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Shopkeepers in Kabul, Afghanistan gather in front of a building which bore the brunt of a 1 July 2019 attack claimed by the Taliban (file photo).

Afghanistan: Near-record violence risks derailing imminent talks between Government and Taliban

3 September 2020
Peace and Security
News Story
File photo of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, briefing the UN Security Council on Libya in May 2019.

News in Brief 3 September 2020

3 September 2020
News in Brief
Audio
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. (file photo)

UN dismayed over US sanctions on top International Criminal Court officials

2 September 2020
Law and Crime Prevention
News Story
Children over 5 years old in Bangladesh are expected to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Committee to review global treaty on response to health emergencies

27 August 2020
Health
News Story
The return home of some 136,00 Afghan people since the beginning of the year and a weakened health system is putting Afghanistan at risk of the coronavirus.

Amid Afghanistan’s ‘vast’ COVID-19 crisis, people want security, jobs: UN 

27 August 2020
Interviews
Audio
A woman holds her child in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.

News in Brief 26 August 2020

26 August 2020
News in Brief
Audio
Elias and his family, Yazidis who were heavily persecuted under ISIL, sit on the floor of their home in Zakho, northern Iraq.

Strengthening global cooperation on counter-terrorism must remain a priority during and after pandemic

24 August 2020
Peace and Security
News Story
Dennis Chimenya (left) meets a family in Pakistan whose children have received the oral polio vaccine.

First Person: Fighting anti-vaccination rumours in Pakistan

24 August 2020
Culture and Education
News Story
Husna Gul, a staff member with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Pakistan

First Person: Pakistan health worker commits to polio fight, despite COVID fears

22 August 2020
Health
News Story
Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire, an epidemiologiist with the World Health Organisation team tackling the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, travels by helicopter to Butembo in the east of the country.

UN salutes real-life heroes doing ‘extraordinary things, in extraordinary times’

19 August 2020
Humanitarian Aid
News Story