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Amid heartache of Nepal flooding disaster, fear remains
Six weeks after Nepal’s deadly flooding disaster, communities are still struggling to rebuild their lives, but they will need sustained help as global war...
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Security Council LIVE: Yemen in spotlight as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia escalate
The Security Council meets top of the hour to discuss Yemen, where a Houthi offensive launched in September has sharply escalated the 12-year-long war for...
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Livestreaming US execution would breach prohibition of torture, UN rights office warns
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday warned that livestreaming a planned execution by firing squad in the United States would amount to a public e...
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Former UN rights chief awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Newsiline summarises this re...
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Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’
Escalating violence and human rights violations in the four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war are in the spotlight in the Security Council on Friday following a...
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‘Serious blow’: Guterres condemns new US sanctions on International Criminal Court
The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing on Friday...
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World News in Brief: ‘Horrific’ attack in Sudan, Israeli incursions in Syria intensify, most women and girls homeless in Gaza
A suspected drone strike has left at least 40 dead in Sudan’s Blue Nile State – near the Ethiopian border - according to initial reports from the ground,...
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Global trade reaches record $35 trillion despite conflicts
World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025 – but developing countries were held back from greater participation in the global economy because of ne...
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Afghanistan: Women face fresh dress code arrests amid record refugee returns
Afghan women and girls are being arrested, detained and threatened with arrest by Taliban authorities, the UN warned on Thursday as record numbers of retu...
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Myanmar: Poverty deepens as families face multiple shocks with limited resources
Years of conflict, displacement, economic disruption and climate shocks in Myanmar have led to the “simultaneous collapse” of shelter, healthcare, schooli...
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‘Age must never diminish rights,’ UN independent expert warns
Older women around the world face violence, exploitation and neglect, yet remain largely invisible in the laws, policies, data and services designed to pr...
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UN rights chief: Legacy of slavery and colonialism is still fuelling racism
The legacy of enslavement and colonialism continues to shape the lives of Africans and people of African descent, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said o...
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‘Overshoot is not a reason to surrender’: UN calls for accelerated climate action ahead of COP31 summit
As world leaders prepare for November’s major COP31 climate summit in Türkiye, record-breaking heat, devastating floods and an unprecedented El Niño clima...
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World News in Brief: Russian attacks continue in Ukraine, Gazans shelter in flood-prone areas, keeping sight of eye health
UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday he was appalled by a wave of attacks that have killed civilians across Ukraine over the past four days....
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Darfur: Healthcare needs outstrip resources as Security Council extends Sudan sanctions
More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila, in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection, the U...
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Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says
Kenya’s first Ebola death has triggered a race to trace everyone the victim came into contact with, as the United Nations and partners provide full suppor...
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WHO releases first global guidelines on child obesity as cases surge
Child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of youngsters in the five-to-19 age group, accor...
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Critical funding gap threatens health response in Yemen
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict and r...
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Reform, or lose trust: Governments press the UN to reflect the world as it is
Can the UN still remain relevant if it still looks and acts like the organization it was when it was formed in 1945? Newsiline summarises this report from...
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Ukraine: UN condemns latest attacks and calls for civilian protection
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine on Wednesday called for an end to attacks against civilians following further overnight strikes by Russian for...
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‘No plague case’ in Siberia, Russia tells WHO as assessments continue
Health authorities in Russia say there is “no plague case” in Siberia following reports last week that a lab technician had died of pneumonia of an unknow...
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World News in Brief: Child migrants in Europe, Greenland forced contraception scandal, FAO hunger updates
New data on child migrants published on Wednesday highlighted the harrowing treatment many face while travelling to Europe in search of work and shelter....
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‘Rocket revolution’ opens access to space
For a long time, launching something beyond Earth was reserved for a relatively small number of national space programmes. Newsiline summarises this repor...
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Israeli demolition in East Jerusalem displaces 69 Palestinians
Sixty-nine Palestinians – more than half of them children – were displaced on Tuesday after Israeli authorities green lit the demolition of their resident...
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From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
Across Papua New Guinea, water sources are drying up, crops are failing and food prices are rising months before the worst agricultural impacts are expect...
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Djibouti faces ‘overlapping emergencies’ as Yemen’s refugee exodus continues
Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the oppos...
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In Islamabad, Guterres calls for end to US-Iran conflict
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for an end to the United States-Iran war and the toll it has taken on global trade, as he began an official v...
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Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague death
The death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tues...
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‘Ebola takes the people children depend on’: UNICEF
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones – with some succumbing to the deadly dise...
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When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa
Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. Newsiline summarises this report from UN News - English and links readers to the original publisher...
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Security, sacrifice or opportunity: Visions differ over effective climate action
Should the world move away sharply from fossil fuels, or manage a slower, more careful retreat? Newsiline summarises this report from UN News - English an...
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One day behind bars: Students and incarcerated women break prison stigma in Thailand
“Your mind follows the thread, one by one, row by row. Newsiline summarises this report from UN News - English and links readers to the original publisher...
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Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a “new fault line in the global climate crisis” as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action body (UNFC...
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ICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has made public four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting women and girls i...
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UN upholds housing as a human right on World Habitat Day
Representatives from governments, civil society and academia meeting in Muscat, Oman on Monday called for urgent action to address a global housing crisis...
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Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike on two clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, this past weekend. New...
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‘Nothing can justify these atrocities,’ says Guterres three years on from 7 October attacks
Three years after Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups attacked Israel, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said nothing can justify the atrocit...
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‘The clock on AI regulation is ticking’, warns UN rights chief
The world is running out of time to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday, as a “ruth...
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More than 184,000 displaced as fighting intensifies in Yemen
Intense fighting in Yemen has forced more than 184,000 people from their homes since the start of August, most of them since early September, the UN migra...
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‘He felt heard’: How a film brought a UN report to life in Xochimilco
A documentary drawn from United Nations University research was screened at the COP30 climate conference and film festivals across Europe. Newsiline summa...