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Fighting Climate Meltdown and the Death Cult — by Ted Glick

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ted Glick – “This is a fight for life. And like all fights, you need a tremendous amount of bravery to...

The Real Truth Behind Ethiopia’s Current State

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Video Source: TechiLysta — Ethiopia looks stable on the surface, glittering skylines, shiny museums, and televised progress. But behind the facade...

Gaza: UN urges Israel to allow fuel into Strip

“Amid ongoing Israeli military operations, scores of people have reportedly been killed and injured, including while waiting for food,” the UN Office for the...

Gaza: ‘Unbearable’ suffering continues, UN official tells Security Council

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East Khaled Khiari said more than 1,000 Palestinians had been killed since mid-June...

Report reveals significant rise in civilian casualties and rights violations in Ukraine

It covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and 4,807 injured – a 37...

Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN...

Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, High Commissioner Volker Türk asked Member States whether enough was being done to protect people from...

Afghanistan: Surging returns from Iran overwhelm fragile support systems, UN agencies warn

Ninety-nine per cent of the returnees were undocumented, and 70 per cent were forcibly returned, with a steep rise in families being deported –...

After the big development pledges in Seville, UN says action starts now

That’s where the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) comes in – a major step to begin implementing the Seville Agreement without delay.It features over 130 concrete...

It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in...

António Guterres issued his clarion call noting that sustainable development powered by international cooperation, is now facing “massive headwinds.”Addressing the opening session of the...

Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP

In an alert, the UN agency warned that it faces having to make “drastic cuts” to life-saving food assistance, which may “grind to a...

LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future

From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing...

Faith in finance: Indonesia’s innovative path to sustainable development

The Southeast Asian country has already raised close to $12 billion in thematic bonds, including blue bonds and Islamic investment instruments over the last...

Tide of change in Philippines as women revive watersheds and livelihoods

Onshore, women in this tropical zone gather to mend torn nets, sort the day’s catch, and prepare their harvests for the market.Among them is...

Guterres welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda

The accord is “a significant step towards de-escalation, peace and stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region,”...

Guterres welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda

The accord is “a significant step towards de-escalation, peace and stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region,”...

‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding

For decades, helping the least developed countries to develop has been seen as beneficial for the international community as a whole, as well as...

Syria: UN commission hails important steps to address past violations

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons which are expected to help reveal...

Lacroix upholds role of UN peacekeeping in Lebanon and Syria

Jean-Pierre Lacroix briefed journalists on his recent visit to the two countries ahead of Security Council meetings on the extension of the mandates of...

DR Congo: Despite efforts towards a political solution, violence still rages in the east

Since January, the region has seen a new escalation of violence as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched an offensive in North and South Kivu provinces.While tensions persist...

New UN report charts path out of debt crisis threatening global development

On Friday, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed launched a new report, Confronting the Debt Crisis: 11 Actions to Unlock Sustainable Financing.She was joined by experts...

Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council

On Friday, the UN Security Council heard sobering briefings from Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Shayna Lewis, Sudan Specialist and Senior...

Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify

In a stark briefing to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk described a country gripped by...

Short-range drone attacks deepen crisis on Ukrainian frontlines

According to the rights mission, while the majority (89 per cent) of civilian casualties were documented in Ukrainian-controlled territory as a result of attacks...

Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire as humanitarian crisis reaches ‘horrific proportions’

Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters ahead of his departure to Spain for the International Conference on Financing for Development, the Secretary-General said that...