“While the major aftershocks have passed, or have mostly passed, women in affected areas are facing a long-term disaster without more urgent assistance,” said Susan […]
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Security Council: US votes against resolution on Gaza ceasefire
The negative vote was cast as the 15-member Council held its 10,000th meeting against the backdrop of famine spreading in the besieged enclave and an […]
Gaza City lifelines collapsing, UN aid agency warns
The warning comes as the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA renewed his call for foreign journalists to be allowed into the Gaza Strip […]
Guterres pushes leaders to ‘turn the tide’ on global crises during high-stakes UNGA week
Interview transcript Secretary-General, welcome to this interview with UN News. In a few days, world leaders are going to gather in this chamber. How would […]
Suicide rate jumps to 100% in the United States
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World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators, Nigeria rights update, sunscreen an ‘essential medicine’
A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number is […]
Ukraine braces for harsh winter as millions of people face cold and energy shortages
Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the eastern European country in 2022, crucial infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged and hundreds of thousands of […]
UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president
Speaking ahead of the start of high-level week, Annalena Baerbock underscored the importance of the UN Charter, the Organization’s founding document, and the need for […]
Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds
Based on two years of independent investigations and analysis, the report reveals how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque schemes and politically […]
‘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 […]
