UNIDO: Building international bridges for development |
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) may not have the same profile as some of the better know agencies within the system, but...
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...
UN News Today 26 November 2025 |
Somalia declares drought emergencySomalia is facing a worsening drought after four failed rainy seasons, leaving millions at risk of hunger and displacement, the UN...
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...
Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse
One day, the anonymous interaction turned into physical stalking. He texted her exactly what she was wearing.“There is a specific terror in being watched...
UN News Today 25 November 2025 |
Occupied Palestinian Territory faces worst economic crisis on record, UNCTAD warnsThe Occupied Palestinian Territory is now in its deepest economic crisis ever recorded —...
Despite ongoing discrimination, women entrepreneurs are reshaping the Global South, with crucial support from...
As a young mother in a remote part of eastern Kenya, Norah Magero struggled to get her child reliable health care. “We faced lots...
Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and...
UN Women’s Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp, who just returned from a visit to the enclave last week, said that women there repeatedly...
Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns
Speaking at the launch of UNCTAD’s 2025 Report on the Economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the agency’s Deputy Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno said...
Sudan: UN’s gradual move back to Khartoum ‘an important step’
The 28 agencies, funds and programmes have maintained their presence and operations from the coastal city of Port Sudan amid the brutal fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the...
UN News Today 24 November 2025 |
Business & Human Rights: UN rights chief warns of risks from AI and corporate powerIn Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker...
Security Council LIVE: Spotlight on Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon
The Security Council is meeting against the backdrop of Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, with ambassadors expected to urge Israel and Hamas to stick to their...
Malaria vaccine price cut set to protect 7 million more children by 2030
Under the agreement, the price of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine will fall to $2.99 per dose within a year – a reduction expected to save...
From remote Nepali villages to the UN: Fighting inequality on a global scale |
Reducing inequality in Nepal remains a major challenge, as the co untry continues to struggle to meet its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.Among those...
UN presents UN80 Initiative Action Plan, setting coordinated path for system-wide reforms
The plan does not introduce new proposals but sets out how the UN system intends to advance the ones already on the table: 87...
From waste pickers to courtrooms: Women demand a gender focus at COP30
Women’s voices are rising with clarity and urgency, pressing negotiators to ensure the conference leaves a lasting mark on the link between gender and...
UN News Today 21 November 2025 |
Gaza: Two children killed every day during latest ceasefire, says UNICEFAttacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza are still killing and maiming...
It’s time for leadership and vision, Guterres tells G20 in South Africa
“Now is the time for leadership and vision,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in Johannesburg on Friday, a day ahead of the official opening.The...
Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza...
Jordan calls on UN Assembly to take ‘collective action’ over Middle East crisis; Syria...
“We have a long way to go to deliver global opportunity and hope, but we can’t simply give up because the task is hard....
