly spread – OCHA, WHO • Super El Niño already causing more misery in South Sudan: WFP • Belarus criminal justice system weaponized to crush dissent, says Human Rights Council

• ‘Alarming increase’ in enforced disappearances, warns Guterres • South Sudan: UNICEF reaches communities in Jonglei State cut off by war • Gaza: Another strike on UNRWA school sheltering displaced families

• Escalating fighting displaces thousands in Yemen • UN stands with the families of 9/11 victims • New report examines evolution of terrorist propaganda

• Human cost of violence in South Sudan ‘continues to grow’: Human Rights experts • Climate disasters disrupt schooling for 171 million children in 2025, warns UNICEF • Independent rights experts pay tribute to 9/11 victims but say some counter-terrorism measures were “unnecessary and disproportionate”

• Attacks on education worldwide have never been higher warns Education Cannot Wait • Afghanistan: plight of the country’s people is going from bad to worse, says UN human rights chief • DR Congo Ebola response gets $225 million US boost

• In Gaza, women-headed households face ‘impossible choices’ to survive • Sudan war: summary killings and sex attacks ongoing • WHO warns tobacco use can (seriously) undermine fertility

• Human Rights Council adds impetus to calls for end to Sudan war • AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ • Wildfires linked to above-average air pollution across Spain, Canada, Africa: WMO

• Ukraine: Warehouse attacks put medical aid at risk, WHO warns • UN and partners seek nearly $50 million for Nepal • West Bank: Report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps

• El Niño likely to impact weather patterns into 2027 • Iran draft legislation could lead to more journalists jailed: Rights investigators • Infrastructure destruction caused by the recent floods in Nepal raises risk of disease outbreaks

• Global warming likely to reach 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels • Floods on the Nepal-Tibet border leave 2.2 million tonnes of debris • Experts urge US to end strikes on alleged drug boats

• More than 1,000 now dead after Nepal-Tibet floods • WFP forced to cut food assistance in West Bank • IOM helps administer nearly 13,800 measles vaccines in Yemen

• Secretary-General calls for action towards racial equality • UN committee urges collective effort on reparations • Senior UN official attends Pacific forum in Palau

• Nepal: Humanitarian situation remains dire as rescues persist • Lebanon: Civilians face difficulties returning home • IMO: Six-thousand seafarers remain trapped in Strait of Hormuz

• Nepal disaster: Amid massive destruction, aid teams contribute to response • DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Most under-5s succumb to the deadly disease – WHO • South Africa: 50,000 migrants displaced amid surge in racist hate crimes

• Ukraine: At least 3,900 children killed or injured since start of Russian full-scale invasion - UNICEF • African nations pledge to train three million health workers - WHO • It’s time to tackle the $1 trillion cost of land degradation: UN deputy chief

• Joint UN-Red Cross appeal for stricter controls on autonomous weapons • Afghanistan nutrition emergency leaves 3.7 million suffering from wasting - UNICEF • Red Sea pirates: Release all captive seafarers immediately, insists IMO chief

• Lebanese people struggle to return home amid ‘systematic’ destruction: UNIFIL • 100 days into DRC Ebola outbreak, deadly toll continues to climb: WHO • Sudan war: $22 million education investment for 200,000 children – Education Cannot Wait