NEWS
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Economic Development
UN forum in Bahrain endorses declaration on entrepreneurship and innovation for the SDGs
Delegates attending a UN forum in Bahrain endorsed on Wednesday a declaration calling on the international community to harness the…
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: Food aid reaches Haitians, UN chief condemns attack on Slovakian leader, Russian strikes drive influx of evacuees in Ukraine
UN agencies are reaching Haitians in the besieged capital and other areas amid ongoing gang violence that continues to ravage…
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Americas
Surge in child migrants crossing the dangerous Darién Gap: UNICEF
The number of child migrants crossing the perilous Darién Gap has surged by 40 per cent so far this year,…
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Africa
‘Time is running out’ to address crisis in Sudan
The international community must give greater attention and resources to war-ravaged Sudan, where millions are “trapped in an inferno of…
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Human Rights
UN rights chief, independent experts denounce Georgia’s new ‘foreign agents’ law
The adoption of the controversial “foreign agents” law in Georgia seriously undermines the freedoms of expression and association, the UN’s…
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Middle East
Gaza: Underweight babies, heavy fighting and a hospital reopening
Amid some of the fiercest reported fighting in Gaza yet, UN humanitarians on Wednesday repeated warnings that famine is still…
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