Higher Ground: How New York is raising a park to hold back the sea
On 29 October 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City, unleashing a devastating storm surge that flooded homes, subways and tunnels, knocked out...
Afghanistan opium production jumps fivefold as farmers find ways round Taliban ban
Opium production in Afghanistan has risen fivefold in a year. According to a UN survey released on Thursday, it’s the first significant increase since...
Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid trapped between drones and incarceration
Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid live in constant fear of drone attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and of a wave of arbitrary...
UN human rights chief urges better protection of civilians in conflicts
Youth-led protests against corruption and inequality in Serbia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Madagascar reflect a growing demand for reinforcing human rights around the world, UN human...
Ending conflict is ‘number one thing’ to reduce world hunger, new WFP chief says
Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg,...
Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday called for the 34th time for an end to the US economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba...
DR Congo: WHO urges sustained efforts as Ebola cases top 10,000
As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surpass the 10,000 mark, the World Health Organization (WHO) has underlined the need...
Record heat-related deaths in 2023, WHO-partnered report finds
The latest Lancet Countdown report in association with the World Health Organization (WHO), finds that health harms from climate change are accelerating, with expanded fossil fuel...
Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon is weakening as climate change intensifies, UN warns
The report was a collaboration between the UN’s environment agency, UNEP, and the UN climate secretariat, UNFCCC, which co-organises COP31. “For a long time the ocean has been doing...
General Assembly weighs US embargo against Cuba ahead of 34th vote
Every year at around this time, the assembly – where each of the UN’s 193 Member States has one vote – takes up the...
Security Council LIVE: Women and girls face greater dangers in war
From Gaza to Yemen, women and girls are facing ever greater dangers this year simply surviving in war zones. The Security Council meets Tuesday...
Four in five domestic workers lack formal job protections, UN finds
This makes them more than twice as likely as other employees to lack effective labour and social protection, making them more vulnerable to working...
World News in Brief: ‘No safe place in Ukraine’, IAEA calls for Iran nuclear...
The “relentless” attacks are targeting critical energy infrastructure, leaving millions without heat and electricity, and limited access to water and other essentials.“The increase in long-range...
Gaza: Families brace for fourth winter in tents as aid operations remain stymied
The UN project services agency in the field (UNOPS) reported three incidents affecting its convoys and premises over three consecutive days in the past...
Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries, says UN weather agency
The agency’s latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin indicates an average global concentration of CO2 at 426.8 parts per million (ppm) last year, or 153 per cent of...
Kenya: 20 Ebola contacts released from quarantine
The contacts were discharged on Monday, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has been assisting the Kenyan authorities with Ebola preparedness...
Women and girls’ share of civilian war deaths doubles since 2021
At least 25 women and girls are killed every day in conflict settings, the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on Women, Peace and Security finds...
World News in Brief: Ethiopians flee to Kenya amidst renewed conflict, new head of...
That’s according to the UN migration agency, IOM. Forces from the Somali and Oromia regions in Southern Ethiopia have been fighting for over two decades...
Ukraine: Investigators find Russia committed war crimes by targeting civilians
In its latest report, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, noted that attacks on power plants have intensified “once again” across Ukraine, where temperatures...
Security Council LIVE: Children and war, ‘each one is a life’
With violations against children caught in armed conflict reaching an unprecedented level this year, the Security Council is marking 30 years since it took...
In Egypt, Guterres warns against Iran-US escalation
“I want to send a loud and clear message to the parties. We need maximum restraint and diplomatic solutions,” he said. “If the sabre-rattling we...
Ebola: UN officials condemn killing of nurse in DR Congo
The nurse was killed by protesters in Bafwasende, a rural town in Tshopo province, on Saturday while responding to an Ebola alert. A health worker...
Why do planes keep circling before landing? The UN has a plan to fix...
Most frequent flyers know the feeling: the plane begins its descent but, instead of heading for the runway, starts circling overhead.It isn’t necessarily a...
UN marks 81 years of global cooperation
United Nations Day heralds the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945. The global body officially came into being after the founding...
