United Nations Revises 2026 Budget, Pairing Cost Reductions With Reforms
UN Budget Cuts and Reform Proposals Sent to ACABQ for Review The United Nations has submitted revised budget…
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Deadly Attacks, Trembling Services Push Sudan Closer to Catastrophe
According to local reports, heavy shelling and assaults late last week in El Fasher, the capital of North…
World News in Brief: Pandemic Treaty Update, DR Congo Ebola Response, More Casualties in Ukraine
Pandemic Treaty Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the world’s first pandemic trety “a generational accomplishment”, while speaking at the…
IAEA Chief Urges Countries to Recommit to Nuclear Non-Proliferation
He stressed that their support for the non-proliferation regime, the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), and the IAEA, is…
UN Condemns ‘Deadly Escalation’ of Fight in Gaza City
The situation “is having an appalling impact on civilians enduring suffering and starvation,” he told journalists in New…
Gender Equality: UN Women Body Calls For Political Will and Accelerated Global Action
The world is retreating from gender equality, and the cost is being counted in lives, rights, and opportunities.…
Yemen: UN Sounds Alarm as Famine, Fighting, Detentions Exacerbate Crisis
UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Monday that the turmoil in Yemen cannot be…
Ukraine Records Highest Toll From Cluster Munitions for Third Year Running
The latest Cluster Munitions Monitor reports that over 1,200 people have been killed or injured in Ukraine since…
SC Declines Blanket Stay on Waqf Amendment Act, Grants Limited Relief
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to impose a blanket stay on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while…
Empty Stands Mar India – Pakistan Asia Cup Clash As Politics Overshadow Cricket
Dubai, Sep 14: Cricket’s most anticipated rivalry delivered an unusual sight on Sunday as the India–Pakistan Asia Cup…
London’s Far-Right Rally Sends Shockwaves Through South Asian Communities
London witnessed one of its most dramatic confrontations between far-right activists and anti-racism campaigners in recent memory this…
Massive Anti-Immigration Rally in London Turns Violent, 26 Police Officers Injured
London witnessed one of its largest far-right demonstrations in recent memory on Saturday, as a march led by…
Dalai Lama Extends Greetings To Sushila Karki On Becoming Nepal’s Interim Prime Minister
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Saturday congratulated Sushila Karki on her appointment as the interim Prime…
UN’s Guterres condemns gang attack in Haiti that killed at least 40
The overnight assault on September 11 is the latest in a string of brutal incidents and ongoing gang…
‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan
In recent weeks, widespread flooding has engulfed large parts of Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity states in the…
Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now
Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge…
Security Council to meet following Russia’s violation of Polish airspace, as concern mounts over drone warfare
The meeting was requested by Poland after reporting that at least 19 violations by Russian drones of its…
Nepal appoints first woman prime minister, as UN expresses solidarity amid crisis
Rewrite as per earlier instructions: Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki was appointed as Nepal’s first woman Prime…
UN warns of escalation risk after large-scale Russian drone incursion into Poland
She said it was not the first time drones had been spotted beyond Ukraine’s borders “but it is…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: NATO allies rally round Poland in face of Russian incursion, as drone warfare takes centre stage
The Security Council is meeting in emergency session at Poland’s request at 3pm in New York, after some…