Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
Ahead of a memorial service at Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists that the men and women being honoured “were not...
Citizen journalists are the eyes of Gaza’s people, says war reporter |
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza grew up wanting to be a travel reporter; instead, he became a war correspondent in Gaza.His images...
Flooding was ‘just the beginning’: Kakhovka dam disaster, two years on |
Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam was destroyed exactly two years ago on Thursday, representing the most significant environmental disaster so far resulting from Russia’s ongoing invasion....
Education and legal reform critical to address Islamophobia worldwide |
In response to rising anti-Muslim hate, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution last year. Among other measures, it called for the appointment of...
World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on plastic pollution crisis
Between 19 and 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into aquatic ecosystems annually, and without urgent action, this figure is expected to rise...
UN News Today 04 June 2025
Libya: UN Human Rights condemns detention centre killingsIn Gaza, another school comes under attack Oceans conference highlights lack of investment in clean seas
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US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia – collectively known as the...
Ukraine among new members elected to UN Economic and Social Council
Ukraine and Croatia secured seats from the Eastern European regional group, which had three available seats. Russia and Belarus, having failed to obtain the required...
Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins
“Despite all the violence, displacement and collapse”, WFP remains in Haiti, Lola Castro, Regional Director in Latin America and the Caribbean, said during a...
UN News Today 03 June 2025 |
In Gaza, more Palestinians are reportedly killed at a US-Israeli aid hub UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans...
As displacement surges in South Sudan, regional humanitarian crisis deepens
Violence between armed groups in Upper Nile state and other flashpoints has crippled essential services, triggered food insecurity and worsened disease outbreaks, including cholera...
Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
They will serve through the end of 2027 on the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security.They will join the five non-permanent...
World News in Brief: Guterres condemns antisemitic attacks, ILO to debate pros and cons...
A man was arrested in Boulder after reportedly using a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to set people on fire at an event in support...
UN calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
In a statement on Monday, António Guterres strongly condemned the death in detention of a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member earlier this year.The Houthis...
Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
She assumes the role at a challenging time, with ongoing conflicts, faltering development goals, mounting financial pressures, and the upcoming selection of the next...
UN News Today 02 June 2025 |
UN chief ‘appalled’ by new killings of civilians seeking aid in GazaSecretary-General António Guterres said on Monday that he’s “appalled” by reports that Palestinians...
Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
More than 30 people were killed and over 100 wounded while waiting in the early morning to get food from two sites in Rafah...
As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’
Every day, we voluntarily give up information about ourselves to machines. This happens when we accept an online cookie or use a search engine....
A sustainable future means greater collaboration between Global South nations |
In recent years, development efforts have been set back by long-standing obstacles made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflicts, climate change, rising debt,...
World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines,...
According to UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, more than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ituri this year alone, bringing the total number...
UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
Member States had paid just $1.8 billion towards the UN’s $3.7 billion regular budget for 2025, as of 9 May. Including unpaid contributions from...
UN News Today 30 May 2025 |
Gaza ‘hungriest place on earth’ as Israel blocks aid: UN humanitariansPeople in Gaza continue to be deprived of lifesaving aid as international relief efforts...
Gaza ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva, stressing that it is the only defined territory in...
Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
“The longer the war continues, the longer its regional and global impacts will be felt, and the more difficult it will be to find...
