General Assembly backs historic World Court climate crisis ruling
The Secretary-General said it makes clear Member States’ responsibility to protect their own people from what is an “escalating climate crisis”.The resolution drawn up...
Guterres condemns Israeli move to militarise seized compound in occupied East Jerusalem
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, the Secretary-General said the decision to use the Sheikh Jarrah compound of the UN agency assisting Palestine...
30,000 people flee fresh violence in Haiti as hunger crisis deepens
Much of the violence has been concentrated in Cité Soleil, an impoverished neighbourhood in the capital, where humanitarian workers are now seeking to provide...
Ebola outbreak: ‘Every epidemic begins in a community and ends in a community’
The UN health agency on Wednesday assessed there is a high risk from the Bundibugyo strain at the national and regional levels, but a low...
World News in Brief: Lives lost and aid destroyed in Ukraine, rainfall alert for...
Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth said at least two civilians were killed and many more were injured in the “horrific attack”, which also hit a UNHCR-contracted warehouse. Significant amounts of aid and shelter materials were destroyed. She extended her deepest condolences...
Flak jackets and final goodbyes: Lebanon’s first responders under fire
Recent attacks killed two Lebanese Red Cross volunteers: Youssef Assaf, who died during a rescue operation on 9 March, and Hassan Badawi, killed in...
Security Council reform ‘is absolutely essential’: Guterres
António Guterres was addressing a press conference on the final day of an official visit to Japan, which is marking 70 years of cooperation with the UN, and...
Security Council LIVE: Civilians in conflict under spotlight amid rising global toll
The Security Council meets today in New York for its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict amid mounting concern...
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...
