Record cocaine seizure in Haitian waters underlines country’s ‘pivotal’ trafficking role
Haiti is in the grip of a security crisis as gangs battle for control of territory in the capital and beyond while continuing to...
Cyclone Ditwah brings worst flooding in decades to Sri Lanka, killing hundreds
According to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, 998,918 people across all 25 districts have now been affected, with 212 deaths reported and 218...
National Reparations Town Hall — Live from Evanston, IL (Dec 4, 2025)
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Join us on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 7:30 PM EST (6:30 PM CST · 4:30 PM PST) for the National...
World News in Brief: Children hit by HIV funding gaps, risks to Pakistan’s courts,...
New modelling shows that if programme coverage falls by half, an additional 1.1 million children could acquire HIV and 820,000 more could die of...
Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns
Officials said global outbreaks are accelerating as millions of children remain under-immunized following years of COVID-19 pandemic-related disruption.“Measles remains one of the most contagious...
UN warns Myanmar’s planned elections will deepen repression and instability
Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, told reporters in Geneva that voting is expected to begin on 28 December,...
UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank
The shooting occurred on Thursday in Jenin and was apparently caught on film by a TV channel, OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva.He said an internal review...
UN chief condemns Guinea-Bissau coup, urges restoration of constitutional order
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday.“He strongly condemns the coup...
Millions in Asia migrate out of necessity as jobs and services fall short
The office said people across the region are migrating “not by choice, but out of necessity,” driven by the systemic deprivation of economic, social...
Mass displacement, trafficking fears deepen crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN agencies say conditions are deteriorating further across North Darfur and neighbouring Kordofan, while independent human rights experts on Thursday warned that the collapse...
A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic...
The world is inexorably becoming industrialised, raising the prospects of better jobs and livelihoods for many of the world’s poorest. But, in order to...
‘A language everyone understands’: Jordanian cartoonist on art as hope
Based in the capital of Jordan, Abdallat has spent years using art to spark conversations on human rights, tolerance and social change. Through his...
Aid access and hospital operations remain constrained in Gaza
Briefing reporters in New York on Wednesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said hostilities in parts of the Gaza Strip are still resulting in casualties...
Peacebuilding Fund hits $1 billion milestone amid funding gap
The multi-donor trust fund is the UN’s primary instrument for supporting countries worldwide who are emerging from – or at risk of – violent...
Ukraine’s children enter fourth school year under war as 4.6 million face education barriers
Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, children have continued to bear the brunt of the crisis – unable to attend school regularly, learn...
Defying the odds: Young entrepreneurs vow to take their chances and build the industries...
With a 90 per cent failure rate for startups, you could forgive young people if they concluded that founding a company, particularly at such...
Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns
Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence is highest in Oceania, sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and Southern Asia, reflecting deep regional inequalities and widespread patterns...
Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains
On 10 November, the Federal Government of Somalia formally declared a drought emergency and appealed for urgent international assistance as conditions continued to deteriorate...
Join us this Black Friday – Cyber Monday to say
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This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re coming together to send a clear message to corporate America and this administration: We Ain’t...
World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed...
“There is a new momentum towards justice in Libya, and we now look towards the first trial to be held at the Court in...
Nigeria: Hundreds abducted in the north as insurgent attacks rise
At least 402 people, mainly schoolchildren, have been kidnapped in four states in the north-central region – Niger, Kebbi, Kwara and Borno – since 17 November, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Only 88...
Why a woman is killed every 10 minutes; the rising wave of global femicide
Gender-related killings, known as femicide, are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls.The latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN...
Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
Launching its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, UNAIDS said international assistance has sharply declined, with OECD projections showing...
From Science and Math to the Bible’s Conclusions: A Shocking Discovery that Will Surprise...
Author Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Demystifies the Intersection of Science and Faith with the Holy Grail of Scientific Discovery
Science180, the trusted U.S.-based organization at the...
