Sanctions imposed by the United States on three prominent and well-respected Palestinian human rights groups are “completely unacceptable and should be withdrawn”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.Read the full story, “Amid escalating a…

The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, has released $10 million in response to the urgent need for food, water, shelter and other lifesaving provisions following this week’s devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Afghanistan.Read the full story, “Wo…

Speaking to journalists in the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Friday, UN chief António Guterres rounded off the first ever visit to the Pacific nation by a sitting Secretary-General, paying tribute to the country’s unbroken 50-year run as a multi…

As the nearly 30-month-long conflict in Sudan between rival militaries grinds on, looting, burning, and shelling continues to destroy livelihoods and hope.Read the full story, “‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilia…

Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance for survivors has had to be halted as sweeping funding cuts bite, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned on Friday.Read the full story, “DR Con…

Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of media coverage, according to the latest UN-backed Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) report, the world’s largest study on gender representation in news media. Read the ful…

On 7-8 September 2025, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms Radmila Shekerinska, will visit Bulgaria.

As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate experts on Friday highlighted how damaging microscopic smoke particles from wildfires play their part, travelling halfway across the …

NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, will meet at the Chiefs of Defence level from 26 to 27 September 2025, in Riga, Latvia. The Chair of the Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, will preside the meeting, atten…

Shein is probing its operations after an image of Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was used to model clothing on its website. The image, sourced from a third-party vendor, has been removed. The company is invest…