“The experiences of the desperate parents I met last week may illustrate this better than I can,” UNICEF communications specialist Salim Oweis told reporters attending the bi-weekly humanitarian briefing at the UN in Geneva. Among them is Hind, who has not slept since her 4-year-old daughter Masa was bitten by a rat during the night….

chicago — The granite monolith rises above a leafy stretch of Chicago’s South Side neighborhood, an almost windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the modern presidential museum inside. The crew is putting the finishing touches on Obama Presidential Center Before the official public opening on Juneteenth, more than a decade after…

Releasing the UN’s annual report on Friday, Special Representative Pramila Patten said the figures reflect a deepening global trend, with growing insecurity, displacement and increasingly limited resources for survivors fueling the crisis. “In 2025, cases of sexual violence were documented as a tactic of war, torture, terrorism and political repression marked by extreme brutality and…