Built on care and connection: How one Somali-British woman is strengthening diaspora communities
From then on, Safia learned early what it meant to look out for others.As a primary school student, Safia began helping newly arrived families...
Fact-finding mission urges Iran to end protest violence and restore internet
In a news release issued on Saturday, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said it was alarmed by credible reports that security forces...
At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence
At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence,...
World News in Brief: Repression in Uganda, fighting in Syria’s Aleppo continues, Gaza and...
In a new report released on Friday, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said that since the 2021 elections, authorities have enacted or amended...
What the US withdrawal from UN bodies could mean for climate, trade and development
When UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric briefed correspondents in New York on Thursday following the release of the White House Memorandum, he insisted that the Organisation...
South Sudan: Increase in abductions and sexual violence ‘unacceptable’
UNMISS released its latest quarterly human rights brief, covering July to September 2025 – a period marked by a continued deterioration in the political and security situation. Factors included persistent inter/intra-communal violence...
UN News Today 09 January 2026
Ukraine: 6,000 apartments in Kyiv left without power after latest Russia strikes Sudan marks grim milestone of 1,000 days of war: OCHA, UNICEF UN chief insists...
Myanmar vote a ‘facade’ to entrench military rule, independent rights expert says
Thursday’s statement from Tom Andrews, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, reinforces earlier warnings from senior UN officials...
UN’s ‘responsibility to deliver’ will not waver, after US announces withdrawal from dozens of...
“As we have consistently underscored, assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget and peacekeeping budget, as approved by the General Assembly, are a...
UN News Today 08 January 2026 |
Ukraine wakes to more devastation from Russia missiles: OCHA In Ukraine, another wave of Russian attacks has struck several parts of the country, with civilians...
Global economy shows signs of steady but subdued growth
The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 predicts that global economic output will grow by 2.7 per cent this year, or slightly below the 2.8 per cent estimated for...
Syria: Aleppo fighting leaves civilians dead, displaces thousands
Clashes resumed on Tuesday between General Security Forces of the transition Government and the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), following a brief pause...
UN News Today 07 January 2026 |
West Bank emergency: Israel must end ‘apartheid’ system, says TürkUN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned what he’s called the “systematic asphyxiation of...
UN News Today 06 January 2026 |
Venezuela: The country’s people must be heard, insists UN human rights chiefFollowing the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the United States...
Venezuela’s people must be heard, insists UN human rights chief
The US action made “all States less safe around the world”, said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the High Commissioner.Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Ms....
Maduro seized, norms tested: Security Council divided as Venezuela crisis deepens
Why it matters: Council members are split over whether Washington’s move upholds accountability – or undermines a foundational principle of international order. Some delegations...
Iran protests: UN warns against further bloodshed
That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing reporters in New York on Monday. News reports cited videos posted online Monday showing demonstrations in Tehran...
World News in Brief: Escalating violence in Sudan, civilian danger grows in Ukraine, Ethiopia...
In North Darfur State, drone strikes on 3 January reportedly caused civilian casualties in the villages of Al-Zurq and Ghurair, including strikes on a...
UN News Today 05 January 2026 |
Venezuela: Security Council convenes in New York after Maduro extractionThe UN Security Council is meeting on Monday to discuss the geopolitical emergency sparked by...
Security Council LIVE: ‘The power of the law must prevail,’ says UN chief
The Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to address the US rendition of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas, a...
‘Do not give up on children:’ Displaced by violence, a Haitian girl finds hope...
A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to...
US actions in Venezuela ‘constitute a dangerous precedent’: Guterres
US President Donald Trump made the announcement on social media, and the US Attorney General said Mr. Maduro and his wife would face “the...
Security Council: New faces, old tensions as five nations take their seats
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia have begun two-year terms as non-permanent members, replacing Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of...
Gaza aid lifelines under strain as winter worsens
Since the fragile October ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have...
