UN report reveals record 75.9 million internally displaced in 2023

The number of people living in internal displacement soared to a record 75.9 million last year, a new UN-backed report said on Tuesday.

Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined: UN report

More people were killed due to homicide than armed conflict and terrorism combined in 2021, with an average of 52 lives lost per hour worldwide, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.

New UN report reveals chronic bias against women over last decade

A new UN report launched on Monday revealed no improvement in the level of prejudice shown against women over the past decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide, still holding such biases.

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan set to hit unprecedented highs in 2021: UN

Kabul: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 reached record levels, including a particularly sharp increase in killings and injuries since May when international military forces began their withdrawal and the fighting intensified following the Taliban’s offensive, the UN said on Monday.