First Vice President Riek Machar reportedly arrested after armed convoy led by government officials entered his residence in the capital, Juba.The United Nations Mission in…
The United States has agreed to help Russia boost its agricultural and fertiliser exports to the world market in exchange for a maritime security deal…
Building tension and violence threatens to unravel the peace deal that halted ethnic conflict in 2018.South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil…
NewsFeedThe United Nations says it will reduce its footprint in Gaza amid Israel’s renewed assault on the strip, with one-third of its international staff of…
US President Donald Trump put almost all US foreign aid on hold upon taking office.There could be 2,000 new HIV infections a day across the…
NewsFeedEyewitnesses say an Israeli military strike on a UN guesthouse in Deir el-Balah killed a Bulgarian UN aid worker and injured five others. The Israeli…
After more than a year of Israeli bombing, tens of thousands of Palestinian deaths, and a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, the world was largely united…
Marking the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Guterres speaks out against bigotry, xenophobia and discrimination.United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over “a disturbing…
Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says.Sea levels rose faster than expected around…
These are the key developments on day 1,114 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is the situation on Friday, March 14: Fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin…
The war in Sudan has exposed more than 12 million people to “pervasive” sexual violence that is being used to “terrify” the entire population, according…
NewsFeedThe United Nations has heard testimony from Palestinians who detailed beatings, torture and sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Israeli settlers and security…
Hundreds reported killed in violence in Syria’s coastal region, which is heavily populated by Alawites.Entire families including women and children have been killed in Syria’s…
Activist groups demand UN investigation over alleged ties to Chinese firms, citing conflicts of interest.The United Nations is facing calls to investigate its special envoy…
NewsFeedThe UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini addressed a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Gaza’s hunger crisis following Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA and stop all…
South Sudan has seen an “alarming regression” as clashes in recent weeks in the country’s northeast threaten to undo years of progress towards peace, the…
Volker Turk tells the UN Human Rights Council that policies meant to protect marginalised people are being called ‘discriminatory’.The United Nations human rights chief has…
Tom Fletcher warns that global humanitarian aid is at risk as funding collapses and political battles block life-saving relief.The world’s humanitarian system is overstretched, underfunded,…
NewsFeedPalestinian Muslims in Gaza are observing Ramadan amid rubble, anxious about where their meals to break their fasts will come from as Israel imposes a…
Global talks to protect biodiversity have restarted with a call for humanity to come together to “sustain life on the planet” and overcome a fight…