Gaza: Civilian suffering has become “sickeningly normalised”, UNRWA warnsSyria’s de facto authorities offer constructive support to UNHCR’s work thereRights experts condemn growing “pattern of repression” against protests in Georgia

WFP ramps up distributions in SyriaGuterres calls for justice for Africa in speech to Lesotho parliamentUN drugs report finds Myanmar remains a leading source of opium and heroin

Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn UN humanitariansCOP29 countdown: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says GuterresMiddle East update: ICC arrest warrant for Israeli PM

Gaza: polio vaccination campaign to resume in shattered north UNRWALebanon war sees 50,000 displaced in a matter of days UNOCHAMpox update from WHO for DR Congo and region

North Gazans just ‘waiting to die’ as Israeli bombardment continues: UNRWALebanon: UN rights chief slams deadly strike near major Beirut hospitalWFP reaches one million people this year across crisis-wracked Burkina Faso

Lebanon crisis: health workers and facilities targeted or hit, warns UN OCHANorth Gaza aid missions impeded or denied, say UN humanitariansMore than 370 million girls and women globally raped or sexually assaulted: UNICEF 

Sudan war: Rights investigators demand arms embargo extension to end ‘rampant’ abusesFlooding affects more than 710,000 people in South Sudan: OCHAMiddle East crisis: top UN envoy condemns latest West Bank killings