US restoring aid to Palestinians with USD 235 mn for UN refugee agency, development

Apr 07, 2021

Washington [US], April 8 : The US is planning to resume financial assistance to the Palestinian people with a USD 235 million package that...

50 pc of world's poorest need debt relief to avert major development crisis, warns UN agency

Oct 11, 2022

New York [US], October 12 : Fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world's poorest people need urgent debt relief as...

11 UN staff, 30 students at UN schools killed in Gaza": UN spokesperson

Oct 12, 2023

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, "11 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff and personnel have been killed since Saturday", referring to the...

Thousands of Afghans received humanitarian assistance: UN agency

Oct 09, 2021

New York [US], October 9 : Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from September 27 to October 3 across Afghanistan,...

UN migration agency 'concerned' over developments in Afghanistan

Aug 18, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 : The United Nations migration agency on Tuesday expressed "great concern" over the developments in Afghanistan and "grave consequences" for...

UN agency confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica

Jul 01, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 : The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new maximum temperature record for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees...