Once-in-a-decade push for the ‘locked out’: Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in Turkmenistan
Backed by the new Awaza Programme of Action, the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries or LLDC3…
August 2025
World News in Brief: First UN mission to Syria’s Sweida, fresh displacement in Haiti, new lightning record
The team went to Sweida City, as well as two districts – Shahba and Salkhad – where they…
Trade measures critical to ending plastic pollution
That assessment by UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, comes in an update published on Thursday ahead of…
Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday urged Angolan authorities to conduct…
Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
Of the 154 malnutrition-related deaths since October 2023 (including 89 children) reported by Gazan health authorities, the World…
Russian attack on Ukrainian capital kills at least 11 civilians
Among the confirmed dead is a six-year-old boy. At least 10 of the injured were children, the mission…
‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security
Mr. Thapa said that the motto of his presidency will be “Delivering Better,” which requires strengthening partnerships and…