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‘Grave risks’: Return to US-Iran hostilities is huge setback for civilians, UN rights chief says

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said the resumption of hostilities risked severe disruption to the flow of food, medicines, and other essentials to the region.

June was deadliest month for Ukraine’s civilians in over four years: UN

The body of a local resident is removed from the site of a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 8.

UN shipping agency opposes fees for any strait, after Trump plans Hormuz charge

The UN’s International Maritime Organization says there is no legal basis for mandatory tolls to transit a strait.

Top UN official accuses Hamas of Gaza aid obstruction

Displaced Palestinians collect water from the Ita charitable water station in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on July 13.

One million women lose access to aid due to funding cuts: UN Women

Nearly nine in 10 women’s organisations can no longer meet the needs on the ground, according to the UN Women report.

Intense sand and dust storms struck China, US in 2025: UN

The UN’s weather and climate agency said these episodes affected public health and the environment, and disrupted transport and economic activity.

Humanitarians look to put the AI in aid

At the AI for Good summit in Geneva this week, a handful of humanitarian-focused displays emphasised AI’s positive potential.

DRC Ebola outbreak is ‘fastest-growing ever’ as 600 die

The ebola outbreak there has a case fatality rate of 34 per cent.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, July 10, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Andy Burnham, British member of parliament (MP) for Makerfield, arrives for a radio interview on LBC's "Tonight with Andrew Marr", in London, Britain, July 2, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo

UN agency says Russian strikes killed at least 265 civilians in Ukraine in June

Residents in a destroyed apartment following a Russian airstrike in a residential area of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. US President Donald Trump said he will allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors, sending another signal of his shifting approach toward Russia’s war — and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

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