The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The top UN official for humanitarian aid in Yemen, who narrowly dodged an aerial bombing raid by Israel on Sanaa's airport, denied Friday that the facility had any military purpose.

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Escalating tensions in the Middle East with missile launches, airstrikes, and violence. Urgent international cooperation needed for safety and well-being.

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Houthi rebels in Yemen have fired a missile at Israel hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s main airport as the World Health Organization’s director-general was about to board a flight there

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US pressures expert monitoring group into withdrawing famine warning for northern Gaza

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Israeli air strikes hit rebel-held Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday as the head of the UN's World Health Organization said he and his team prepared to fly out.