Explosion from Hezbollah Drone Leaves Man Seriously Injured in Northern Israel
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i24 News – A resident of northern Israel sustained serious injuries on Saturday after an explosive-laden drone, believed to be dispatched...
News in Brief 15 February 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.In Gaza, the situation in Rafah is dire say UN agencies, amid reports that Israeli forces...
Guterres welcomes creation of transitional council in Haiti to choose new leaders
In a statement issued on Saturday by his Spokesman, the UN chief welcomed the publication on Friday, 12 April of a decree formally establishing...
Russian Forces Seize Village in Donetsk
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i24 News – The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that its forces had successfully seized control of the village of...
De-escalation zone: The UN peacekeepers trying to stop Gaza war spreading |
As war rages in Gaza, another simmering conflict risks escalating on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon – which is why the UN peacekeeping mission...
UN honours 101 staff killed in Gaza conflict
The fallen colleagues worked for the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, providing life-saving aid to Gaza’s 2.2 million people, amid constant bombardment...
News in Brief 16 February 2024 |
At Munich Security Conference, UN chief calls for ‘global order that works for all’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Munich Security Conference on Friday...
World News in Brief: Dozens dead in Yemen shipwreck, Pakistan expulsions ‘must stop’, FAO...
More than 64 people are missing and feared dead after the vessel they were travelling in capsized on Sunday.Approximately 90 migrants, including 60 women,...
World Toilet Day, flush with innovations for safer sanitation
In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s...
World’s migratory species in decline, UN report warns |
Amy Fraenkel: The conventional migratory species has its roots in the watershed meeting in Stockholm in 1972, which was the first ever UN meeting on...
UN and African Union sign new human rights agreement
At the meeting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat signed a framework agreement on human rights, which follows a...
UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day
The annual observation on 29 November marks the day in 1947 that the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on partitioning Palestine into two...
News in Brief 19 February 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Israeli operation in Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’Any military operation by Israeli forces against...
New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide
The event, organized by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the New York City Commission on Human Rights, was a call to action...
INTERVIEW: ‘Climate of division’ creating more challenging environment for UN peacekeeping
The 10-year-old mission in Mali, MINUSMA is currently winding down ahead of its end of December deadline to leave.In his speech to the UN...
UN and Egyptian Red Crescent join forces to bring aid to Gaza and Sudan...
Sharing borders with Gaza, Israel, Libya and Sudan, Egypt has taken a lead role in providing lifesaving aid in the region. Since the outbreak...
World News in Brief: Abused Afghan women face prison, UNICEF global alert, deadly mpox...
That’s just one of the shocking findings of a new report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which found that instead of filing...
General Assembly approves $3.59 billion UN budget for 2024
In actions taken late evening on Friday, the 193-member General Assembly also adopted nearly $50 million in additional funding for decisions taken by the...
News in Brief 20 February 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United NationsWFP halts food aid delivery to northern GazaInsecurity has forced the World Food Programme (WFP)...
Lookahead to 2024: July to December
July: Is a second half comeback possible?2023 marked the midway point for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a blueprint for a better future adopted...
‘Arteries of Capitalism’: Anti-Zionist Groups Planning Major ‘Blockade’ of Ports Around the World
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Far-left anti-Israel activists are launching a mass demonstration to block the “arteries of capitalism” on Monday by staging a blockade of...
Lookahead to 2024: January to June
Whilst we can’t predict what will be making the headlines, we do know that the UN will make full use of its unique convening...
George Washington University Anti-Zionist Group Hurls Racist Remarks at UN Ambassador
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An anti-Zionist student group at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC staged an unprecedented disruption of a talk by US...
World Radio Day interview: UN radio in South Sudan, a channel for peace |
Radio Miraya has been broadcasting across South Sudan since 2006 and in that time its core message of peace hasn’t changed – and it...
