Protecting the storytellers: Women journalists on the frontline of conflict
As online abuse, gender-based attacks and impunity ramp up the threats to women reporting from crisis zones, journalists and UN leaders are calling for...
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Ending conflict is ‘number one thing’ to reduce world hunger, new WFP chief says
Reducing conflict is the single most effective way to tackle global hunger, the new head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Luke Lindberg,...
UN human rights chief urges better protection of civilians in conflicts
Youth-led protests against corruption and inequality in Serbia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Madagascar reflect a growing demand for reinforcing human rights around the world, UN...
Backing for UN call to end Cuba embargo falls to 20-year low
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday called for the 34th time for an end to the US economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba...
Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid trapped between drones and incarceration
Civilians in Sudan’s El Obeid live in constant fear of drone attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and of a wave of arbitrary...
Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon is weakening as climate change intensifies, UN warns
The ocean absorbs around 30 per cent of human-caused carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and 90 per cent of excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases....
Record heat-related deaths in 2023, WHO-partnered report finds
Climate inaction continues to harm and kill people in all countries with a record 710,000 estimated deaths globally from heat in 2023, a UN-partnered...
DR Congo: WHO urges sustained efforts as Ebola cases top 10,000
As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surpass the 10,000 mark, the World Health Organization (WHO) has underlined the need...
Flooding and Food Security: The Urgent Need for Research
URBANA, Illinois, US, October 28 (IPS) – Recently, countries around the world, including the United States of America, celebrated the United Nations 2026 World...
Gaza: Families brace for fourth winter in tents as aid operations remain stymied
Families in Gaza are bracing for a fourth winter in tents and makeshift shelters as UN aid operations face mounting obstacles, with transport suspended...
Haiti: More than 1,000 killed between July and September, UN report reveals 
Kenya begins countdown towards end of Ebola after last patient discharged 
Africa–Asia: Turning Demographic Change into Opportunity 
Growing Movement Boycotts Krill Products as CCAMLR Fails to Protect Antarctic Ecosystems