Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
Over 41,000 incidents of violence against school-age children were reported by the UN in 2024.Countries with the highest levels of violations in were Israel...
Military spending worldwide hits record $2.7 trillion
“The world is spending far more on waging war than in building peace,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a press briefing for...
Peacekeeping: A lifeline for millions seeking a ‘future without fear’
Governments and civil society organizations have so far submitted more than 60 contributions to a review process mandated under the Pact for the Future,...
Nepal PM resigns after deadly crackdown on youth protests; UN urges calm
The unrest, which began Monday as a self-styled “Gen Z protest” against rampant corruption, nepotism and curbs on social media, quickly escalated after security...
Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says
Shortly after presenting a mandated report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, Mohamed Chande...
Ukraine: Russian strike on village kills over 20, mostly pensioners
The attack on Yarova injured nearly 20 others. Many elderly civilians have decided to stay at home in frontline communities, despite the escalating danger from...
World News in Brief: UN chief condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine, Gaza crisis continues,...
Secretary-General António Guterres said it marked a “further escalation” of the conflict.Authorities reported more than 80 civilian casualties, including a national non-governmental organization (NGO)...
Ethiopia’s controversial new dam
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Ethiopia will tomorrow inaugurate Africa’s largest dam, a major source of electricity and national zeal for the country, but one that...
Authoritarian wave in US shows democracy’s fragility, South African scholar says
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The racist upswell in the US looks “clearer from the outside,” says South African philosopher Nuraan Davids.
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Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President
On Tuesday, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock will become the first European woman to hold the post and only the fifth female President in the Assembly’s...
Afghanistan quake: ‘Communities are struggling with basic survival’
Briefing correspondents in New York via video link, Shannon O’Hara spoke from Jalalabad on the conditions in Afghanistan just days after the magnitude 6...
Guterres strongly condemns terror attack in Jerusalem
UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the terror attack, his Spokesperson said in a statement.“He conveys his heartfelt condolences to the families of the...
UN ready to assist Nepal following deadly protests over social media ban
Police used tear gas and opened fire on protesters attempting to storm the parliament complex in the capital, Kathmandu, according to media reports. Curfews have...
UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine
More than 800 drones were launched in waves designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences, according to news reports, and a Government building was hit...
Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns
Tom Fletcher’s statement amid what he described as “a massive military offensive” by Israeli forces against Palestinians in Gaza City, and the failure of...
Local leadership powers Indonesia’s climate ambitions
Indonesia’s national climate strategy aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060. A key component of this strategy is for forests to absorb 140 million tonnes...
UN chief hails ‘remarkable example’ of Papua New Guinea as he concludes historic trip
Flanked by the country’s Prime Minister, James Marape, Mr. Guterres echoed comments he made during a speech in the national parliament on Wednesday, in which...
The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake
At his home in Jalalabad, roughly 50 kilometres away from the epicentre, Dr. Sahak and his wife stormed out of their bedroom to find...
A fourth generation nuclear survivor’s push for justice
“We are not prepared to inherit a legacy of complacency, nor can we continue to live in the shadow of these weapons,” she told...
A Courageous Questioning in These Times
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
The arrival of September 7th easily brings to mind and memory for Us the 60th anniversary of...
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions...
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, in relation to...
UN chief hails ‘remarkable example’ of Papua New Guinea as he concludes historic trip
Flanked by the country’s Prime Minister, James Marape, Mr. Guterres echoed comments he made during a speech in the national parliament on Wednesday, in which...
World News in Brief: Afghanistan quake latest, sexual violence in Haiti, WHO medicines update,...
The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, has released $10 million in response to the urgent need for food, water, shelter and other lifesaving provisions...
‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying...
“They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed they only wanted to...
