UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world if there is political will
Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Marta Pobee briefed the Council on priorities for adapting UN peace operations to foster political solutions.They emphasised the...
Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors
Meanwhile, another attack on Tuesday reportedly killed five civilians and injured three in the Kharkiv region, located in eastern Ukraine.According to authorities, Russian armed...
‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality
This is just one way that the de facto authorities have restricted women and girls’ fundamental rights. Today, Afghanistan has the second largest gender...
LIVE COVERAGE: Day 2 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the high-level international conference at UN Headquarters, aimed at advancing practical steps toward achieving a two-State solution...
Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country
As conflict between rival militaries rages on, millions of people keep on being displaced.While the UN and its partners continue to provide assistance to...
Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, says UN interagency report
The report estimates 8.2 per cent of the global population (673 million individuals) experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 per cent in 2023...
Syria: Fragile ceasefire in Sweida ‘largely holding’ amid volatility
Declared on July 19, the ceasefire followed a harrowing wave of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations.UN Special Envoy for Syria...
UN condemns deadly attack on worshippers in DR Congo
Elements of the ADF, an Islamic State-affiliated insurgent group that originated in neighbouring Uganda, carried out the attack in Komanda town, Irumu territory, Ituri...
Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution
Speaking Monday morning at the high-level conference on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-State solution, the...
LIVE COVERAGE: High-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
A world in which a sovereign State of Palestine and Israel co-exist peacefully seems a distant prospect, particularly in light of the 7 October...
While Gaza ceasefire remains elusive, UN readies for Conference around Israel-Palestine two-State solution
“It’s not a peace conference,” Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the UN, told UN News ahead of the event, mandated by the General Assembly,...
Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’
The development comes as UN Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned that conflict-driven hunger is spreading “from Gaza to Sudan and beyond”.“Hunger fuels instability and undermines...
UN warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’ in Gaza as Israel announces humanitarian pauses
But as starvation tightens its grip and “children are dying before our eyes,” UN officials and aid workers warn that the measures fall far...
Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues
From ancient microbes awakening in melting glaciers to toxic pollutants unleashed by floods, the dangers are no longer distant or theoretical. They are here,...
UN urges restraint as Thailand-Cambodia clashes displace thousands; Security Council meets
The clashes, which began on 24 July, reportedly involved exchanges of gunfire, artillery shelling and rocket fire, with Thailand having conducted airstrikes inside Cambodian...
Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked
Since 13 July, around 176,000 people have been displaced from Sweida, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Mostly migrating...
Gaza: More deaths reported as starvation spreads
In an update on Friday, OCHA said that the starvation crisis is deepening across the enclave, with the local health authorities announcing that two...
Gaza First Person: ‘The best of humankind in a place abandoned by humanity’
Sonia Silva has been working in the embattled enclave since the beginning of November 2023, just one-month after the terror attack by Hamas and...
UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid...
“Nowhere is safe in Ukraine,” said Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the UN Department of Political Affairs.Citing figures from the UN human...
In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and...
Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International...
1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery
“The thousands of people seeking to return home are driven by hope, resilience and an enduring connection to their country,” said Othman Belbeisi, regional...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Situation in Ukraine
The UN Security Council is meeting on Friday morning to discuss the situation in Ukraine amid mounting concerns over the intensifying hostilities and growing...
Women and girls of African descent: celebrating contributions, recognizing challenges
It recognizes their immense contributions to society but also acknowledges the challenges they face due to the double burden of racism and sexism.Although woman...
Why Trump’s Immigrant Onslaught is His Sure-Fire Political Meal Ticket
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
Noted political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson in a revealing expose tells why Trump’s immigrant onslaught is his sure-fire political meal ticket...