‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality
This is just one way that the de facto authorities have restricted women and girls’ fundamental rights. Today, Afghanistan has the second largest gender...
LIVE COVERAGE: Day 2 of high-level conference on two-State solution for Israel and Palestine
Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the high-level international conference at UN Headquarters, aimed at advancing practical steps toward achieving a two-State solution...
UN News Today 29 July 2025 |
In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvationThere are growing signs of widespread starvation in Gaza, international food security experts said on Tuesday,...
Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country
As conflict between rival militaries rages on, millions of people keep on being displaced.While the UN and its partners continue to provide assistance to...
Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, says UN interagency report
The report estimates 8.2 per cent of the global population (673 million individuals) experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 per cent in 2023...
Syria: Fragile ceasefire in Sweida ‘largely holding’ amid volatility
Declared on July 19, the ceasefire followed a harrowing wave of sectarian clashes, Israeli airstrikes and grave human rights violations.UN Special Envoy for Syria...
UN condemns deadly attack on worshippers in DR Congo
Elements of the ADF, an Islamic State-affiliated insurgent group that originated in neighbouring Uganda, carried out the attack in Komanda town, Irumu territory, Ituri...
Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution
Speaking Monday morning at the high-level conference on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-State solution, the...
UN News Today 28 July 2025 |
Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’As starvation intensifies in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies issued new warnings on...
While Gaza ceasefire remains elusive, UN readies for Conference around Israel-Palestine two-State solution
“It’s not a peace conference,” Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the UN, told UN News ahead of the event, mandated by the General Assembly,...
UN urges restraint as Thailand-Cambodia clashes displace thousands; Security Council meets
The clashes, which began on 24 July, reportedly involved exchanges of gunfire, artillery shelling and rocket fire, with Thailand having conducted airstrikes inside Cambodian...
Gaza: More deaths reported as starvation spreads
In an update on Friday, OCHA said that the starvation crisis is deepening across the enclave, with the local health authorities announcing that two...
Gaza First Person: ‘The best of humankind in a place abandoned by humanity’
Sonia Silva has been working in the embattled enclave since the beginning of November 2023, just one-month after the terror attack by Hamas and...
UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid...
“Nowhere is safe in Ukraine,” said Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the UN Department of Political Affairs.Citing figures from the UN human...
UN News Today 25 July 2025 |
Access to health care remains a challenge in Sweida, Syria: WHOHealth facilities in the Syrian city of Sweida are under immense strain, with staff...
1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery
“The thousands of people seeking to return home are driven by hope, resilience and an enduring connection to their country,” said Othman Belbeisi, regional...
Women and Girls of African Descent continue to face the double burden of racism...
Around the world, women and girls of African Descent continue to face the double burden of racism and sexism, often navigating systemic barriers that...
Women and girls of African descent: celebrating contributions, recognizing challenges
It recognizes their immense contributions to society but also acknowledges the challenges they face due to the double burden of racism and sexism.Although woman...
Two ex-militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced for war crimes, crimes against humanity
Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona received prison sentences of 15 and 12 years for their roles in brutal attacks against civilians – primarily from...
World News in Brief: Thailand-Cambodia border hostilities, humanitarian efforts in Syria and attacks across...
The dispute dates to 1953 when France first mapped the border, but tensions resurfaced in May after the death of a Cambodian soldier in...
UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development
At the end of the conference on Wednesday, Member States adopted a Ministerial Declaration by a vote of 154-2-2, with the United States and...
‘Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), said that is what one of its workers told him...
Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to...
These abuses include threats, cases of torture, mistreatment and arbitrary arrest and detention, according to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the...
Deep-sea mining global regulations under discussion as US forges ahead alone |
Regulations to govern the exploration and extraction of rare earth minerals on the seabed of international waters are being hammered out by the UN’s...
