World News in Brief: Children hit by HIV funding gaps, risks to Pakistan’s courts,...
New modelling shows that if programme coverage falls by half, an additional 1.1 million children could acquire HIV and 820,000 more could die of...
Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns
Officials said global outbreaks are accelerating as millions of children remain under-immunized following years of COVID-19 pandemic-related disruption.“Measles remains one of the most contagious...
UN warns Myanmar’s planned elections will deepen repression and instability
Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, told reporters in Geneva that voting is expected to begin on 28 December,...
India’s air pollution crisis nearing disaster, warns UN official |
Thick toxic smog and air quality or AQI levels up to 35 times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) limits are turning Delhi’s...
UN News Today 28 November 2025 |
UN condemns ‘summary execution’ of two Palestinians in JeninThe UN human rights office (OHCHR) says it is appalled by what it calls the brazen...
UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank
The shooting occurred on Thursday in Jenin and was apparently caught on film by a TV channel, OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva.He said an internal review...
UN chief condemns Guinea-Bissau coup, urges restoration of constitutional order
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday.“He strongly condemns the coup...
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...
