All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months
“Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator…
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Four children dead in ‘horrific’ attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF
The attack which left others wounded, took place in the district of Khuzdar, about 250 kilometres south of…
Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief
In a message marking Thursday’s International Day for Biological Diversity, the UN chief raised alarm over the “lightning…
Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
The Football for the Goals Forum brought UN leaders and some of the top voices in the world’s…
Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’
Tom Fletcher said that with “time and treatment” Noor was able to recover fully. But what happens to…
UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank
Media reports said soldiers fired warning shots near the diplomats, who were on an official visit to view…
Historic shifts offer Syria a path forward
The United States, European Union and United Kingdom have taken steps to ease long-standing sanctions – moves that,…
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
It’s believed that hundreds of thousands of trafficked individuals of various nationalities are forced to carry out fraud…
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
Existing supplies of basic necessities have been running dangerously low and on Wednesday the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF,…
‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When they eventually did, her mother said to her, “If you are going to die anyway, better to…
UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
He stressed that the assistance must be delivered swiftly and directly to those most in need. He told…
‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
The UN’s reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has been working to assess the impact of recent steep funding cuts,…
90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea
Addressing a high-level debate of the Security Council, António Guterres said that oceans and seas are “sending a…
AI threatens one in four jobs – but transformation, not replacement, is the real risk
One in four jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to what’s known as generative artificial intelligence – or Generative…
Afghanistan’s returnees at a crossroads between collapse and recovery
Since September 2023, some three million Afghans have returned – many having been forcibly deported from neighbouring Pakistan…
Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain
Criminal networks are increasingly seeking to gain control over extraction sites, trade routes, and refining infrastructure. According to…
Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics
The effects of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic are still being felt. Around seven million people died, health systems…
Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
“These ongoing attacks on critical infrastructure are putting lives at risk, worsening the humanitarian crisis, and violating basic…
World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
In recent years, criminal and terrorist groups have seized “every” opportunity afforded by growing instability to “entrench, expand,…
UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’
Tom Fletcher said in a statement on Monday that nine UN trucks were cleared to enter the southern…