Gender equality pays off for business – so why are companies pulling back?
The recommendation comes from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in its report Women in Business and Management: Scaling Success, published on Tuesday. Between 2013 and...
World News in Brief: healthcare crisis in Yemen’s Taiz and Afghanistan, Western Sahara mission’s...
All roads to the city are now closed due to the fighting, and no commercial supplies are getting through. Nearly a quarter of a million...
Air raid alerts and attacks on schools: the devastating face of education in Ukraine
Since the start of the academic year, “children have experienced an average of 34 hours of air raid alarms during school time, equivalent to...
Ukraine: WFP provides hot meals to Oleshky evacuees as UN pushes to restore power...
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to more than 400 people who were able to leave the Russian-occupied city...
Six in seven journalist murders go unpunished, UNESCO reports
Global impunity for journalist killings has risen for the first time in more than a decade, while the growing use of drones is an...
COP17: Nations chart ‘Yerevan Pathway’ to speed up action for nature
At the halfway mark to 2030, countries meeting in Armenia have agreed a roadmap to accelerate action for nature, after a global review found...
Western Sahara: UN ‘stands ready’ to keep supporting peace efforts as MINURSO mission ends
The UN remains committed to supporting a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution in Western Sahara that provides for the self-determination of its...
‘They deserve to know the truth’: UN rights chief demands probe into staffer’s death...
The UN human rights chief on Saturday demanded an independent investigation into the death of a Yemeni colleague held by the Houthis for more...
Samarkand: A ‘living museum’ on the Silk Road grapples with a tourism boom
As the sun sets over Samarkand’s majestic Registan, its last rays glint across the turquoise mosaics. Dusk settles on the ancient square where great...
DPR Korea: Isolation deepens even as the country changes, says UN rights official
That is the picture painted by James Heenan, head of the UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the South Korean capital, Seoul. His team...
Somalia looks to the future as the UN's political mission closes
“The story of the UN's political engagement in Somalia has been one of persistence, partnership and adaptation,” Raisedon Zenenga, the UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative...
World News in Brief: 300,000 displaced in Lebanon, Türk ‘deeply concerned’ over Novaya Gazeta...
Despite civilians’ willingness to return home, continued Israeli military activity and presence in the south are making it very difficult, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric...
Ukraine: Oleshky ceasefire offers ‘hope’ for civilians as attacks on aid vehicles continue
“Let this pave the way for vital aid to get in, and more humanitarian access on both sides of the frontline,” Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom...
DR Congo: Hunger deepens for millions amid conflict, Ebola and climate shocks
The DRC continues to confront a severe food security crisis due to persistent conflict in the east, widespread displacement, an expanding Ebola outbreak, economic...
UN rights office warns of deepening displacement ‘nightmare’ in Gaza
OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims to increase the area of military deployment to 70 per cent of Gaza’s territory. The relentless...
Yemen war makes reaching assistance too dangerous for many
In an alert, the agency said that tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers were struggling to survive.It described a rapidly worsening humanitarian...
Myanmar’s illicit economy fuels escalating violence, with civilians bearing the brunt
Myanmar has been engulfed in civil war since the military overthrew the democratically elected Government in February 2021, triggering widespread armed resistance across the...
AI is changing the way we think. The question is whether we’ll notice in...
But according to neuroscientist David Rock, the bigger question is not what AI is doing for us. It is what it might be doing...
World News in Brief: 5 children killed in Sudan, Haiti hunger emergency, Yemen war...
The victims were three boys and two girls aged between seven and 14, according to Etleva Kadilli, UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern...
Russia drone strike on Ukrainian railway station kills 13
“Civilians preparing for a trip, welcoming or bidding farewell to loved ones faced death and devastation,” said Matthias Schmale, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine,...
Nature is making a comeback – now restoration funding must quadruple
Some 252 million hectares across 149 countries – an area of land and sea roughly the size of Kazakhstan – are currently under restoration,...
Security Council LIVE: Can new technology keep the world’s sea lanes safe?
Cheap drones, autonomous vessels and cyberattacks are changing the threats to the world’s shipping lanes – and the tools to counter them. At an...
Higher Ground: How New York is raising a park to hold back the sea
On 29 October 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City, unleashing a devastating storm surge that flooded homes, subways and tunnels, knocked out...
Afghanistan opium production jumps fivefold as farmers find ways round Taliban ban
Opium production in Afghanistan has risen fivefold in a year. According to a UN survey released on Thursday, it’s the first significant increase since...
