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"Instead of studying in school, we're living in it," said Diana, summing up the conditions faced by thousands of children in the Gaza Strip whose lives have been turned upside down by war who now face the prospect of a third year without education.

Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalate attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground.

More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.

Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children out of school by 2026, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday.

Humanitarians "will spare no effort" to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in Sudan, a senior UN official in the country said on Tuesday.

In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sunday's devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

The international community must support efforts towards peace and stability in Syria and end the displacement of millions - both within and outside the country - who fled years of war and just want to go home.

The cooling climate phenomenon known as La Niña could return between now and November, but it won't stop the trend for warmer global temperatures caused by human activity, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the arbitrary detention of at least 11 staff members in Yemen on Sunday by the de facto Houthi authorities in areas under their control.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for strengthening multilateralism in an increasingly divided world in remarks to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.