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The aid coordination office, OCHA, said casualty figures “cannot yet be independently verified” due to limited access. Schools and markets in several border districts remain closed amid continued instability, while mortar shelling has forced families to flee villages in northwest Pakistan. Aid operations in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been temporarily suspended, although assistance continues […]

Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr Türk stressed that violence against women – including femicide – had become a global emergency. Around 50,000 women and girls around the world have been killed in 2024, most of them by family members, he said, amid ongoing hearings in the US Congress into the entourage

This interception highlights the vital role of cooperation in combating the rapidly evolving illegal drug trade. In its 2025 annual report, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said authorities used its pre-export notification platform to stop the diversion of three tonnes of the precursor 1-boc-4-piperidone – a chemical intermediate used in the manufacture of fentanyl.

The escalation comes amid growing risks to the protection of civilians and aid workers, with three humanitarian staff killed between February 7 and 16 in Jonglei and Upper Nile states, according to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA. Access to some of the worst-hit areas remains patchy despite renewed promises from authorities to allow relief

A woman living in a conflict-affected country’s risk of dying from maternal causes is about five times higher for each pregnancy she experiences compared to her peers living in stable countries, according to new findings in the WHO report. In 2023 alone, an estimated 160,000 women died from preventable maternal causes in fragile and conflict-affected

The WHO has confirmed that two cases of a recombinant strain – combining genomic elements from clades Ib and IIb of monkeypox virus (MPXV) – have been identified to date: one in the UK and one in India. Both patients had recently traveled and neither suffered serious illness. No secondary cases were detected following contact

“Even though cases have declined, the conditions that led to the resurgence of this deadly disease in recent years remain and must be corrected.“, said Regina De Dominicis, Regional Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for Europe and Central Asia. Fifty-three countries in Europe and Central Asia reported 33,998 measles cases in 2025,

“This American investment will provide vital assistance to millions of people in partner countries and help ensure that the global HIV response remains efficient, data-driven and delivers resultssaid Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS. “I thank the president [Donald] Trump and the US Congress for their continued commitment to HIV and global health. » The

The study led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) examines 30 preventable causes, including tobacco, alcohol, high body mass index, physical inactivity, air pollution and ultraviolet rays. Nine cancer-causing infections – such as human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer – are also included for

“We are dying. Every day, between two and three patients die in this hospital,” said Munther Abu Foul, a cancer patient lying on his bed in Gaza’s largest hospital. “I can’t get out of bed because of the pain. We want a solution: open the crossings.” His words reflect the reality faced by thousands of