California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum — October 3, 2026
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KBLA Talk 1580 will convene public officials, candidates and civic leaders for the California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum on...
‘Money alone won’t get us there’: UN steps up aid for 12 forgotten crises
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to...
Global life expectancy bounces back to near pre-pandemic levels, WHO says
People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World...
Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk
The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an even greater disaster across...
World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia,...
In an update to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner welcomed the first Gang Suppression Force operations, mandated by the UN Security Council.
These...
Collective action needed to tackle global information crisis, UN-led dialogue hears
The call came at the high-level Information Integrity Solutions Dialogue at UN Headquarters in New York during the high-level week of the 81st session...
Escalating fighting in Yemen deepens food security crisis
Fighting between Government forces and Houthi rebels along the southwestern coast has forced nearly 150,000 people from their homes, disrupted markets and restricted humanitarian...
Gaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx ahead of winter
“A truck full of non-priority supplies or the right supplies arriving too late, doesn't save lives. That's the question that actually matters," said Dr...
Safeguarding Human Dignity, Life and the World
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
If we, as a people, take seriously our critical and ongoing role as a moral and spiritual...
World News in Brief: Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, FlyDubai attack condemned, Ukraine update, breast...
Addressing the impact of 67 known tests conducted between 1946 and 1958, UN deputy rights chief Awa Dabo said that it lives on in...
‘I have not lost my dreams’: Refugee education funding cuts threaten millions
“When we left Sudan, I was worried that my education would stop,” said Jamila Mostafa, 19, one of the estimated 13.1 million refugee children...
Reflections on 500 Years of Resistance
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By Ted Glick —
Let Me Walk in Beauty
O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives...
U.S. blockade of Cuba is an act of war
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By Herb Boyd —
As a member of an IBW21/PAUD delegation that traveled to Cuba this year, I remain concerned about the...
No more execution attempts on Christa Pike: UN rights chief
What you need to knowMs. Pike was denied clemency and, one hour before her execution, a court halted it then lifted the stayShe was...
UN Member States weigh latest Security Council veto, this time on Iran
What you need to knowThe right to use a veto is held by permanent Security Council members – China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and...
Nepal floods threaten jobs and livelihoods beyond disaster zone: ILO
“The employment consequences of this disaster will not stop at the edge of the flooded area,” said Numan Özcan, ILO Country Director for Nepal. “Damage...
Ebola response faces setback as transit centre burns down in DR Congo camp
Condemning the blaze, the UN’s senior Ebola response official in DRC, Julien Harneis, also noted that Kigonze camp where the facility was open now...
Palestinians yearn for ‘a return to normal life,’ says top Middle East peace envoy
Speaking to UN News on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, Mr. Alakbarov said UN agencies and humanitarian partners were working...
Who gets to shape AI? UN debate centres on power, trust and inclusion
When global leaders gathered at the UN during High-Level Week at the organization’s headquarters in New York, AI emerged as an issue which both...
World News in Brief: Storm clouds over Gaza, deadly obstacles face Mexican women rights...
Since Monday, partners have assessed three possible sites for temporary shelters for people choosing to leave flood-prone areas or war-damaged buildings at risk of...
Could a new global panel defuse inequality’s ‘ticking time bomb’?
That is the thinking behind a proposal gaining support from world leaders and experts to establish a new ‘International Panel on Inequality’, an independent...
Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis
A health facility has also been damaged, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other humanitarian agencies.In the past few weeks, clashes have...
Malaysia: UN agency urges safeguards after refugees returned to Myanmar
Deportation of Rohingya refugees began on Tuesday, according to reports. “We are concerned by these returns at a time when people sent back to Myanmar...
Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
In an alert on Wednesday, UNICEF said that children go to bed hungry in at least one in five households. A similar number of...
