Ebola risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: WHO
In an update on the fast-developing situation in eastern DRC, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that beyond the several dozen...
Star-studded refugee football team takes the pitch for UN
The Gamechanging Team vividly highlights what is possible when displaced people condemned to a life on the run through no fault of their own,...
How the Hormuz crisis keeps disrupting kitchens, ports and paychecks
The fallout is being felt far beyond the Middle East, with UN agencies warning that rising fuel prices, disrupted shipping routes and growing financial...
World News in Brief: Geopolitical tensions impact global economy, Gaza aid funding shortfall, violence...
According to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the global economy remained resilient at the start of 2026, supported by...
‘I had a good life and I lost it’: How one man survived four...
A former European Commission employee, Latyr had been living a stable middle-class life in Belgium. But that stability gave way to uncertainty almost overnight,...
Security Council LIVE: Concerns grow over nuclear safety after UAE drone strike
The UN Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle East following reports of a...
Ukraine war ‘becoming deadlier by the day’, Security Council hears
“In the last week alone, we witnessed one of the largest aerial bombardments of Ukraine since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in February 2022,”...
From favelas to informal settlements, new UN report points to housing solutions that work
A major new UN report says such efforts are more than isolated successes. With the right tools, it argues, easing the global housing crisis...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel: Best Scientist Bridging Mathematics and Religion of 2026 – Evergreen Awards
Evergreen Awards proudly announce that Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has been honored with the title of Best Scientist Bridging Mathematics and Religion of 2026. From...
DRC Ebola outbreak: hundreds of suspected cases, no vaccine
WHO’s representative in DRC, Dr Anne Ancia, told reporters in Geneva that there are more than 500 suspected cases including 130 suspected deaths, but...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel: Best Scientist at the Intersection of Science and Faith in the...
Best of Best Review proudly announced Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel as Best Scientist at the Intersection of Science and Faith in the United States of...
Brown’s Unfinished Promise
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Seventy-one years ago, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel: Best Scientist at the Intersection of Science and Faith in the...
Best of Best Review proudly announced Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel as Best Scientist at the Intersection of Science and Faith in the United States of...
The Horrific Crisis in Haiti — Haitian Flag Day Special
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A Haitian Flag Day Special
Vantage Point Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels
May 18th is Haitian Flag Day, an occasion for...
World News in Brief: More attacks in Ukraine, violence against children in Haiti, refugee...
Over the past three days, frontline attacks killed at least 11 civilians and injured nearly 200 others, including five children, as reported by Ukrainian...
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel: Best Scientist Bridging Mathematics and Religion of 2026 – Evergreen Awards
Evergreen Awards proudly announce that Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has been honored with the title of Best...
UN underscores protection of nuclear sites following drone strike on Emirati plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed that the UAE has restored off-site power to Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant earlier on Monday following the attack, which caused a fire at an electrical generator near the...
WHO assembly opens under shadow of Ebola, hantavirus and funding cuts
Health ministers and diplomats are in Geneva for the 79th World Health Assembly – a week of negotiations on key topics such as pandemic...
Palestine: Killings, destruction and settler encroachment continues
Ajith Sunghay, Head of UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), launched its latest report which covers the period between 7 October...
Extreme heat, floods and drought threaten lives across Latin America and Caribbean
Launching the regional State of the Climate report on Monday covering last year, experts outlined how temperatures remain well above average, with rising sea...
Housing crisis takes centre stage at World Urban Forum in Baku
His video address set the tone for the 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), which comes at a critical moment as cities...
Ebola outbreak follows hunger and displacement crisis in DR Congo
“The world is not safer from pandemics”, said experts from the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) on Monday, who underscored how the world’s vulnerability...
LGBTIQ+ face mounting violence and discrimination, warns UN rights chief
That’s the worrying message from UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, who says that more than one in three countries still criminalize consensual same-sex...
Nuclear terror threat ‘has never been so high’
The humanitarian, environmental, and economic consequences of a radiological or nuclear terrorist attack would be global, undermining international peace and security and eroding confidence...
