UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse...
Published ahead of the Human Rights Council’s upcoming session, the report highlighted the worsening situation since the military coup in 2021, which derailed Myanmar’s...
UN News Today 26 May 2025 |
Alcohol consumption linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancerIn health news, a new study published Monday revealed that alcoholic drinks can moderately increase the...
Gaza: ‘People feel this is the end,’ UN humanitarians warn |
Until this week, no commercial or humanitarian supplies had been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, deepening an already catastrophic hunger crisis and sparking...
UNHCR underscores plight of Rohingya refugees amid alarming reports
According to reports, one boat carrying 267 people from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Rakhine State in Myanmar, sank on 9 May, with only...
Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’
But this is not universal. Many people worldwide struggle – unable to walk into clinics or explain their symptoms: “ do not line up...
UN News Today 23 May 2025 |
Syria: Humanitarian crisis is looming over shattered countryAid workers in Syria warned on Friday that a humanitarian crisis is looming there, with more than...
UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
At least 75 civilians have been killed in hostilities between the national army (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) – which...
World News in Brief: UK cedes sovereignty over Chagos Islands, suffering in Sudan deepens,...
Before granting Mauritius independence in 1968, Britain unlawfully separated the Chagos archipelago to create the British Indian Ocean Territory.
In doing so, it expelled 1,500–2,000...
Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital
The diplomats were gunned down on Wednesday night as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in central Washington DC, where the...
UN News Today 22 May 2025 |
All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in monthsUN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors debate safety of civilians with 36,000 lives lost during conflict...
We're live as the Security Council convenes for its annual open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, with briefings from UN...
Four children dead in ‘horrific’ attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF
The attack which left others wounded, took place in the district of Khuzdar, about 250 kilometres south of Quetta, Balochistan’s provincial capital. The area...
Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’
Tom Fletcher said that with “time and treatment” Noor was able to recover fully.But what happens to a child such as Noor when treatments...
Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward
The United States, European Union and United Kingdom have taken steps to ease long-standing sanctions – moves that, according to UN officials, could pave...
UN News Today 21 May 2025 |
Gaza: aid trucks still waiting to deliver food, medicines inside enclaveUN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from...
Ukrainian civilians in dire need of more humanitarian support |
Russia’s continuing full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to devastate civilian lives and infrastructure, causing large-scale displacement and destruction.With attacks in the eastern, southern and...
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
It’s believed that hundreds of thousands of trafficked individuals of various nationalities are forced to carry out fraud in the centres located across Cambodia,...
Global health milestone: WHO adopts landmark Pandemic Agreement |
In a historic milestone for global public health, Member States of the World Health Organization on Tuesday adopted the Pandemic Agreement – an accord...
90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea
Addressing a high-level debate of the Security Council, António Guterres said that oceans and seas are “sending a clear SOS,” as maritime spaces face...
AI threatens one in four jobs – but transformation, not replacement, is the real...
One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to what’s known as generative artificial intelligence – or Generative AI – according to a new joint...
UN News Today 20 May 2025 |
Landmark treaty aims to protect countries against future pandemicsCountries have adopted the world’s first-ever international agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics.The...
Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
The effects of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt. Around seven million people died, health systems were overwhelmed, and the global economy...
UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up
With a growing shortfall in contributions – $2.4 billion in unpaid regular budget dues and $2.7 billion in peacekeeping – the UN has been...
Home-bound Syrians find few of the basics needed to survive
Hopes rose last week in Damascus when fuel prices dropped instantly following Donald Trump’s move to end punitive sanctions.But after more than 13 years...
