Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent…
Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
“We carry a bag of clothes instead of a school bag,” she told UN News. Diana and other…
Afghanistan quake: Rescuers arrive on foot, survivors need everything
Latest updates from UN assessment teams who reached affected communities in mountainous Ghazi Abad district on foot on…
UN refugee agency urges support to end displacement for millions of Syrians
That’s the message from Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, speaking on Tuesday…
Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
“Military activities continue in and around Gaza City, but also in the south, taking a heavy toll on…
Sudan: Hundreds feared dead in Darfur landslide
Up to 1,000 people are feared dead in the tragedy, which occurred on Sunday in Tarsin village, located…
WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide
Disorders such as anxiety and depression are exacting a heavy toll on individuals, families and economies, yet most…
Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit: Guterres calls for strengthening multilateralism
The Eurasian bloc, comprising 10 member states, is the world’s largest regional organization by population and geography. Mr.…
Cooling La Niña could be back, but global temperatures set to rise: WMO
Latest data shared by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) indicates a 55 per cent likelihood that sea surface…
Afghanistan quake: Aid teams still scrambling to reach survivors
The magnitude six quake has already left more than 800 dead and at least 2,000 injured, but the…
Guterres condemns detention of more UN staff in Yemen
He said the Houthis entered the premises of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the capital, Sana’a, and…
Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ villages
“I stand in full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan after the devastating earthquake that hit the country…
UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African…
‘Our livelihoods have been cut off’, say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest
Like thousands of Palestinian farmers, he faces growing restrictions from Israeli forces and settlers, who have made the…
Ukraine: ‘Diplomatic momentum’ at risk amid large-scale Russian strikes
Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, was speaking a day after the latest…
World News in Brief: Executions surge in Iran, nuclear test threat, Burkina Faso declares top official unwelcome
At least 841 people have been put to death by the Government of Iran since the beginning of…
Teachers are the ‘guardians of our future’, says UN deputy chief
Their work, said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, is “the beating heart of education, the cornerstone of sustainable…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Push for peace in Ukraine could rapidly fade if large-scale Russian attacks continue
The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on Friday afternoon following overnight strikes early…
Despite Taliban ban, over 90 per cent of Afghans support girls’ right to learn
Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the scale and severity of the women’s rights crisis…
Sudan: Guterres calls for ceasefire in El Fasher, deplores ‘relentless’ militia attacks
António Guterres said he was “appalled by the relentless attacks” by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on…