Remembering the Revolution: Lessons for Today
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In a state where towns revisit old stories and cities reel from new ones, America’s 250th asks what it really means...
World News in Brief: Deadly shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Duterte trial update, final hostage...
In Lampedusa, Italy, three deaths have been confirmed following a search and rescue operation involving a boat that departed from Sfax, Tunisia. Survivors from...
Gaza ceasefire improves aid access, but children still face deadly conditions
That’s the assessment of two senior officials from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking on Monday to journalists in New York following a...
Congressional Black Caucus Statement Urging Senate to Reject ICE Funding
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the...
Why Black America Must Pay Attention to Global Power
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Black America is often told that foreign policy is distant—something for diplomats, generals, and elites in places...
Between fear and survival: Women and girls flee violence in northern Syria
Now eight months pregnant and sheltering in a makeshift camp, the mother of three said her biggest fear isn’t the biting cold – it’s...
UN chief warns ‘law of the jungle’ is replacing rule of law
António Guterres was addressing a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council convened by Somalia, which holds the Council presidency for January.The discussion...
South Sudan: UN and rights experts warn against risk of mass violence in Jonglei
UNMISS expressed grave concern following reports that a senior military leader is urging troops to inflict discriminate violence against civilians, with more than 180,000 people fleeing their...
A new blow for UNRWA as headquarters in East Jerusalem ‘set on fire’
It comes after Israeli authorities “stormed and demolished” buildings in the compound last week, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said.“Allowing this unprecedented destruction is the...
From deepfakes to grooming: UN warns of escalating AI threats to children
Cosmas Zavazava, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) – one of the key agencies that drafted the statement,...
US withdrawal from WHO ‘risks global safety’, agency says in detailed rebuttal
The statement, released on Saturday, also includes a rebuttal of the US administration’s reasoning for the measures. In response to government statements that the...
From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart...
In Kenya, agriculture employs up to 75 per cent of the population, but farmers’ livelihoods are being threatened by a changing climate and the...
‘Cycle of attacks must end’: Lead UN official in Ukraine
The attacks on some of Ukraine’s most important population centres, which reportedly involved almost 400 drones, also left thousands without electricity, heating and water.Temperatures...
Haji Malcolm Rightfully Opposing the American Nightmare
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
To make even partial sense out of the Orwellian world and Madhatter would-be wonderland minus Alice which...
Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry at 95, Part III
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Monday, January 26, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
This Special Edition of Vantage Point, hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, continues the conversation...
Young people must be ‘truly involved’ in transforming education
Yet stark inequalities remain — in the poorest countries, 36 per cent of children and youth are out of school compared to just 3...
Limited access restored to Syria’s Al Hol camp amid security concerns
Briefing reporters in New York, Farhan Haq said the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, was able to access the camp on Friday together with Syrian...
World News in Brief: Iran in the Human Rights Council, Myanmar election ‘fraud’, migration...
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Türk said that although the “killing on the streets of Iran may have subsided…the brutality continues”.
He...
Keeping people warm amid hostilities and harsh winter weather in Ukraine
Russian forces continue to attack Ukraine’s energy grid, leaving families without electricity and heating as temperatures plummet to -20° Celsius. Since 2022, the Government has established so-called “Invincibility Points” – located in tents or public buildings such as schools and libraries – where people can go to...
UN envoy highlights ‘window to advance peace’ in Colombia
“At a time of tensions both globally and regionally, it is in everyone’s interest to secure lasting peace and security in Colombia,” said Miroslav...
UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise
In a news release on Friday, High Commissioner Volker Türk said individuals suspected of being undocumented migrants are being surveilled, arrested and detained –...
Gaza reconstruction talks must not distract from massive needs, say UN aid agencies
“It’s absolutely critical to unlock the congestion...at crossing points and to reopen critical lifelines like the Jordan corridor,” said Juliette Touma, Director of Communications...
Eighty years at the heart of global development
Established in 1945 under the UN Charter, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was designed to ensure that peace and security would be backed...
UN warns of rising internet shutdowns as digital blackouts spread worldwide
In a statement issued this week, UNESCO said governments are increasingly cutting internet access during protests, elections and times of crisis, despite the central...
