Food prices edged up in July amid heatwaves and energy price hikes - FAO  Hormuz crisis: UN maritime agency stresses 'day after' needs for trapped seafarers  UN rights chief Türk stands up for transitional justice amid attacks on international law 

DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Agencies on high alert in displacement campsGaza: 300 children killed in 300 days of Israeli-Hamas ‘ceasefire’Guatemala: El Niño coupled with lean season driving 3.2 million people into acute food insecurity - IPC

Strengthening El Niño set to significantly worsen food insecurity into 2027 – WFP  UN’s Türk says he’s alarmed at a sharp rise in executions and death sentences in Iran  Trapped shipping in Strait of Hormuz is an ecological timebomb - IMO  

Unprecedented levels of child hunger in Afghanistan: WFP DR Congo: Ebola Bundibugyo treatment trials update: WHO Hormuz crunch caused 95 pc drop in natural gas exports: ITC

DR Congo: New treatment centre set to open doors to Ebola patients: OCHA Gaza’s families still struggling with massive food shortages: WFPSudan drone strike in North Darfur highlights huge needs @UNFPA 

UNICEF urges protection after another child killed in IranWorld must take preventive action on El Niño, says WMOWHO: Climate change increases health risks of wildfire smoke

Prevention is the best defence against the wildfire crisis, says UNUN rights chief denounces a further crackdown on dissent in UgandaAfghans returning from neighbouring countries face heightened trafficking risks

DR Congo: WFP increases food aid as Ebola outbreak widensShrinking student population creates new challenges in Latin AmericaSudan: Children bear brunt of violence, UNICEF warns

UN peace coordinator urges Security Council to act on Gaza, West BankMany scam callers victims of human trafficking: IOMNepal: School lunch programme improves millions of lives

Security Council discusses escalating Russian attacks against Ukraine Sudan UNICEF: the more health centres we build, the more children come  South Sudan hunger needs are growing among children: UNICEF