A former student of the now-closed Family Foundation School in New York has filed a $10 million lawsuit, alleging horrific abuses including forced labor, sexual assault, and degrading punishments like eating vomit.
Discover how the World Food Programme overcomes immense logistical challenges, closed borders, and geopolitical instability to deliver life-saving food aid to hungry children in Afghanistan, embarking on an epic 15,000 km journey.
Innovators from the Global South are developing crucial solutions from malaria detection to renewable energy, yet many struggle to reach the communities that need them most due to systemic barriers. The UN highlights the urgent need for greater inclusion, collaboration, and local ownership to bridge this gap and rethink global technology development.
“Human rights were built for moments like this,” said Awa Dabo, the newly appointed Deputy High…
Barham Salih highlighted the contributions refugees make to their host communities as workers, students, neighbours, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs and leaders. …
“UN special rapporteurs, along with other parts of the human rights ecosystem, address, by their nature,…
This week the US State Department announced a more than $800 million contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP)…
The warning comes as climate pressures continue to mount worldwide, particularly in regions already experiencing fragile…
At the Yondu Culinary Studio in Lower Manhattan, chef Jaume Biarnés demonstrates how to coax deep,…
The UN Security Council met in New York Wednesday for its annual open debate on women,…
A new Hunger Hotspots report released Wednesday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food…
“Hate speech is the first step down the path of dehumanisation,” declared Mr. Guterres in his message…
Preliminary data indicates that some 950 human rights defenders, journalists and trade unionists were killed or…
The findings come in the annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) which documents six main violations: killing and maiming, recruitment…
At least 58 States and territories remain contaminated with these weapons, which are designed to detonate when a person comes…
The development comes in the wake of the agreement between the United States and Iran, announced…
The new head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global cooperation…
Global fisheries and aquaculture production reached a record 188.2 million tonnes in 2024, cementing seafood’s role…
According to UNHCR’s latest Projected Global Resettlement Needs report, an estimated 2.4 million refugees worldwide will require resettlement in 2027…
At the Human Rights Council in Geneva, deputy UN rights chief Awa Dabo stressed how disruption…
