Lebanon: Israeli strikes ‘could amount to international crimes,’ warns Türk
Lebanon faces crises including delayed elections, economic collapse and conflict. More than 4,300 people have been killed and 12,200 more have been injured in...
Global Reparations Movement and Justice Revivals
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In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” is joined by David Comissiong, Ambassador to CARICOM, and...
Guterres: Fast-tracking West Bank outposts is a ‘flagrant violation’ of international law
On Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern over Israel’s recent announcement of a series of measures in response to recent attacks. These include accelerating the process to legalise farm...
High prices and funding cuts stall HIV prevention revolution
Why it matters1.2 million people acquired HIV and 570,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses in 202522 per cent of people living with HIV are still...
Conflict and crisis put six World Heritage sites at risk
In response, the UN cultural agency (UNESCO) has added six sites to its List of World Heritage in Danger.Meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, the World Heritage Committee...
Cyberattacks and the digital divide are creating new barriers to HIV services
As health and social services have moved online, protecting people’s privacy while making sure digital transformation does not widen existing inequalities has become an...
Security Council LIVE: Briefing on Ukraine as deadly Russian strikes hit cities and ports
The UN Security Council met on Monday at Ukraine’s request, following recent large-scale Russian attacks on Kyiv and elsewhere. At least one civilian was...
Syria’s hopes for renewal hinge on rebuilding trust, lives and livelihoods
Across Syria, the scars of war remain etched into communities that have endured years of violence, displacement and loss. Yet amid the devastation, hopes are...
After war took her leg, this Ukrainian gymnast refused to give up
After surviving a Russian attack that claimed her leg, Sasha now hopes her story will remind the world that Ukraine's children are still living...
UN chief hails Syria’s ‘moment of possibility’ on first visit since fall of Assad...
Calling Syria “today the pillar of stability of the Middle East”, the UN chief said the country “stands at a moment of possibility” and...
‘I am somebody’: Street-smart youth take their declaration to the UN
The two young leaders, both alumnae of Street Child United (SCU), were presenting the United Declaration of the Street Child World Cup 2026 –...
Gaza: Dialysis patients face grueling hospital journey by donkey cart
The elderly man sits in a wheelchair mounted on a donkey-drawn cart, with an oxygen cylinder and a small fan beside him as he...
‘Judges should be superhuman’: The invisible burden behind the bench
When conflict erupts, disasters strike or political crises unfold, courts are among the few institutions expected to keep functioning – ensuring the essential rule...
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed
The decision was made by simple majority during a closed-door vote among the 125-member Assembly of States Parties to dismiss Mr. Khan, who Member...
‘Women do not stop giving birth in an emergency’ – one month after Venezuela...
Paula Narvaez, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, briefed journalists in New York on her recent visit to the country. Speaking from Chile, she said...
Security Council debrief: Race for critical minerals intensifies amidst warnings of conflict
They are all essential as part of the global shift away from fossil fuels towards cleaner energy sources But there is a catch. Many of these...
After an Ebola centre was attacked, peacekeepers moved in next door
On 16 July, the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) deployed the base near the town of Nyakunde, in Ituri Province – allowing...
Middle East: UN warns against wider escalation after Houthi attacks in the Red Sea
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply alarmed about the resumption of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea this week and the renewed threats to maritime navigation, his...
In El Obeid, Sudanese women face drones by day, rape by night, to reach...
Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping the North Kordofan capital.“In El Obeid,...
Syria ‘not alone’ in locating missing persons, tackling displacement
In a country having among the world’s highest numbers of missing persons, Karla Quintana, head of the UN Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the...
Iran urged to stop protest-related executions
The appeal by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran follows the 19 July execution of two other men in the same case – Erfan Esfandiari, reportedly 18-years-old, and Gol Mohammad Mohammadi, a 23-year-old...
Satellites can now spot methane leaks in real time – but most go unfixed
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) wants to close that gap. Last month it announced a new push – backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies – to...
Security Council LIVE: How to turn preventive diplomacy rhetoric into action
🔴 LIVE NOWWhat’s on the table?Council members are now meeting around the iconic horseshoe table to delve into how best to prevent conflict.Here’s what...
Gaza’s food gains could unravel without sustained aid, UN warns
The warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN child rights agency UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP), comes as people across the war-torn enclave still struggle to restore their livelihoods, local food systems and essential services. “There...
