WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system critical to a lasting peace
Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said Gaza’s health services had been “shattered” after two years of conflict and “on the...
‘Time running out to locate Syria’s missing’, warns head of UN-backed body |
At UN Headquarters in New York, Karla Quintana, head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), has warned that time is...
Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons
Olukemi Ibikunle took a deep breath. The job fit her to a T but would take her far from her family in Lagos, Nigeria....
UN News Today 07 October 2025 |
Guterres urges ceasefire and release of hostages, two years after Hamas-led attacks on IsraelUN Secretary-General António Guterres has marked two years since the Hamas-led...
Guterres condemns detention of 10 more UN staff in Yemen
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns this arbitrary detention of UN personnel, as well as that of our partners, and the ongoing unlawful seizure of UN...
Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies
“The pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of the “abhorrent” attacks, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher.“I renew my call for the unconditional, immediate release...
In landmark labour case, UN World Court weighs in on right to strike
The case stems from a 2023 request by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO), which asked the Court for an advisory...
Release the hostages in Gaza ‘unconditionally and immediately’: Guterres
“The attackers brutally killed more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals,” he reminded in a statement.“More than 250 others were abducted and taken into the Gaza...
World News in Brief: El Fasher displacement, Afghanistan rights violations, Nigeria child vaccinations
Roughly 770 people were displaced from the North Darfur state capital between 2 and 4 October alone, according to the International Organization for Migration...
Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US...
That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing correspondents in New York on Monday as indirect talks got underway in Egypt, which has been...
WHO: Despite smoking decline, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide
That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest report on tobacco use published on Monday which analyses smoking trends from 2010 to 2024...
UN News Today 06 October 2025 |
We are not powerless in face of atrocities in Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine and beyond, insists UNHCR chiefThe head of the UN refugee agency,...
Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
Members met for their annual open debate on the women, peace and security agenda just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Council’s landmark...
Haiti battles rabies with vaccines and vigilance
Last July, in the remote locality of Butête, in southern Haiti, nine-year-old Jonas* lost his life to rabies.When a stray dog bit the boy...
Cosmic girls: UN nurtures next generation of space professionals
Now 18, she’s involved in aerospace projects with other young women through the Shakthi SAT initiative and she’s keen to explore the intersection between...
UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages
The statement issued by the militant group indicated it was also prepared to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body...
With Colombia at a turning point, the UN calls for peace gains to be...
He thanked the Government of Colombia for its continued cooperation with the UN Verification Mission and underscored the crucial role of the Security Council...
DR Congo: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to...
Bintou Keita issued the message in an exclusive interview with UN News just a few days after briefing the Security Council on the situation...
DR Congo: UN mission chief salutes resilience amid civilian suffering in the east |
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, is urging people in the restive eastern part of...
UN News Today 03 October 2025 |
Drone victims, terror and death: 30 minutes in a Gaza hospitalUN aid teams on Friday highlighted the disturbing situation in Gaza’s makeshift hospitals, where...
Increasing violence and funding cuts imperil millions across Haiti
Haiti faces one of the world’s most severe food crises that is only worsening due to steep funding cuts to WFP relief programmes.“We urge...
Guterres condemns deadly terror attack targeting Manchester synagogue
The suspected attacker also died, after being shot by police. Three others are reportedly in a serious condition following the car and stabbing assault...
UN News Today 02 October 2025 |
Haiti: Human rights chief Türk condemns use of drones on gangsThe crisis in Haiti was under the spotlight at the Human Rights Council on...
‘Hot debates about hot topics’, a strength not a weakness, says UNGA80 president
Speaking at a press conference marking the close of the annual general debate, she stressed that the high attendance – 189 countries, including 124...