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The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters
United Nations / 4 June 2026
Germany defeated for seat on UN security council
4 June 2026
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (left) and 80th President of the United Nations General Assembly Annalena Baerbock (right) flank Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, newly elected President of the 81st UN General Assembly, June 2, 2026
United Nations / 3 June 2026
Bangladesh’s foreign minister elected new UN general assembly president
3 June 2026
Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Ismail family home, destroyed in Israeli airstrike at Al-Maghazi camp, in the central Gaza Strip, May 21, 2026
United Nations / 22 May 2026
Palestinians forced to withdraw bid for UN vice president by the US
22 May 2026
A United Nations flag is waved during the
United Nations / 9 April 2026
UN reports number of aid workers killed on duty has tripled in three years
9 April 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, March 11, 2026, in Washington
United Nations / 12 March 2026
UN panel says racist hate speech by Trump has led to human rights abuses
12 March 2026
Women sit with malnourished children at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 14, 2025
Somalia / 25 February 2026
Millions at risk of severe hunger in Somalia, says UN
25 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres inside 10 Downing Street, London, ahead of talks, January 16, 2026
Editorial / 16 January 2026
Guterres visit highlights need for intensified disarmament campaign
16 January 2026
People take part in a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, Berlin Germany, January 14, 2026
Iran / 15 January 2026
China calls for restraint in Iran crisis as UN Security Council sets for emergency session
15 January 2026
A convoy of vehicles loaded with food and other aid is en route to Sweida on the international highway in rural Daraa province, Syria, July 20, 2025, heading to the city of Busra al-Sham
United Nations / 8 December 2025
UN aid co-ordination agency slashes funding appeal after lowest annual support in decades
8 December 2025
Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit patrol during a rally for Dagalo, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, June 15, 2019
Sudan / 3 December 2025
Amnesty accuses Sudanese paramilitary group of war crimes in refugee camp assault
3 December 2025
Demonstrators attend a protest marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Mexico City, November 25, 2025
World / 26 November 2025
More than 50,000 women and girls killed by partners or family members last year, says UN
26 November 2025
Palestinians walk through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City, October 23, 2025
Gaza / 24 October 2025
UN urges Israel and Egypt to open all crossings amid medical crisis in Gaza
24 October 2025
Children look at students attending school at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 7, 2025
Haiti / 9 October 2025
UN warns of the doubling of child displacements in Haiti
9 October 2025
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, September 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters
United Nations / 7 October 2025
UN chief says women still too often absent from peace talks
7 October 2025
A cleric crosses the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) street, in Tehran, Iran, September 27, 2025
Iran / 28 September 2025
Iran hits back at newly imposed UN ‘snapback’ sanctions
28 September 2025
The Italian fleet of the Global Sumud Flotilla departs from the port of Siracusa, Italy, September 11, 2025. Photo: Sebastiano Diamante/LaPresse via AP
Gaza / 25 September 2025
Italy and Spain to send naval support for Gaza humanitarian flotilla
25 September 2025
A displaced Palestinian youth sits on the curb after fleeing northern Gaza Strip, carrying his belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, September 22, 2025
Gaza / 23 September 2025
Gaza continues to suffer as the UN meets in New York
23 September 2025
A man enters the Unesco headquarters Tuesday, July 22, 2025 in Paris
United Nations / 23 July 2025
US withdraws from Unesco again
23 July 2025
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023
Afghanistan / 21 July 2025
UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations
21 July 2025
Houthi supporters shout slogans during a weekly, anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, July 4, 2025
United Nations / 16 July 2025
UN security council authorises continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi-led government
16 July 2025
The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2022
United Nations / 16 May 2025
UN forecasts slower world economic growth
16 May 2025
Sudanese army officers inspect a recently discovered weapons storage site belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan, May 3, 2025
World / 5 May 2025
Top UN court dismisses Sudan's claim the UAE breached Genocide Convention
5 May 2025
Displaced Palestinians walk by tents at the Islamic Universi
World / 11 April 2025
Israel's Gaza war endangers existence of the Palestinian people, UN rights official warns
11 April 2025
World / 8 April 2025
Germany temporarily halts refugee resettlement amid coalition turmoil
8 April 2025
Volunteers for an air-defence unit stand on their position w
World / 28 March 2025
Russia proposes UN control of Ukraine
28 March 2025
Kenyan police patrol in vehicles through Delmas in Port-au-P
World / 28 March 2025
Illegal weapons fuelling an increase in Haiti's gang violence, says UN
28 March 2025
South Sudan's president Salva Kiir (left) and vice-president
World / 27 March 2025
South Sudan's main opposition leader Machar arrested
27 March 2025
TORY 2015/LABOUR 2025 SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: (Above) Workers a
Features / 26 March 2025
The UN blasts Labour for its failures to address income inequality and poverty
26 March 2025
DR DYLAN MURPHY asks why Labour is continuing the Tory war on the disabled, when viable alternatives have been spelt out in detail
Children sit and play on the remains of a tank, at the river
World / 25 March 2025
South Sudan teetering on the edge of civil war, says UN
25 March 2025
Migrants aboard a Cyprus marine police patrol boat are broug
World / 21 March 2025
Cyprus accused by the UN of push backs against migrant boats
21 March 2025
An explosion erupts in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from
World / 19 March 2025
UN staffer killed by an air attack in Gaza, five others wounded
19 March 2025
A Rohingya woman travels with a bag of rice that her family
World / 14 March 2025
Lack of funds means more than 1 million people in Myanmar will lose food assistance, says UN
14 March 2025
People gather to collect water in Khartoum, Sudan, May 28, 2
World / 14 March 2025
Sudan is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, says UN
14 March 2025
Trucks line up at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border cros
World / 5 March 2025
Only enough food supplies in Gaza for two weeks, says UN agency
5 March 2025
In this photograph released by UNICEF, a 16-year rape victi
World / 4 March 2025
Children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped, says UN
4 March 2025
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attends at
World / 3 March 2025
Atomic bomb survivors urge Japan to attend UN conference on nuclear test ban treaty
3 March 2025
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territori
World / 20 February 2025
Junge Welt denounces ‘grotesque and dangerous’ intimidation of Palestine rapporteur Albanese on Germany trip
20 February 2025
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territori
World / 19 February 2025
Riot police patrol Junge Welt HQ as newspaper steps in to host UN's Francesca Albanese
19 February 2025
Lebanese citizens check the destruction on their house cause
World / 18 February 2025
Israeli forces remain in Lebanon despite ceasefire deadline
18 February 2025
A young girl walks in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Ma
World / 24 January 2025
Around 242 million children missed school last year because of the climate emergency, says UN
24 January 2025
Kenyan police, who are part of a UN-backed multinational for
World / 19 January 2025
Kenya deploys more officers to Haiti
19 January 2025
Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the U.S. wa
World / 15 January 2025
Number of internally displaced people in Haiti passes 1 million, says UN
15 January 2025
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is set up amid destro
World / 5 January 2025
UN health body demands an end to Israeli attacks on hospitals
5 January 2025
Shireen Daifallah, who was displaced with her children from
World / 1 December 2024
Two children killed in latest Israeli strike in Gaza
1 December 2024
Palestinians gather to get food at a distribution center in
World / 29 November 2024
Three killed in bakery crush in Gaza as world observes UN day of solidarity with Palestinians
29 November 2024
STANDING FIRM: Activists demonstrate in silence protesting a
Features / 27 November 2024
Time for the global South to break free from Northern exploiters
27 November 2024
As the massive debt burden continues to bite and the climate emergency worsens, the world’s developing countries must escape the abusive relationship of debt enslavement that is holding them back, says ROGER McKENZIE
Palestinian children queue for donated food in Deir al-Balah
Britain / 25 November 2024
130,000 kids in Gaza ‘cut off’
25 November 2024
Fifty days of siege in northern Gaza sees young children deprived of food and medicine
Demonstrators take part in a rally ahead of the Internationa
World / 25 November 2024
An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says
25 November 2024
Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Na
World / 25 November 2024
Gangs in Haiti recruiting record numbers of minors, says UN
25 November 2024
Smoke and flames erupt from a building hit in an Israeli air
World / 22 November 2024
Hezbollah and Israeli troops engage in heavy fighting near Lebanese UN peacekeepers' base
22 November 2024
Medics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society and volunteer
World / 22 November 2024
More aid workers killed in 2024 than any other year, says UN
22 November 2024
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in
World / 22 November 2024
UN nuclear watchdog condemns Iran for failing to fully co-operate
22 November 2024
A police officer works to clear barricades of burning tires
World / 21 November 2024
China and Russia block US plan to fund Haitian peacekeepers through the UN
21 November 2024
People gather to collect water in Khartoum, Sudan, May 28, 2
World / 13 November 2024
Allies of Sudan's warring forces accused of ‘enabling the slaughter’
13 November 2024
Palestinian women mourn a relative killed in the Israeli bom
World / 8 November 2024
Around 70 per cent of those killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza were women and children, says UN
8 November 2024
Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government or
World / 8 November 2024
Myanmar's Rakhine state faces famine, says UN
8 November 2024
A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational f
World / 25 October 2024
Gangs in Haiti open fire on UN helicopter
25 October 2024
France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) talks with French
World / 24 October 2024
World in brief: October 24, 2024
24 October 2024
The Arbroath Cliffs, under which is a network of caves along
Britain / 21 October 2024
UN 30by30 nature target won't be achieved until next century, warns Greenpeace
21 October 2024
A displaced child lines up for food distribution in Deir al-
World / 18 October 2024
More than a billion people in the world live in acute poverty, says new report
18 October 2024
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at
World / 18 October 2024
Polisario Front slam UN plan to divide Western Sahara
18 October 2024
Rescue workers search for victims at the site that was hit b
World / 16 October 2024
Israeli air strikes pound Lebanon, killing at least 21 people
16 October 2024
Houthi supporters raise a poster of the late Hezbollah leade
World / 16 October 2024
Yemen risks being dragged further into wider Middle East conflict, says UN
16 October 2024
Destroyed shops and buildings at commercial street that hit
World / 14 October 2024
Lebanese Red Cross say Israeli bombing in northern Lebanon killed at least 18
14 October 2024
Destroyed buildings at a commercial street that was hit Sat
World / 13 October 2024
Israel's Netanyahu demands UN peacekeepers leave Lebanon's ‘danger zone’
13 October 2024
Rescue workers search for victims at the site of Thursday's
World / 11 October 2024
Israel slammed for fresh attack on peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
11 October 2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers his open
World / 10 October 2024
World in brief: October 10, 2024
10 October 2024
Israeli soldiers work on tanks in a staging area in northern
World / 10 October 2024
Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
10 October 2024
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, e
World / 29 September 2024
Russia and Ukraine trade air strikes over the weekend
29 September 2024
Palestinian supporters protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjam
Britain / 27 September 2024
Netanyahu accused of trying to drag wider world into Israel's murderous wars
27 September 2024
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th
World / 27 September 2024
Israeli air strike kills 11 in refugee camp just hours before Netanyahu claims his government ‘seeks peace’
27 September 2024
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79
Editorial: / 27 September 2024
Ignore Netanyahu's showboating and stop supplying his armies
27 September 2024
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks dur
World / 26 September 2024
UN Chief slams deeply divided Security Council
26 September 2024
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstr
World / 10 September 2024
Israel massacres at least 19 Palestinians during air strike on Gaza tent camp
10 September 2024
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Spai
World / 10 September 2024
Chinese and Spanish leaders talk trade and cooperating for peace in Ukraine and Gaza
10 September 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in sunglasses, and C
World / 8 September 2024
UN Security Council to consider establishing new military mission in Haiti
8 September 2024
From left, United Nations Fact-Finding Mission's expert mem
World / 6 September 2024
Human Rights experts urge new ‘independent’ force to protect civilians in Sudan
6 September 2024
Kenyan police officers, part of a UN-backed multinational fo
World / 5 September 2024
US considers pushing for UN peacekeeping force in Haiti
5 September 2024
OPPRESSION: Palestine’s apartheid wall in the West Bank
Features / 28 August 2024
Erdan’s war on the UN: the brutal wish of a failed Israel diplomat 
28 August 2024
Israel has had a long and troubled history with the United Nations and other UN-linked institutions, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Police officers with protesters as trouble flares during an
Britain / 25 August 2024
UN calls on Britain to rein in racist hate speech from its politicians and prominent public figures
25 August 2024
World / 25 August 2024
More than two dozen killed in vessel that sank off the coast of Yemen
25 August 2024
Forces loyal to the UN-appointed interim prime minister Abdu
World / 21 August 2024
UN warns of rapidly deteriorating situation in Libya
21 August 2024
Afghan school girls attend their classroom on the first day
World / 15 August 2024
Taliban have deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling, UN says
15 August 2024
People gather to collect water in Khartoum, Sudan, on May 28
World / 2 August 2024
Famine hits the North Darfur region of Sudan
2 August 2024
Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman milita
World / 31 July 2024
UN report accuses Israelis of torture and mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners
31 July 2024
World / 31 July 2024
UN experts demand removal of Cuba from designation as a state sponsor of terrorism
31 July 2024
This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. Na
World / 23 July 2024
Someone died every minute last year from Aids-related causes, says UN
23 July 2024
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfiel
World / 23 July 2024
US pledges fresh millions for Haiti
23 July 2024
Palestinian foreign policy advisor Riad Malki and other memb
World / 19 July 2024
Top UN court says Israel's settlement policy in the West Bank and east Jerusalem violates international law
19 July 2024
Residents look at armoured vehicles carrying Kenyan police o
World / 18 July 2024
Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to surrender their weapons
18 July 2024
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and President of th
World / 17 July 2024
Russia's Lavrov slams the US for holding the western world ‘at gunpoint’
17 July 2024
Ukraine calls on international community not to fall for Moscow's attempts to ‘present itself as the guardian of the multilateral order’
Minister for children and young people Natalie Don during a
Britain / 16 July 2024
History made as UN children's Rights convention put into Scots law
16 July 2024
In this photo released by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office,
World / 9 July 2024
UN agency head meets Pakistan's prime minister over Afghan refugees after clampdown
9 July 2024
Britain / 4 July 2024
UN special rapporteur attends Just Stop Oil trial
4 July 2024
An armoured police vehicle patrols in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
World / 3 July 2024
Violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,00 children, says the UN
3 July 2024
Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nati
World / 2 July 2024
UN general assembly adopts Chinese resolution on equal access to AI for poorer countries
2 July 2024
The Olympic rings are visible at the Roucas Blanc Marina con
Human Rights / 1 July 2024
CSI calls on Olympic Committee at UN to hold Azerbaijan accountable
1 July 2024
United Nation's special representative for children and arme
World / 14 June 2024
UN envoy worried over violence against children in Sudan
14 June 2024
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks dur
World / 12 June 2024
Violence against children in conflicts soared to ‘extreme’ levels last year, say the UN
12 June 2024
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emi
World / 10 June 2024
UN body has paused distribution of aid from pier off Gaza
10 June 2024
Women and their children wais during an event on how to prep
World / 6 June 2024
A quarter of the world's children under five live in severe food poverty
6 June 2024
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed by Israel’s bomb
World / 3 June 2024
UN experts call on all nations to recognise a Palestinian state
3 June 2024
Residents walk past a burnt car as they evacuate the Delmas
World / 29 May 2024
UN development specialist named as Haiti's new PM
29 May 2024
Head of Iran's atomic energy department Mohammad Eslami wave
World / 28 May 2024
Iran accused by UN watchdog of increasing stockpiles of enriched uranium
28 May 2024
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World He
World / 27 May 2024
World in brief: May 27, 2024
27 May 2024
People cross over the landslide area to get to the other sid
World / 27 May 2024
Papua New Guinea landslide left more than 2,000 people buried alive, says government
27 May 2024
This photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Servic
World / 23 May 2024
World in brief: May 23, 2024
23 May 2024
Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia
World / 7 May 2024
Russia calls for ban on all weapons in space
7 May 2024
People gather at the side of an explosion in a refugee camp
World / 5 May 2024
UN condemns bombing of to camps in the DRC which killed 12
5 May 2024
FIGHTING BACK: DPAC protest at Tory cuts outside Parliament,
Features / 4 May 2024
The UN has condemned Britain’s treatment of the disabled
4 May 2024
There has been another report from the UN that vindicates what disability campaigners have been saying and experiencing — we are being scapegoated as our rights are violated, reports ELLEN CLIFFORD
Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on an art installatio
World / 30 April 2024
Progress made over new treaty to end plastic pollution
30 April 2024
Mexico's legal advisor Alejandro Celorio Alcantar (centre) a
World / 30 April 2024
Mexico set to take Ecuador to top UN court for raid on embassy
30 April 2024
Palestinians find their home city unrecognizable in Khan You
World / 23 April 2024
UN alarm at evidence of mass graves in Khan Younis
23 April 2024
Palestinian children who fled with their parents from their
World / 23 April 2024
Israel never objected to any UNRWA staff member despite being provided with lists since 2011, UN panel reports
23 April 2024
RESTRICTED FREEDOMS: Hessah al-Ajaji drives her car after mi
Features / 20 April 2024
Saudi Arabia to helm UN women’s forum: an irony lost on no-one
20 April 2024
How has Saudi Arabia, notorious for human rights abuses, been appointed to lead the UN commission on gender equality despite continuing to imprison women activists advocating for basic rights, asks MARYAM ALDOSSARI
This satellite image shows Iran's nuclear site in Isfahan, I
World / 19 April 2024
Iranian air defences fire back at Israeli retaliation drone attack
19 April 2024
PAPERING OVER THE CRACKS: The 1864 Geneva Convention
Books / 17 April 2024
Who can impose peace?
17 April 2024
GORDON PARSONS examines a historical account of the legal attempts to contain warfare that continue to fail to prevent slaughter
Police advance to disperse an anti-government protest agains
World / 11 April 2024
Authorities in Argentina clampdown on protesters angered by President Milei's spending cuts
11 April 2024
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is s
World / 8 April 2024
UN condemns Ukrainian drone strike on Russian controlled Nuclear Power Plant
8 April 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, second right, arriv
Editorial: / 7 April 2024
Time to hit back at Nato's war propaganda
7 April 2024
Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Ce
World / 5 April 2024
The top UN human rights body calls for a halt to arms sales to Israel
5 April 2024
Protesters run after police shot warning shots and used wate
World / 5 April 2024
Myanmar's escalating violence is worst since military takeover
5 April 2024
An Israeli soldier on top a tank on the border with the Gaza
World / 25 March 2024
UN security council votes for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
25 March 2024
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador and Repres
Editorial: / 25 March 2024
People power has changed government policy on Gaza – now it must turn a UN vote into action
25 March 2024
A camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar is seen ac
World / 25 March 2024
Thailand send aid to war torn Myanmar
25 March 2024
Turkish and Russian soldiers patrol near the town of Darbasi
World / 22 March 2024
Syria's forgotten crisis need billions in life-saving aid
22 March 2024
Sudanese refugees displaced by the conflict in Sudan gather
World / 22 March 2024
Chad refugee camps overcrowded and need urgent funding
22 March 2024
DEADLY VIOLENCE: The relative, below, of a person found dead
Features / 22 March 2024
Haiti meddling — ‘a waste of time?’
22 March 2024
The former US special envoy to Haiti says international efforts to install a new leader in the strife-torn country are a ‘meddling puppeteering move’ by the US and Caricom, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Striking members and supporters of the National Education Un
Britain / 22 March 2024
Tory anti-strike legislation is leaving Britain's reputation ‘in tatters’
22 March 2024
People take part in the Resist Racism Scotland rally in Geor
World / 21 March 2024
Events across the world mark UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 March 2024
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens to a speech,
World / 20 March 2024
Military airstrikes in Myanmar kill at least 25 Rohingya people
20 March 2024
A girl reads a book in her classroom on the first day of the
World / 20 March 2024
More than 1 million girls in Afghanistan barred from education by Taliban as school year starts
20 March 2024
In this handout photo taken from video released by Investiga
World / 19 March 2024
World in brief: March 19, 2024
19 March 2024
Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip,
World / 19 March 2024
UN complains of ‘shocking inaction’ on the impending famine in Gaza
19 March 2024
Children look through a fence at a shelter for families disp
World / 19 March 2024
Gangs attack neighbourhood in Haiti's capital as security continues to deteriorate
19 March 2024
People stand by their houses in Juba, South Sudan, on Februa
World / 19 March 2024
Number of people affected by violence in South Sudan has surged, says the UN
19 March 2024
Smoke and explosions rise inside the Gaza Strip, March 17, 2
World / 18 March 2024
UN food agency warns that ‘famine is imminent’ in northern Gaza
18 March 2024
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro attends a press conferenc
World / 18 March 2024
Colombia suspends ceasefire deal with a rebel group
18 March 2024
People displaced by the ongoing fighting between Congolese f
World / 14 March 2024
Soaring violence in Congo displaces at least 250,000
14 March 2024
Members of the General Security Unit of the National Palace,
World / 10 March 2024
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti
10 March 2024
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks
World / 8 March 2024
Israel's settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank could amount to a war crime, warns the UN
8 March 2024
A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahs
World / 8 March 2024
Iran is responsible for the ‘physical violence’ that killed Mahsa Amini, UN probe finds
8 March 2024
People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June
World / 7 March 2024
UN Resolution calls for ceasefire in Sudan during Ramadan
7 March 2024
A woman walks past the international airport in Port-au-Prin
World / 5 March 2024
Armed gangs try to seize control of Haiti's main airport
5 March 2024
Residents displaced from a surge of violent attacks squat on
World / 1 March 2024
Paramilitary forces in Sudan committed crimes against humanity, say UN experts
1 March 2024
Police take cover during an anti-gang operation at Portail n
World / 1 March 2024
Kenya and Haiti sign agreements to salvage plan to deploy Kenyan police to battle gangs
1 March 2024
Children and their guardians gather outside a police station
World / 29 February 2024
Caribbean leaders say Haiti's unelected leader has agreed to hold elections next year
29 February 2024
United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan pack up their base
World / 29 February 2024
UN hands over 1st military base in Congo after decades of a ‘failed’ peacekeeping mission
29 February 2024
RESOLUTE: Protesters form a blockade outside L3Harris factor
Features / 29 February 2024
Stop arming Israel - we need an international arms embargo now
29 February 2024
We must not turn a blind eye to Britain's complicity in the suffering of the Palestinian people through its billion-pound weapons deals with some of the most oppressive governments in the world, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, D
World / 28 February 2024
At least a quarter of Gaza's population is one step from famine, says UN
28 February 2024
Palestinians wait for humanitarian aid on a beachfront in Ga
World / 26 February 2024
Israel fails to comply with ICJ aid order and intensified Gaza repression
26 February 2024
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his remarks
World / 26 February 2024
World is becoming ‘less safe by the day’ amid growing conflicts
26 February 2024
People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June
World / 23 February 2024
Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s conflict may amount to war crimes, says UN
23 February 2024
Delegates attend the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Rio de
World / 22 February 2024
Brazil calls for reform of UN as it takes up G20 presidency
22 February 2024
Israeli female soldiers pose for a photo on a position on th
World / 20 February 2024
The US proposes a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for a temporary ceasefire
20 February 2024
LGBTQ activists distribute chocolates to morning commuters a
World / 14 February 2024
World in brief: February 14, 2023
14 February 2024
A man walks past an abandoned canoe at the Sau reservoir ami
World / 14 February 2024
UN chief warns climate chaos and food crises threaten global peace
14 February 2024
URGENT: Chris Thorpe in A Family Business
Theatre review / 13 February 2024
90 seconds to midnight
13 February 2024
SIMON PARSONS applauds an informative show that reminds us of the need to keep the threat of nuclear destruction, accidental or intentional, in the headlines
A volunteer carries a Green Sea Turtle after it was caught t
World / 12 February 2024
Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, says UN
12 February 2024
Protesters set up a barricade in the street during a demonst
World / 8 February 2024
Haiti’s unelected prime minister urges calm following protests demanding his removal
8 February 2024
People gather at
World / 8 February 2024
Global warming exceeded 1.5°C across the entire year for the first time
8 February 2024
World / 6 February 2024
World in brief: February 6, 2024
6 February 2024
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Str
World / 6 February 2024
UN aid chief warns Gaza is a ‘wildfire’ that threatens to consume the region
6 February 2024
Smoke is seen bellowing from a Myanmar Border Police post fo
World / 6 February 2024
Nine UN security council members urge a halt to air strikes by Myanmar’s military
6 February 2024
Palestinians flee from the city of Khan Younis in southern G
World / 31 January 2024
UN envoy to Gaza calls out the ‘double standards’ of governments over UNRWA funding
31 January 2024
Displaced Tigrayans queue to receive food donated by local r
World / 31 January 2024
Nearly 400 Ethiopians have died of starvation in recent months, say officials
31 January 2024
United Nations logo on show during the 77th UN General Assem
World / 30 January 2024
War crimes are being committed by both sides in Sudan conflict, says ICC prosecutor
30 January 2024
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food
World / 22 January 2024
Taliban enforcing restrictions on single unaccompanied Afghan women, say UN
22 January 2024
Residents of the Solino neighborhood, who were displaced fro
World / 19 January 2024
Gangs in Haiti mount four-day attack on community amidst fears of spreading violence
19 January 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak onboard Border Agency cutter HMC
Britain / 16 January 2024
Crunch time for Sunak as rebel Tories vow to sink Rwanda Bill
16 January 2024
With the U.S Capitol in the background, demonstrators rally
World / 15 January 2024
UN agencies say Gaza needs more aid to arrive faster
15 January 2024
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Str
World / 9 January 2024
UN slams 600 Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank
9 January 2024
A 20mm Phalanx CIWS weapons defence cannon is mounted on the
World / 4 January 2024
World in brief: January 4, 2024
4 January 2024
Rohingya refugees residing in Sri Lanka protest outside the
World / 2 January 2024
Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka protest at planned closure of UN office
2 January 2024
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike
World / 21 December 2023
UN demands an inquiry into possible Israeli war crimes
21 December 2023
Sudanese refugees gather outside a field hospital in Acre, C
World / 21 December 2023
UN says up to 300,000 Sudanese fled their homes after paramilitary group seize their safe haven
21 December 2023
UN general secretary Antonio Guterres
Features / 18 October 2023
We can’t go on like this
18 October 2023
As the world is consumed by violence and conflict that the UN has failed to prevent, ROGER McKENZIE argues that a new international architecture is needed, without a built-in bias towards the interests of the West
EMERGENCY: Rescue workers help villagers evacuate from a flo
Human rights / 25 August 2023
Unicef says a year after Pakistan’s catastrophic floods millions of children still need urgent aid
25 August 2023
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Presid
World / 21 July 2023
New cold war undermining the UN, says Guterres as Kissinger meets Xi Jinping in Beijing
21 July 2023
Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria
World / 12 July 2023
UN ends aid to northwest Syria after Security Council fails to renew approval
12 July 2023
A Syrian national flag waves as vehicles move slowly on a br
World / 30 June 2023
UN warns 90 per cent of Syrians are already below the poverty line as food aid faces cuts
30 June 2023
Palestinians inspect a damaged building following an Israeli
World / 9 June 2023
UN accuses Israel of taking aim at Palestinian human rights groups
9 June 2023
Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, June 8, 2023, as
World / 9 June 2023
Sudan's government declares UN envoy no longer welcome
9 June 2023
A worker walks next to a pile of sacks of food earmarked
World / 9 June 2023
UN suspends food aid to Ethiopia over ‘diversion’ of supplies
9 June 2023
Felicien Kabuga's defense lawyer Emmanuel Altit, left, spea
World / 7 June 2023
Rwandan genocide suspect ruled unfit to stand trial due to dementia
7 June 2023
Sudanese, who had been stranded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, arr
World / 24 May 2023
Sudan conflict displaces over 1.3 million
24 May 2023
Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov at the United Nation
World / 25 April 2023
Lavrov slams the US and their allies at UN security council
25 April 2023
A resident without running water at home fills a container a
World / 22 March 2023
26 per cent of the world population lacks clean drinking water, UN figures show
22 March 2023
An Afghan woman weaves a carpet at a traditional carpet fact
World / 8 March 2023
Afghanistan is the world’s most repressive country for women, UN says
8 March 2023
Central African Republic’s President Faustin-Archange Toua
World / 6 March 2023
World’s poorest nations blast their treatment by rich counterparts
6 March 2023
Riyad Mansour (centre left), permanent observer of the State
Features / 2 March 2023
The truth behind the UN’s condemnation of Israel’s illegal settlements
2 March 2023
If the US joining criticism of Israel's expansion into the West Bank at the UN sounds too good to be true, that is because it is — and Palestinians will not be tricked into celebrating this empty gesture, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Yemen's Prime minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed make a stateme
World / 28 February 2023
Charities working in Yemen slam shortfall in humanitarian funding pledges
28 February 2023