Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the...
In its latest update, published Thursday, WHO said hidden chains of transmission are being fuelled by patients who reach advanced stages of the disease...
World News in Brief: Afghanistan education, Myanmar flooding, Syria recovery, homecare workers in New...
Although many families in rural Afghanistan struggle to secure food and water, the UN’s aid coordination office spokesperson Olga Cherevko said on Thursday that...
UN continues scaling up response to earthquake in Colombia
According to latest official figures, the 7.4 magnitude quake has left more than 200 dead and injured over 2,500, said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan...
Türkiye’s changes to child detention ‘raise serious human rights concerns’
Adopted on Saturday, the changes to the Child Protection Law broadly increase sentences for offenders aged 15 to 18, empower judges to decline age-based...
Security Council LIVE: Escalating attacks threaten peace in Yemen
As tensions triggered by the US-Iran war continue to ripple across the Middle East, the Security Council holds an open debate Thursday on Yemen,...
Migrant deaths climb sharply in 2026, new UN data shows
The agency’s newest route-based data shows a startling spike in fatalities among people seeking a better life, from the Bay of Bengal to the...
Occupied West Bank: Settler siege of Palestinians marks a new low: OHCHR
Key pointsThe West Bank has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israeli settlements began expanding in the occupied West Bank soon after...
Sudan: Attacks and further displacement in Blue Nile and North Kordofan
The renewed call on Wednesday comes in the wake of violence in two states – Blue Nile and North Kordofan - as rival militaries...
Youth advocates gather in New York to launch new AI standards
The UN hosted more than 600 young people from around the world on Wednesday at New York Headquarters to discuss how AI can support...
Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa
Key factsCholera outbreaks are active in six countries across West and Central Africa, spread along two major transmission corridorsNigeria has the region's largest outbreak:...
Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women ‘erased from public life’
Key pointsThe Talban have issued more than 100 decrees targeting women and girls, including one that’s left 2.4 million girls excluded from secondary educationUnprecedented...
Deadly attack on Red Sea ship adds to global supply chain uncertainty
Key pointsRed Sea is a vital global trade route Even greater uncertainty for shipping Seafarers must be protected, says IMO“It is with sadness and regret to...
Black Voters, Ideological Fractures, and the 2026 Midterms
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A Commentary and Analysis by Selwyn Carter, Black Politics! —
As we accelerate toward the 2026 Fall midterms, the cable media tends...
Celebrating, Sustaining and Advancing Insurgent August
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
By every measure and means of rational and relevant consideration, calculation and comprehension, August is a month...
After post-pandemic improvement, youth unemployment is rising again
A new report published Tuesday by the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) found that worldwide youth unemployment rebounded after the COVID-19 pandemic but is now...
South Sudan: UN mission decries deadly attacks, works to calm tensions after ‘nothing but...
The near simultaneous attacks – which occurred on Sunday in two communities in Tonj North county – caused widespread displacement as well as the destruction and looting of property, including...
Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine
The current Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo species, was declared by DRC health officials on 15 May and declared a public health emergency...
World marks second warmest July on record
The UN agency said the past month was the second warmest July on record worldwide, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), a European Union initiative. Average surface air temperatures were...
Count Them. Then Hire Them.
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Three weeks before he died, Dr. King stood up and argued with a number. The July jobs report says he was...
Security Council LIVE: Spotlight on Israeli settler violence in West Bank
Violence in the occupied West Bank is worsening as the Israeli Government continues to approve new settlements while settlers and Israeli security forces have...
Colombia earthquake: International teams standing by
Official data indicated that 1,495 people have been injured and at least 126 died in Monday’s 7.4 magnitude quake, which flattened homes and buildings...
Myanmar: UN investigators document deliberate military attacks on civilians
Why the Myanmar crisis mattersCivilians under fire: airstrikes on homes, schools, hospitals.Abuses continue: torture, arbitrary detention and sexual violence documented.Evidence preserved: information from more...
Lebanon: UN peacekeepers count hundreds of Israeli strikes and incursions in a single weekend
UNIFIL said Saturday alone accounted for 229 of those projectiles, the highest single-day total since 21 June, alongside an air strike in Al Mansuri...
Fighting deepens needs and fuels further displacement in Sudan
Key points RSF forces have encircled El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, threatening a full-scale assault as civilians flee there for safety Fighting in West Darfur...
