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Drone attacks targeting the UN logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, on Saturday killed six peacekeepers and injured eight others - all members of the Bangladeshi contingent serving in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

BELÉM, Brazil, December 12 (IPS) - By any comparison, the statistics for Sindh People's Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF) are phenomenal.

In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to still be trapped in El Fasher in the Darfur region, but UN aid agencies believe they may soon get access to the embattled city.

The UN Security Council meets at 10 AM in New York to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid intensified fighting and mass displacement. UN Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix is due to ...

Drums and celebration filled a hall in New Delhi, India, as communities from across the world saw their traditions recognised, from Panama's Quincha homes built by collective hands, to Yemen's Hadrami Dan gatherings where poetry and music are created ...

Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and mass displacement as fighting spreads, undermining recent peace efforts and raising fears of a wider regional crisis.

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed alarm at reports of a so-called "settler road" being built in the occupied West Bank.

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday with Member States adopting 11 resolutions, three decisions and a ministerial declaration aiming to advance solutions for a more resilient ...

Pressure on freshwater resources is growing as demand increases in regions marked by scarcity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report published on Friday.

After more than two decades working alongside Iraq through war, political upheaval and the fight against ISIL terrorists, the UN Assistance Mission there (UNAMI) ends its mandate on 31 December - a closure its top official describes as "honourable, . ...