Every single minute ‘a life is lost to AIDS,’ says UNAIDS deputy chief |
Despite intense national efforts geared towards eliminating AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Programme on...
Secretary-General calls for UN 2.0 to tackle 21st century challenges
Amid multifaceted crises ranging from conflicts to climate, and poverty and inequality, the world looks to the UN “to help deliver the better, safer...
‘Useless Pigs’: Anti-Israel Demonstrations Rage at Yale University, Forcing Police Intervention
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Police were dispatched to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut on Monday to quell an illegal demonstration of anti-Israel activists that...
News in Brief 22 April 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza violence continues unabated, claims lives of civiliansIsraeli bombardment has continued across Gaza with reports...
No evidence yet of Israel’s claims against UNWRA: Colonna report
“Israel made public claims that a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organisations. However, Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence...
Identity under attack in Africa, MidEast
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WFP: Climate risk insurance helps communities bounce back from disaster |
Gernot Laganda: There are three key drivers of hunger. The first one is conflicts. Then we have climate extremes, and then we have economic shocks...
UNRWA report: UN chief stands with agency, backs findings of probe into 7 October...
The Final Report, led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, was due to be released later on Monday; Ms. Colonna was also preparing...
Drone, Rocket Attacks Targeted US Forces in Iraq, US Officials Say
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US forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security...
News in Brief 4 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays and obstaclesAmid reports of continued Israeli...
Drugs fuel conflict in the Sahel
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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves – a...
Nigeria busts international drug trafficking syndicate
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World getting ever closer to 1.5°C limit, warns WMO chief |
2023 is on track to be the hottest year ever and the last 10 years have proven to be the warmest decade so far....
News in Brief 5 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza latest: nearly 600 healthcare attacks since start of war, says WHOHospitals in Gaza and...
UK Minister Writes to London Police Over ‘Openly Jewish’ Comment
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British interior minister James Cleverly has written to London’s Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a...
Gaza: ‘Somehow their nightmare has just got that much worse’ |
Saying nowhere is safe in Gaza is not a cliché, according to UNICEF’s James Elder, speaking to UN News from Rafah in southern Gaza.“That’s...
Israel Indicts Sister of Hamas Leader Haniyeh on Terrorism Incitement
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Israel’s State Attorney on Sunday indicted the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on charges of incitement and showing solidarity with...
News in Brief 8 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHOAfter more than three months of intense...
Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Iran Demonstrated its Power Against Israel
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei thanked the country’s armed forces for their attack this month on Israel, saying the country had...
Myanmar: Technology key to aid war crimes investigations |
UN News: Can you tell us the circumstances that led to IIMM’s creation?Nicholas Koumjian: The IIMM was created following the crisis of the clearance...
Zelensky Urges Speedy Passage of Ukraine Aid in US Senate, Transfer of Weapons
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday welcomed the passage of $60 billion in aid for Ukraine by the U.S. House of...
News in Brief 9 January 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Aid relief is arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’: WHOWith no let-up in...
Israeli Political Echelon United in Condemnation of Planned U.S. Sanctions
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i24 News – With the report that the U.S. State Department is planning to issue sanctions against an IDF unit, politicians...
