The Secretary-General’s annual report, released on Thursday ahead of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly’s yearly high-level session, offers a sobering yet resolute […]
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Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns
They warned that foreign military action, political exclusion and dwindling resources threaten to undo fragile gains. UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen – who announced that […]
Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about UNGA80
Representatives from all 193 UN Member States – along with two Observer delegations – will take the floor during the Organization’s general debate, held in […]
Space Station Science – NASA
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Aug. 28, 2025, as part of an experiment […]
Afghanistan faces ‘perfect storm’ of crises, UN warns
Roza Otunbayeva, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, told ambassadors that while the country has seen a relative decline in armed conflict since the Taliban […]
Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’
Speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday in New York, he warned that global divisions, conflicts and crises have left the […]
‘The needs are huge’: Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless
More than six million people have been affected since the unusually heavy monsoon rains began in late June, with nearly 1,000 lives lost – 250 […]
Yemen: UN sounds alarm as famine, fighting and aid worker detentions exacerbate crisis
UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Monday that the turmoil in Yemen cannot be seen in isolation. “Yemen is both a […]
Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe
According to local reports, heavy shelling and assaults late last week in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, killed at least six civilians […]
Nepal appoints first woman prime minister, as UN expresses solidarity amid crisis
Ms. Karki, Nepal’s first woman Prime Minister, was appointed by President Ram Chandra Poudel who administered the oath of office in a ceremony attended by […]