UN News Today 12 September 2025 |
Afghanistan: Lifesaving services cut as Taliban bars women aid workersThe UN’s relief effort for Afghan earthquake victims continued on Friday, although essential services have been cut for operational...
What is South-South cooperation, and can it be the gateway to a fairer world?
In practical terms, South-South cooperation is a process whereby developing countries – regardless of their actual geographical location – seek to achieve their individual...
World News in Brief: Afghan quake update, diplomacy continues to end Sudan war, UN...
Women and children face heightened risks, while operational challenges – including restrictions on female UN staff – threaten life-saving relief efforts.The twin quakes, measuring...
Israeli strike in Doha marks ‘alarming escalation’, warns top UN official, in call to...
Rosemary DiCarlo described Tuesday’s strike in a residential area of the Qatari capital – which targeted Hamas’s political leadership killing several affiliates along with...
Afghanistan: New restrictions on women nationals working for UN, put aid efforts at risk
These measures are putting life-saving humanitarian assistance and other essential services for hundreds of thousands of people affected by a recent deadly earthquake at...
UN News Today 11 September 2025 |
Sudan: War, bureaucracy and attacks hamper humanitarian accessThe UN aid coordination office, OCHA, says humanitarian access continues to be severely constrained in war-torn Sudan,...
Nepal crisis: Army deployed as death toll rises amid political turmoil
The unrest began Monday as a self-styled “Gen Z protest” against corruption, nepotism and restrictions on social media. It quickly escalated after security forces...
‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually
Speaking on World Suicide Prevention Day, which is marked annually on 10 September, WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “each life lost leaves a profound impact...
UN News Today 10 September 2025 |
Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoringThe head of the UN’s atomic energy agency announced on Wednesday that a deal has been struck...
Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring
“Indispensable” monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ended in June, agency chief Rafael Grossi said, when Israel and US-backed airstrikes targeted Iran’s...
‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform
This will be “no ordinary session,” she pledged, with the multilateral system beset by overlapping crises and heightened disunity.A former foreign minister of Germany,...
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...
Beyond broken schools: how war disrupts education in Ukraine |
Around the world, education is under attack, impacting millions of children. In Ukraine alone, more than 1,800 schools have been damaged or destroyed since...
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...
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...
UN News Today 09 September 2025 |
While Israeli military strikes Hamas in Doha, families flee Gaza CityThe UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha on...
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)...
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...
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...
Social media ban sparks deadly protests in Nepal |
Following the Nepalese government’s ban on social media platforms due to non-registration and concerns about misinformation, large youth-led protests erupted across the capital Kathmandu...
UN News Today 08 September 2025 |
Rights chief Türk condemns ‘glorification of violence’UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called the “glorification of violence” worldwide, as well...
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...
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...
