From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
Fast factsMore than 347 million children in nearly 100 countries and territories are expected to experience unusually wet or dry conditions between October and...
Djibouti faces ‘overlapping emergencies’ as Yemen’s refugee exodus continues
More than 3,700 refugees have reached the Horn of Africa nation in the past three weeks after a dangerous crossing of the Red Sea,...
‘Nothing can justify these atrocities,’ says Guterres three years on from 7 October attacks
In a message released on Monday, Mr. Guterres described an abhorrent, large-scale terror attack in which more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were...
‘The clock on AI regulation is ticking’, warns UN rights chief
Speaking in the UK at an AI and Human Rights Summit in Oxford on Monday, Mr. Türk said the technology could deliver dazzling advances...
More than 184,000 displaced as fighting intensifies in Yemen
In the week to 3 October alone, the International Organisation for Migration recorded nearly 21,800 people who had been displaced at least once –...
In Islamabad, Guterres calls for end to US-Iran conflict
“From Islamabad, I want to send a loud and clear message to all parties,” António Guterres told journalists in the capital.“End the conflict. Return to...
‘Ebola takes the people children depend on’: UNICEF
The update comes as neighbouring Kenya confirmed its first case and death from the disease, believed to have come from DRC. “Ebola takes the people...
When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa
When medicines are scarce, unaffordable or simply too far away, illicit sellers have proved adept at filling the void.That is the dynamic described in...
The State of the Crisis in Haiti
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In this Special Edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” examines the state of the crisis in Haiti...
Security, sacrifice or opportunity: Visions differ over effective climate action
That question underpinned many of the speeches from global leaders at this year's High-level Week General Debate in New York, as climate change emerged as...
Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Speaking in Fiji at an event organized by global charitable foundation Wellcome, ahead of the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, UNFCCC chief Simon Stiell said...
ICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls
In a decision on Monday, judges unsealed warrants for Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, whose existence was announced...
UN upholds housing as a human right on World Habitat Day
Representatives from governments, civil society and academia meeting in Muscat, Oman on Monday called for urgent action to address a global housing crisis affecting...
Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike on two clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, this past weekend.
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Rotting food waste emits 5 times more greenhouse gases than planes
Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation...
‘He felt heard’: How a film brought a UN report to life in Xochimilco
A documentary drawn from United Nations University research was screened at the COP30 climate conference and film festivals across Europe. Its most important journey,...
Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions
The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either bone or elephant ivory.
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The First Columbus Day Was Declared in the Shadow of a Lynching
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In the Windy City, Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells spotlighted what Washington wanted forgotten.
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This month we mark...
California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum — October 3, 2026
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KBLA Talk 1580 will convene public officials, candidates and civic leaders for the California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum on...
‘Money alone won’t get us there’: UN steps up aid for 12 forgotten crises
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to...
Global life expectancy bounces back to near pre-pandemic levels, WHO says
People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World...
Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk
The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an even greater disaster across...
World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia,...
In an update to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner welcomed the first Gang Suppression Force operations, mandated by the UN Security Council.
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Collective action needed to tackle global information crisis, UN-led dialogue hears
The call came at the high-level Information Integrity Solutions Dialogue at UN Headquarters in New York during the high-level week of the 81st session...
