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Residents survey the damage in a suburb of southern Beirut left in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes.

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

Security Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. App users can reprise our live coverage here.

Destruction in Beirut's Haret Hreik neighbourhood has been mirrored elsewhere across Lebanon following recent Israeli bombardment..

UN rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation

Some people who have fled their homes in Haiti are now living in schools.

World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa

The city of Marawi in Mindanao was attacked by Islamist militants in 2017.

First Person: Swapping guns for ballpens in the Philippines

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Guterres condemns ‘escalation after escalation’ in the Middle East

Ukraine: Top UN aid official condemns deadly marketplace strike in Kherson

Nepal: Hundreds killed as ‘unprecedented’ flash floods strike capital Kathmandu

Explainer: What is Security Council resolution 1701?

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Young women study at a centre in Bol in Chad.

Time to break down barriers to education funding: Gordon Brown

Focus on the Future: Peace, out

IAEA chief gives an interview to Nargis Shekinskaya of the UN News.

‘Nuclear energy safety is a priority’: IAEA chief

William O’Neill (right), the UN’s designated expert on the human rights situation in Haiti talks to a Haitian police officer in Port-au-Prince.

Haiti facing ‘cataclysmic’ human rights situation

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AI Artwork exhibit "Large Nature Model: Coral" by Refik Anadol at UN Headquarters.

AI-powered art puts ‘digital environmentalism’ on display at UN Headquarters

SDGs A groundbreaking art installation at UN Headquarters by renowned media artist Refik Anadol leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of the world’s coral reefs and the urgent need to address the climate crisis.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) addresses the opening of 78th session of the General Assembly annual debate. (file)

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Women sell okra at a market in Tanout, Niger.

Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to accelerate reform of the international financial architecture

Laila Baker, UNFPA Regional Director for Arab States, talks to a Sudanese displaced woman in Port Sudan.

Atmosphere of ‘desperation, extreme fear and trauma’ envelops women of Sudan

The glacier graveyard is located close to the Icelandic capital Reykjavik.

Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice

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Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session.

Thousands descend on UN for busiest week of the year

Heads of State and government, diplomats, experts, activists and celebrities have been attending the High-Level week and annual general debate at UN Headquarters in New York.

Timor-Leste’s 25-year-long path to freedom and democracy

Voters in Timor Leste celebrate their right to vote in the 30 August 1999 referendum on self-rule.

Searching for safety in Gaza

Many Gazans who fled to Rafah are now on the move again.

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Water, blankets and hygiene kits are being distributed to internally displaced people in Beirut, Lebanon.

All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

Peace and Security The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, as Israel launched what it described as a “limited” ground incursion into Southern Lebanon.

A suburb of southern Beirut lies in ruins after being targeted by airstrikes.

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal with ‘limited’ Israeli ground incursion underway

Peace and Security UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has described as a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation into Lebanon, across the UN-patrolled line of separation.

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