UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before...
In a special address at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres cited surging clean energy investment and plunging solar and wind costs that...
Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks
Earlier this month, the UN agency began airdropping emergency food assistance in Upper Nile State after surging conflict forced families from their homes and...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and response, briefed journalists in New York in the wake of a deadly incident on Sunday in which...
Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
More than 93,000 Syrians have been displaced across Sweida, neighbouring Dar’a governorate and Rural Damascus due to escalating violence in the city, UN Spokesperson...
Gaza: Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
Stéphane Dujarric was speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed seeking food aid.He said...
Syria: UN aid teams offer vital assistance to Sweida’s displaced and returnees |
Amid reports of a fragile calm in Syria’s Sweida governorate, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed on Monday that it is helping to...
Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres
Addressing ministers at UN Headquarters in New York, he called for urgent action to rescue lagging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid war, inequality and...
Droughts are causing record devastation worldwide, UN-backed report reveals
This is according to a new report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) and the...
UN News Today 21 July 2025 |
Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’In Gaza, after dozens more Palestinians were reportedly killed over the weekend seeking food,...
Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic
Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar, a professor of infectious diseases at University College London, issued this warning at a recent meeting of the UN Economic and...
Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’
In an alert, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, relayed desperate testimonies from its colleagues who are also struggling to survive in the...
Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace
In a statement released on 19 July, MONUSCO said that the Declaration of Principles, signed in Doha under the mediation of Qatar, “reflects the...
After a career defending ‘the dignity of life’: Natalia Kanem steps down as UNFPA...
Natalia Kanem: I will just summarize it by saying UNFPA has upheld the rights and choices of women and girls, adolescent girls in particular,...
Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
“Every day brings more preventable deaths, displacement and desperation,” the agency said in a humanitarian update.On Friday, Israeli authorities issued another displacement order, this time...
World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel...
Displaced Haitians are dispersed among the 250 active displacement sites across the country, most of which are informal. Just over a fifth of these...
‘It’s a personal fight’: One woman’s battle to protect care work in Mexico |
When Aideé Zamorano González had her second child, her boss and colleagues all asked when she would leave her job in Mexico’s automotive industry....
UN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly
The text, introduced by Russia and adopted without a vote, “welcomes the efforts of the Secretary‑General to strengthen the United Nations in order to...
Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day
In his remarks, the Secretary-General celebrated the extraordinary life of the South African civil rights icon, affectionately known by his Khosa clan name, Madiba.“He...
UN News Today 18 July 2025 |
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmedViolent clashes are ongoing in southern Syria’s Sweida governorate where more details of grave human rights...
UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains
Briefing the Security Council for the last time as head of the UN Verification Mission, Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu said the peace agreement...
On the road in war-torn Gaza
Moving around Gaza has become ever more difficult amid the ongoing 21-month-long war.Mr. Saad, who was displaced from the town of Beit Lahia in...
‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin...
The workers we don’t pay or see are grandmothers, mothers, daughters — the women who take care of children, look after ill family members,...
Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
Briefing reporters in Geneva, UN human rights office, OHCHR, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted “credible” reports of “widespread violations and abuses, including summary executions and...
As war rages on in Ukraine, organised crime is taking new forms
Since February 2022, both legal and illegal economies in Ukraine have been severely disrupted by the war. The report examines the evolution of organised crime...
