Two years ago, the idea of a large-scale war breaking out felt like a distant hypothetical to the experts who help chart the world’s dangers. Today it tops their list of fears, according to a new UN ...

Israeli strikes killed six UN workers and civilians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza as needs grow, ...

UN aid agencies on Monday said they may be forced to scale back humanitarian aid in Sudan – home of the world’s worst hunger ...

Independent UN human rights investigators called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on Monday following a series of ...

Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens “many, if not all, human rights,” the newly appointed ...

Voluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier artificial intelligence (AI) is “nowhere near sufficient” to ...

Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble of Gaza, three years after Israeli bombardment flattened entire neighbourhoods – most of them women and children.

Migrants sent $728.6 billion home to families in low and middle-income countries in 2025, nearly double the amount recorded a ...

The already dire hunger crisis in South Sudan is becoming increasingly critical as violence, extreme weather and dwindling aid leave millions without enough food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) ...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners have delivered lifesaving assistance to families in conflict-affected ...

Alarming increase’ in enforced disappearances, warns GuterresSouth Sudan: UNICEF reaches communities in Jonglei State cut off ...

The Director General of the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, opened its 70th General Conference on Monday in Vienna with a message full of optimism, stressing that despite the many difficulties and tensions ...