Building peace, one project at a time in Colombia
A group of former combatants with the FARC rebel group in Colombia have been reflecting on five years of peace and community building in...
Investigations must be held into the actions of the Israeli security forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Saturday, calling...
First Person: ‘I rescued over 1000 trafficking victims’
A human trafficking expert at the United Nations has told UN News how she was instrumental in saving over 1000 trafficking victims, mainly in...
Governments, cities, companies, and communities around the world are taking action to address a significant and growing threat to wildlife, including many species of...
Recent deep cuts to overseas aid budgets by governments, will have “direct, negative impacts” on the ability of the world to reach the 2030...
Ukraine war squeezes food supplies, drives up prices, threatens vulnerable nations
Kicking off a three-day meeting on Friday on the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its wider impact on food and energy prices,...
‘Coalition of the willing’ to ensure healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Ensuring everyone has access to a healthy diet is among the goals of a UN-backed initiative launched on Friday in line with efforts to...
Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks
A new UN-led push to prevent an arms race in outer space has received wide-ranging support and participation from civil society and Member States...
Ukraine: Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme
Amid new claims by Moscow of a covert biological weapons programme in Ukraine, the Director of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) affirmed on Friday that the...
Humanitarians continue to call for scaling up assistance in the Horn of Africa, where the worst drought in 40 years is affecting some 15...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now