UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday voiced grave concern over the escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza and stressed the need to prevent the violence from spreading into the wider region

The Israeli military early on Tuesday said that it had retaken full control of the border with Gaza.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says Sudan crisis is one of the largest crises the agency has faced with large number of children and women displaced.

• The United Nations agencies said that an estimated 13.4 million babies were born early before 37 full weeks of pregnancy in 2020, which was around one in 10 of all live births.

Police in San Francisco on Tuesday shot dead a person accused of ramming a car into the Chinese Consulate, according to U.S. officials.

Syrian officials have warned of the far-reaching consequences of U.S. military hegemony, stressing the need for a multipolar world.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says global growth is forecast to slow from 3.5 per cent in 2022 to 3.0 per cent in 2023 and 2.9 per cent in 2024.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), says that 39,805 children below the age of two are yet to receive the first dose of the pentavalent vaccine in Anambra.