More than 250,000 people have fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, 20 October 2026. UN News cited particular concern for people sheltering in Taiz and the wider governorate, where access is essentially blocked.
Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, said the closure of the only supply route linking Taiz to Aden is placing civilians at grave risk, blocking humanitarian aid and cutting off essential supplies. He said 32 civilians have been confirmed killed across the governorate, including 14 children and nine women. He appealed to Houthi fighters, who he said had encircled Taiz City, to allow aid in immediately.
UN News said clashes resumed last month between Houthi fighters, formally known as Ansar Allah, and the internationally recognized Government based in Aden, after the relative calm of the 2022 truce. Around half of those recently uprooted have sought shelter in Taiz.
Akhil Iyer, the UNICEF representative in Yemen, said wheat flour stocks in affected areas of Taiz are nearly exhausted, and that 10 of 16 districts are already classified at emergency levels. He said UNICEF had pre-positioned therapeutic food, and that the supplies could not be distributed because the routes are closed.
Tarik Jasarevic, a World Health Organization spokesperson, said 12 hospitals in Taiz had approximately four days of fuel remaining, and that 115 of 127 essential medicines have stocks for about one week or less. Matthew Saltmarsh of UNHCR said some 65,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most from Somalia and Ethiopia, are also urgently in need of support.
UN News said the result could be a more acute health emergency in a country already facing outbreaks of cholera and measles, along with suspected cases of diphtheria and dengue.
UN News reported the findings on 4 November 2026. UNCTAD says the war that shut the Strait of Hormuz in February pushed oil prices up everywhere, but the cost at the pump has been very uneven.
The figure amounts to some 240 million young people aged 11 to 17 who said they did not complete 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on a single day.
A new report from UNCTAD, the UN trade and development agency, says developing economies are paying the heaviest price at the pump, according to UN News, which reported on the findings on 4 November 2026.
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UN News reported the findings on 4 November 2026. UNCTAD says the war that shut the Strait of Hormuz in February pushed oil prices up everywhere, but the cost at the pump has been very uneven.
The figure amounts to some 240 million young people aged 11 to 17 who said they did not complete 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on a single day.