1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (653+ words) Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia. The last major UN climate conference (COP30 in Brazil) broke up without a breakthrough agreement on phasing…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (511+ words) Conflict and displacement are intensifying South Sudan's hunger crisis, with7. 8 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity while 2. 2 million children are suffering from acute malnutrition, according toa joint statementon Tuesday from UN agencies. Hunger is pushing 56 per cent of…...

9+ hour, 37+ min ago  (791+ words) Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to send shockwaves through global food systems, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned, as a widening crisis across the Middle East continues to strain humanitarian operations and deepen instability. Addressing the…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago  (432+ words) Three mass graves were recently uncovered in northeastern Syria, including one reportedly at the site of a former detention centre run by the Kurdish-backed Syrian Armed Forces (SDF)." Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan"also described growing protection concerns for people in southern…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago  (541+ words) Countries are making measurable progress in combatting viral hepatitis, but the disease remains a major global health challenge, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report published on Tuesday." It"highlights"significant gains"made in the fight against…...

20+ hour, 23+ min ago  (400+ words) Twenty years after the conflict in Darfur first sparked global outrage, children in the region are once again trapped in a catastrophic cycle of violence, hunger, and displacement " but this time, the world is failing to take notice. In a…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (505+ words) Restrictions on girls" education and women"s employment in Afghanistan could leave the country with a deficit of over 25, 000 female teachers and health workers by 2030, the UN Children"s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday." The agency said the crisis is…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (586+ words) The United Nations has condemned two recent drone attacks in Sudan, one of which left seven dead, Spokesperson St'phane Dujarric said on Monday during his regular media briefing in New York. An aid'truck from the UN refugee agency'(UNHCR)'that…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (695+ words) With top diplomats gathered at UN Headquarters to review the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the UN Secretary-General warned that it must evolve to survive the age of AI and other new technologies. For the first time…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (522+ words) Nearly 7. 5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance " "an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community," a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF…...