UN Forum puts spotlight on healthcare for Indigenous Peoples
More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend the latest session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) – the platform that has placed their concerns at the centre of international debate over the past 25...
Time running out on development goals as finance dries up, UN warns
The warning comes in the Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026 (FSDR), a new UN report launched on Monday, which finds that with just four...
Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion
That’s according to the final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), jointly conducted with the UN-partnered World Bank.The assessment says $26.3 billion will be...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 20 April: Uncertainty grows in the Strait of Hormuz
Tensions have escalated in the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed security incidents, including reported attacks on vessels and a US interception of an Iranian...
The Crisis in America — Your Vision for the Future
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Monday, April 20, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” hosts an...
Why lower fertility does not have to mean economic decline
There’s no getting away from the fact that in many countries around the world, populations are ageing and fertility is declining. The latest State of World...
UN peacekeeper killed and three injured in southern Lebanon attack
The incident occurred on Saturday morning local time as a UNIFIL team was clearing explosive ordnance along a road in the village of Ghanduriyah...
UNICEF ‘outraged’ by killing of Gaza water truck drivers, urges investigation
In a statement issued on Friday, the agency warned that the incident threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of...
Gender, geography and powerbroking in play in race for next UN chief
Why it mattersThe major questions going into the process which is now underway are:Which country will the next UN chief come from?Will a woman...
Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on
Fabrizia Falcione, UNFPA Country Representative in Sudan, briefed journalists in New York on a recent assessment based on 95 focus group discussions across 16...
More than half of Haitians continue to face food crisis
The update came on Friday, in a release by the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been working with the government and partners to...
World News in Brief: Myanmar amnesty, rising needs in Afghanistan, another power loss at...
President Win Myint had been in jail since February 2021 when the military overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government in a coup, which sparked nationwide...
Student Debt Is Failing Millions. Apprenticeships Offer a Better Way.
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By Ben Jealous —
America’s student debt system is failing millions of people. About 42.7 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion....
UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to cultural heritage sites in the Middle East
At the request of the Lebanese Government, UNESCO placed 39 World Heritage sites in the country under so-called “enhanced protection”. But what is “enhanced protection” and what can the...
‘Slaughtered like goats’: Despair and abandonment in South Sudan
Anita Kiki Gbeho, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), appointed on 11 April...
As the ‘world court’ turns 80, Guterres says law must prevail over force
The ICJ - the UN’s highest tribunal – settles disputes submitted by States and provides advisory opinions on legal questions referred by UN organs and agencies. Known as “the world court,” it is located at the Peace Palace...
Shockwaves of Middle East war reach Caribbean as food prices soar
Highlighting the import-heavy status of many Caribbean islands, UN researchers warned on Wednesday that the war – and in particular the Strait of Hormuz...
Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea in 2025: UNHCR
Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are believed to have drowned at sea over approximately the last decade. “This makes, sadly, the Andaman Sea and the Bay...
Gaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls highlights ongoing crisis
The overall total includes at least 22,000 women and 16,000 girls and amounts to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed...
The Future of Work Is Already Here—and It’s Not What We Were Promised
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
People keep talking about the future of work as if it is something waiting just around the...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 17 April: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire begins
Across the Middle East, tensions remain high with Israeli military operations continuing in Lebanon following direct talks between the two governments in Washington on...
Seriously Engaging Another Us-On-Earth Day
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
As we celebrate Us-On-Earth Day again this year, I want to raise again the urgent and ongoing...
Congressional Black Caucus Statement on the Ongoing Conflict in Sudan
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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:
“As Sudan...
New food alert platform helps humanitarians combat hunger
Bringing together data from more than 300 analysts and dozens of trusted partners – including government-validated statistics, hunger classification index the IPC, agricultural and...
