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- Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive
on September 26, 2025The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four more hospitals forced to shut […]
- World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental health, Khartoum shelter crisis, WFP lifeline in Ukraine, South Sudan rights update
on September 26, 2025World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) […]
- Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenals
on September 26, 2025The UN Secretary General on Friday warned a high-level meeting in New York focused on ridding the world of nuclear weapons that the threat is only […]
- UN warns time running out for families with terrorist ties stranded in Syria camps
on September 26, 2025Six years after the defeat of ISIL, also known as Daesh, tens of thousands of people with alleged or actual ties to the terrorist group remain […]
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- Gaza City suffering escalates as Israeli strikes inflict more heavy casualties
on September 25, 2025While the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza City ramps up, conditions in the south of the war-torn enclave are so cramped that displaced and […]
- Youth to UN: ‘Listen to us. Invest in us. Partner with us’
on September 25, 2025With nearly half the global population under 30, the UN continues to emphasise the indispensable role young people play in decision-making towards […]
- Gaza: UN agencies warn of escalating attacks, mass displacement and famine
on September 24, 2025UN agencies on Wednesday warned that civilians in the devastated Gaza Strip are facing escalating attacks, more mass displacement and worsening […]
- UN’s Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos
on September 23, 2025The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world is awash with overlapping crises – from wars […]
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- Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenalson September 26, 2025
The UN Secretary General on Friday warned a high-level meeting in New York focused on ridding the world of nuclear weapons that the threat is only […]
- UN moves to close dangerous void in AI governance
on September 25, 2025The explosive growth of AI tools around the world has yet to be matched by effective, internationally agreed rules on how this powerful technology is […]
- UN ‘high seas’ treaty clears ratification threshold, to enter into force in January
on September 20, 2025A landmark UN treaty to safeguard marine biodiversity on the high seas has now met the required 60 ratifications for entry into force, clearing the […]
- Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
on August 22, 2025Delegates from around the world met at UN Headquarters in New York this week to advance the long-awaited high seas biodiversity treaty, with […]