UN News Today 09 May 2025 |
In Gaza: UN agencies issue strong rejection of Israel’s aid distribution proposalUN agencies still working in Gaza repeated deep reservations on Friday about the...
UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
In a statement, UNFPA said the move – which invokes a 1985 legal provision known as the Kemp-Kasten Amendment – is based on “unfounded...
More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
More than 36 million are struggling to meet their basic food needs, which is projected to rise to over 52 million during the lean...
Haiti: Displaced families grapple with death ‘from the inside’ and out
In March, the family fled the gangs again – this time to Boucan-Carré where Leineda’s treatments were put on hold:“Sometimes, we suffer from silent...
Healing in exile: One refugee’s mission to boost mental health |
There are now more than 122 million people worldwide, forcibly displaced from their homes. While trauma, depression and anxiety are prevalent says the UN World Health Organization...
World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls...
The Quartet is calling on the country’s leaders to end hostilities and return to dialogue to fully implement the 2018 peace agreement known as...
Guterres welcomes election of Pope Leo ‘at a time of great global challenges’
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV – born Robert Francis Prevost – is the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church,...
UN News Today 08 May 2025 |
Port Sudan: No let-up in drone attacks as UN chief urges peaceAmid reports that new drone strikes on a key Sudanese aid hub were...
Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue
The escalation is occurring as war grinds on between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who appear to...
UN News Today 07 May 2025 |
New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30Details have emerged of a deadly airstrike on a UN-run school in Gaza...
Regulating AI to protect children online |
The digital revolution has created unprecedented opportunities for children and young people across the globe to communicate, learn, and socialise.However, browsing the internet as...
UN Secretary-General urges military restraint from India, Pakistan
In a note to correspondents issued by his spokesperson on Tuesday, Secretary-General António Guterres called for military restraint from both countries.“The world cannot afford...
Independent investigators take on ‘titanic’ mission to find Syria’s missing |
Tens of thousands of people went missing under the Assad dictatorship in Syria during more than five decades of systematic repression and forced disappearances.In...
Security Council urged to stand firm as Bosnia and Herzegovina faces deepening crisis
High Representative Christian Schmidt briefed on latest developments surrounding implementation of the 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended...
UN News Today 06 May 2025 |
Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’The Israeli proposal to deliver aid supplies through hubs controlled by the military would...
Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’
“It appears to be a deliberate attempt to weaponize the aid and we have warned against that for a very long time. Aid should...
More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities
The study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that they can be responsible for a dramatic reduction in life expectancy in both rich...
World News in Brief: Deadly attacks in South Sudan and Ukraine, World Court rejects...
According to the UN relief coordination office (OCHA), the hospital in Old Fangak was struck early Saturday, killing seven civilians and injuring at least...
Guterres alarmed by Israeli plans to expand Gaza ground offensive
“This will inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed and the further destruction of Gaza,” said UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, responding to a...
UN News Today 05 May 2025 |
Israel aid blockade on Gaza caused stillbirths and rising miscarriagesThe ongoing near-total aid blockade on Gaza by Israel has created numerous dangers for pregnant...
FAO calls for action amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
FMD is a highly contagious viral disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and various wild species. Europe is currently facing its worst...
Ukraine: Immunisation challenges continue amid conflict, WHO says |
Following the COVID-19 pandemic – which disrupted immunisation efforts around the world – data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows Ukraine made remarkable progress...
Guterres condemns violence against civilians in Syria, urges Israel to stop attacks
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday that the Secretary-General “has been monitoring with alarm the reports of violence in the suburbs of Damascus...
Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship
“Amidst spiraling conflict, climate chaos, growing divisions, and a rapidly changing digital landscape, a free press is more vital than ever,” said Volker Türk.Furthermore, “the media...
