New York, US--The UAE has announced the launch of a new digital response platform that will support disaster-affected countries to quickly and efficiently communicate their humanitarian needs to the international community.The UAE made the announcement during a United Nations Security Council open debate titled “Maintenance of international peace and security:...

Abu Dhabi, UAE--The UAE has applauded the UN for the successful unloading of oil from the deteriorating tanker, FSO Safer, situated off Yemen's coast in the Red Sea. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) lauded the collective efforts of the United Nations, its Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Coalition to Restore...

Lahaina, a town of more than 12,000 and former home of the Hawaiian royal family, has been reduced to ruins, its lively hotels and restaurants turned to ashes. No emergency sirens were sounded, and residents have spoken of learning about the blaze because of neighbors running down the street yelling...

ANKARA, TURKEY - Clearing the mountains of rubble due to buildings collapse in the earthquakes that hit Turkey on February 6 and 20, 2023 is the top-priority action mapped out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in its response to the disaster. Rubble removal accounts for a large share...

UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said the death toll from the massive earthquake will "double or more" from its current level of 28,000. Tens of thousands of rescue workers are scouring flattened neighborhoods despite freezing weather that has deepened the misery of millions now in desperate need of aid.

The European Union has mobilized 10 search and rescue teams for Turkey after the stricken country requested EU assistance, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU crisis management commissioner Janez Lenarcic said.

Families of victims killed in the 2020 Beirut blast rallied to support the judge probing the disaster, after he was charged by Lebanon's top prosecutor in the case. Security was tight at the palace of justice in Beirut, where dozens of family members of the victims gathered to support the...

In Afghanistan, hundreds of earthquake-resilient concrete homes, many built by local laborers with the support of the United Nations refugee agency, have now been handed over to survivors who were until now living in makeshift tent cities.

National authorities said the quake was at a magnitude of 5.9 -- lower than the 6.1 given by the US Geological Survey -- and its epicentre was in Duzce province's Golyaka district, though it also shook other nearby cities. "We were woken up with a big noise and tremor," Duzce...

A meeting between the Committee of Heads of Red Crescent Societies and bodies in GCC concluded its 18th meeting. The committee issued a set of decisions including approving the Saudi Red Crescent Authority's bid to organize the third Gulf Forum for Voluntary Work for the Red Crescent bodies and societies...

A tanker carrying 750 tonnes of diesel fuel from Egypt to Malta sank Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes off Tunisia's southeast coast, a spokesman for a local court said. "The ship sank this morning in Tunisian territorial waters. For the moment, there is no leak," Mohamed Karray said.

The projects that the SFD contributes to financing through loans and grants in Pakistan amount to around SAR5 billion ($1.33 billion).

Most of those killed by the war's indirect effects were "young children who are especially vulnerable to under- and malnutrition."

Countries with poor economies will face severe consequences of climate change caused by the rich nations.