10+ hour, 9+ min ago  (327+ words) The overnight Russian attack on Ukraine, which centred on the capital, Kyiv, reportedly involved some 90 missiles, including a powerful hypersonic ballistic missile and 60 drones. The senior UN official in the country called for an end to civilian harm. At least…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago  (711+ words) In front of a simple tent in Gaza that offers no protection from the cold or the heat, in a crowded camp where tents lack privacy and basic services, Umm Ahmad'sat down to speak to UN News about her life…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (399+ words) After four weeks of negotiations at UN Headquarters in New York, the 11th'Review Conference'of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ended on Friday without consensus on a final declaration. Clearly weary and hungry (he had managed to grab a croissant for…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (420+ words) The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned on Saturday at the close of the 79th World Health Assembly in…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (720+ words) On 23 February 2022, in her home city of Kharkiv, Dr Inna Soldatenko finished work, collected her daughter from school, cooked dinner and prepared a lecture for her students. The next morning, she awoke to explosions. It was the day Russian forces…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (437+ words) The United Nations voiced alarm on Friday over reports of an overnight attack on a vocational school and dormitory in the town of Starobilsk in Ukraine's Luhansk region which killed and injured multiple civilians, including children. The UN does not…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (956+ words) A landmark gathering of more than 57, 000 participants " the largest in the history of the World Urban Forum " closed on Friday in Baku with an urgent call to rethink how the world houses its people, as a new roadmap urges governments,…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (293+ words) The Security Council is due to meet in emergency session top of the hour at the request of Russia which on Friday accused Ukraine of targeting a student dormitory overnight in the occupied Luhansk region, reportedly killing six people " including…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (788+ words) The UN is rushing emergency personnel, funding and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreading through conflict-ravaged provinces. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised the national risk assessment…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (789+ words) Dire conditions in Gaza marked by continuing violence, rodent infestations and the spread of infectious disease is being made worse by blockages of essential medical supplies, UN agencies warned on Friday. Recently returned from a visit to the devastated enclave,…...