Children at risk as war zone attacks on water and sanitation more than triple
Attacks that damaged or destroyed water and sanitation systems in conflict zones tripled between 2021 and 2025, increasing children’s risk of exposure to disease...
Two new Ebola vaccines to join DR Congo clinical trial
Two new Ebola vaccine candidates will be added to a clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the country continues...
COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit?
The world has more tools than ever to tackle climate change, yet millions remain unable to benefit from them. As clean energy technologies advance...
UN peacekeeping chief warns of ‘security vacuum’ as Blue Helmets leave Lebanon and Western...
The UN’s peacekeeping chief warned on Wednesday that the withdrawal of “Blue Helmets” from Lebanon and Western Sahara risks leaving a dangerous security vacuum,...
Fuel price shock: Why developing economies are paying the most at the pump
Diesel prices in Nigeria jumped by about 83 per cent between late February and the end of August, compared with nine per cent in...
Gunfire damages tents at Rafah displacement site in Gaza, as aid teams prepare for...
The NGO had been working on flood control ahead of the rainy season, OCHA added in the Wednesday update.On the same day, small arms...
Syria’s undocumented children ‘pay the price’ of war and a law that shuts out...
“A child born in the war did not choose the war, did not choose the enforced disappearance of their father, did not choose their...
‘The world is not ready’: Climate adaptation cash falls far short as warming heads...
The 2026 Adaptation Gap Report finds that developing countries will require roughly $305 billion annually by 2035 to build resilience and reduce risks. Yet even...
‘This is not about politics. This is about people’: UN warns of impact of...
Hundreds of aid trucks are stranded due to fuel shortages, while hospitals are struggling to maintain lifesaving services, including dialysis. Speaking to UN News, UN...
Married off at 14: In Yemen’s war, women and girls suffer ‘devastating consequences’
“Safa’s words show how war can strip away protection at every turn,” Francesco Galtieri, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Yemen, told journalists...
Haiti gang leader seeks UN talks as El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to hunt...
Gangs control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and have terrorized Haitians for years as they fight over territory and resources.The UN Security Council-backed Gang...
World News in Brief: Children killed in Myanmar strike, new violence flares in Mozambique,...
The educational centre in Loikaw Township, Kayah state was being used by displaced families when it came under attack on Saturday, amid an ongoing...
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...
