Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war
Key pointsTürk calls for an immediate ceasefire and end to foreign involvementCivilians face growing attacks, including from long-range dronesSAF and RSF may have committed...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar...
The assessment by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) shows how coordinated action can improve public health,...
New reservoir offers innovative solution to South Sudan cattle beef
The artificial lake is one of the latest outcomes of a quick impact project, initiated by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).While...
As wildfires spread north, UN agencies race to help Europe adapt
Human activity causes most of the wildfires breaking out across Europe, but their spread, speed and intensity are strongly affected by the warmer, drier...
Central Park adapts to climate change while helping New York stay cool
New York’s Central Park – one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks – is experiencing heavier downpours, flooding and soil erosion, while prolonged heatwaves are...
West Bank: UN rights report warns of forcible displacement from three refugee camps
The report said military, police and other forces deployed during Israel’s Operation Iron Wall offensive killed civilians, destroyed hundreds of homes, damaged roads and...
UN aims to raise nearly $50 million for Nepal flood response
On 26 August, a glacier on the border between Nepal and the Tibet autonomous region of China collapsed, triggering floods that have now claimed...
General Assembly backs creation of new UN learning institute under UN80 reforms
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the 193-member Assembly endorsed the integration of the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) into the United Nations...
Lebanon–Israel tensions escalate as Gaza sees major aid delivery
Meanwhile, in Gaza, humanitarian teams collected hundreds of pallets of aid – including infant food and school bags – as the World Health Organization...
Gloria Steinem: A voice for women, to the very end
Following news of her death, UN News revisits a powerful moment from Ms. Steinem's appearance at UN Headquarters in New York in 2016, when...
Security Council LIVE: Addressing the legacy of Syria’s chemical weapons
Following revelations from the UN nuclear watchdog that the former Syrian regime failed to report holding nuclear material and the discovery in May of...
Outside forces fuel Sudan war, new report finds
This action is strengthening the military capabilities of the warring parties and enabling increasingly sophisticated military operations with devastating consequences for civilians, according to...
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow
El Niño is strengthening rapidly in the Pacific Ocean, raising the prospect of months of extreme heat, floods, drought, and disruptive weather around the...
Nepal floods leave 22,000 children without safe water: UNICEF
Water systems have been damaged across affected districts, while toilets and other sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed, raising the risk of waterborne...
One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF
Key pointsNearly 60 per cent of cases occurred on social mediaMany children do not report abuseUNICEF calls for safer platforms and stronger lawsMore than...
Repression of political opposition surges in post-election Zambia
Reports indicate alarming systemic violence, including widespread intimidation and the arrest of hundreds of opposition supporters, many of whom have been held beyond legally...
‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing
She found a picture of her brother, Uqba, among the “Caesar photos”, a cache of images smuggled out of Syria in 2013 documenting the...
World News in Brief: US-Iran war intensifies, aid for Myanmar, casualties in Ukraine
The US military struck rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, days after US President Donald Trump announced...
Sudan: Air attack destroys food aid for families in South Kordofan
The UN agency strongly condemned the attack which occurred on 30 August outside the city of Dilling.The trucks carried 50 metric tonnes of WFP...
‘Fight for humanity’: Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now
Key pointsRapid, collective and global action is vital to cap the temperature rise at 1.5°CClimate action can reverse current trend by slashing methane pollution,...
Food aid cutback in the occupied West Bank as health fears grow in Gaza
“We’re running out of funding, and that means that from today, some 200,000 people will lose access to critical assistance,” Shaun Hughes, WFP country...
At SCO summit In Kyrgyzstan, Guterres calls for more representative global governance
Addressing the SCO summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the Secretary-General said shifting global power dynamics present an opportunity to build more representative international institutions and...
Decades of war have left ‘depth and breadth’ of trauma across Afghanistan, UN finds
Afghanistan has endured over 40 years of continuous warfare, causing widespread death, displacement and destruction.Between 2009 and 2021 – as fighting ground on between...
Gary, Indiana, Recovers After Weeks-Long Power Outage
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton discusses the storm’s impact, the prolonged blackout and calls to strengthen the city’s electrical infrastructure.
Democracy Now! reports...
