The United Nations raised the alarm Tuesday over fighting raging near the former safe haven of Wad Madani in Sudan where the population had swelled to more than 700,000.
Gazans are "in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, while calling for an expansion of the current pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Memoranda of understanding have been signed, greenwashing claims have been made. Quite a bit is at stake in the coming weeks in Dubai.
The presence of United Nations peacekeepers, whose shortcomings can frustrate local populations, is not a "magic wand" for conflict zones, said their leader Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who supports an expanded tool kit to protect civilians in increasingly complex territory.
More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made worse by the impacts of climate change than anywhere else worldwide, the United Nations said Monday.
The highest wealth inequality was observed in China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand, the report said.
With the war between Israel and Hamas raging, a UN humanitarian official urged the Security Council on Tuesday to "not lose focus" on Ukraine, especially as another brutal winter looms.
India abstained from voting on a UN resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas crisis last Friday.
Ambassador R. Ravindra said India is "deeply concerned" about the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Trucks stuffed with international aid for Gaza should be rolling "in the next day or so," the United Nations said Friday, with Palestinians desperate for life-saving supplies after relentless bombing from Israel, still reeling from its bloodiest-ever attack.
Consumers discard or possess disused electronic goods containing raw materials critical for the green energy transition and worth almost $10 billion every year, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Efforts to help millions of people in need in Sudan due to the civil war are being hampered by a lack of security and meagre international funding, the United Nations said Thursday.
Gang-plagued Haiti is sinking further into bloodshed and lawlessness, the United Nations chief warned in a report Wednesday, urging the international community to provide security and financial aid to the troubled Caribbean nation.
Sick leave in the UK has hit its highest rate in 15 years and is well above pre-pandemic levels, a study showed Tuesday.
India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said influential countries are resisting change whilst some developing nations are pushing for the rebalance of global power.
Ministers from nations like Mauritius, Maldives and Bhutan praised India for its G20 presidency and for using its position as an emerging power to raise issues of the global south at world forums.
More than 50 decrees have been introduced by the Taliban. It has become increasingly common for women to face harassment, intimidation and violence on the streets for allegedly defying them.
The leader of Paraguay, one of a dwindling number of countries that recognize Taiwan, called Tuesday for its readmission to the United Nations in recognition of its democratic credentials.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seeking a diplomatic path as tensions soar over Pyongyang's weapons programs.
Muslim leaders addressing the United Nations on Tuesday berated the West over burnings of the Koran, denouncing the acts protected as free speech as discriminatory.
The United Nations Security Council renewed the mandate for its peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year after tense debate around the troops' freedom of movement. The vote came only a few hours before the mission's authorization was set to expire.
The crisis in Niger, whose president was overthrown on July 26, is amplifying risks for millions of vulnerable youngsters, the UN's children's fund said.