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The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region's perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low - but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and interventions, the head of the UN Children's ...

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed major concern on Tuesday following the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem mamolu, who has been charged with corruption and ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and 20 injured.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - As the sun rises over coastal Gopalpur, Odisha, in eastern India, dozens of children prepare for school. Unfortunately, for many girls in the state, the arrival of their first period can mean the end of their school ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 24 (IPS) - The United Nations Refugee Agency faces devastating cuts that may eliminate 5,000 to 6,000 jobs, with potentially catastrophic consequences for millions of people fleeing war, repression, hunger and climate ...

The plight of Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and sought shelter in Bangladesh, the UN said on Monday, in an appeal for $934.5 million to help them.

Despite significant progress over the years, the fight against racism and racial discrimination remains as urgent as ever.

BRATISLAVA, Mar 24 (IPS) - Governments and donors must ensure funding is sustained to fight tuberculosis (TB), organizations working to stop the disease have said, as they warn the recent US pullback on foreign aid is already having a devastating ...

For two years, one international organization under the umbrella of the UN has been leading a relentless campaign in the corridors of global digital diplomacy. Its mission? To bring linguistic diversity to English-dominated artificial intelligence.