Despite hurdles, don’t give up on Sustainable Development Goals, UN urges
President of key UN body ECOSOC, Lok Bahadur Thapa, reminded the international community on Monday that no country can achieve sustainable development on its...
Security Council LIVE: Top UN officials call for de-escalation in Yemen
As the UN chief’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, calls for swift de-escalation following reports of Saudi Arabian airstrikes and Iranian aircraft landing...
Strait of Hormuz: UN agencies call for diplomacy to end attacks
Attacks condemnedOn the heels of the UN Secretary-General’s call on Sunday for further US-Iran negotiations, the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) condemned...
Afghanistan: 3.7 million young lives at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns
The warning comes in a new report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published on Sunday, which said that child food and nutrition insecurity is among the main drivers...
From NASA to the classroom: The engineer bringing AI to those left behind
Growing up in New Jersey, Ms. Jetter saved the quarters her grandfather gave her – not for sweets, but for batteries and light bulbs, so she could...
UN chief urges Iran and US to ‘urgently resume negotiations’ as Gulf strikes escalate
The US said it had struck around 140 targets on Saturday in response to the Iranian military striking a vessel which was navigating through...
Reviving communities home by home in Gaza
“I hope my children’s future will be brighter than our present,” said Mayyada, who is originally from Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza and has...
Thai youth leaders push for inclusion, partnership and lasting change
Nearly 400 youth recently participated in a national dialogue which marked the 80th year of Thailand’s membership of the United Nations.The anniversary provided an...
‘We face a new ordeal’: Gaza’s search for the dead goes on
The passage of time and a severe shortage of heavy equipment have made the search and recovery operations increasingly difficult and complex, those working...
World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian...
At the same time, low and middle-income countries are projected to lose 30 per cent of aid to education between 2023 and 2027. Development...
Security Council LIVE: ‘Lost continuity of knowledge’ on Iran’s nuclear programme since US-Israel attacks,...
Since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February, there has been a “lost continuity of knowledge” on Tehran’s nuclear...
South Sudan: UN acts ahead of drought to protect thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of South Sudan on Friday activated the country’s first-ever drought anticipatory plan targeting more than 65,000 people in Budi and...
New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities
“Cholera is back and it’s affecting several states, mainly in the western part of the country, the Darfurs and the Kordofans,” said Dr Shible Sahbani,...
Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support
The warning comes in a new report, Beyond the Breaking Point, which finds that those providing essential services to women and girls are being...
Diplomats go virtual to witness Gaza displacement site up close
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Ramiz Alakbarov, and his deputy, Suzanna Tkalec, led the online visit to the site in Al Mawasi, Khan...
Remembering the Srebrenica genocide: ‘Fear is all that kept me moving’
The massacre in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina was the largest in Europe since the Holocaust and among the darkest chapters in the Balkan wars that erupted following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The...
World must move faster on Ebola response for DR Congo: UN relief chief
Mr. Fletcher warned that while Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, the virus is spreading to other provinces due to conflict and...
Peak heat in Europe just broke historic 1970s records
“Heatwaves like this are what we expect to see in a changing climate,” said John Kennedy, head of climate information at World Meteorological Organization...
UNCF Launches National Campaign to Strengthen HBCU Infrastructures
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Public asked to reach out to bi-partisan members of Congress
By Hazel Trice Edney —
UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is asking the...
Use of explosive weapons ‘must stop’ in eastern DR Congo: Türk
The most recent conflict in the eastern DRC began in 2021 when the Rwandan-backed and Tutsi-led M23 militia took up arms against the Congolese...
US-Iran war leaves shipping at near-standstill in Hormuz again
Echoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s alarm at the resumption of strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran, UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council Member...
Security Council LIVE: ‘Urgent de-escalation’ needed now in Ukraine amid spike in civilian deaths
The Security Council must use every tool and diplomatic channel to reach an urgent de-escalation, Rosemary DiCarlo, chief of UN political and peacebuilding affairs,...
HBCUs Are Still the Vanguard
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
This week I am thinking about what it means to go back to school in a country...
Srebrenica survivors warn of genocide denial while safeguarding memory of the dead
The Bosniak Muslim men and boys were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces in a designated area in the eastern European town which had been...
