Haiti Faces ‘Point Of No Return’ As Gang ViolenceTuesday, April 22, 2025
Haiti is on the verge of ldquo;total chaos rdquo; as coordinated gang violence continues to escalate, threatening the State rsquo;s ability to maintain public order, the UN rsquo;s top envoy for the country warned on Monday. Special Representative Mar iacute;a Isabel Salvador told ambassadors in ...
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Vatican Reveals Cause Of Pope Francis’ DeathMonday, April 21, 2025
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis died from a cerebral stroke and subsequent heart failure. A death certificate published by the Vatican on Monday said the cerebral stroke led to a coma and irreversible heart failure. The Vatican revealed cause of the late Pope rsquo;s death hours af ... |
Gaza: Alongside Conflict, An Information War Is Still Happening, Warns UNRWA ChiThursday, April 17, 2025
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to ldquo;get international media into Gaza rdquo; to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in the e ... |
Gaza Faces Deepening Crisis As Aid Stocks DwindleThursday, April 17, 2025
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis. The crisis in Gaza is displacing hundreds of thousands and depriving civilians of shelter, food and medicine. Indeed, more than 500,000 people ar ... |
The Trump Administration’s “Wars On Terror” – Old and NewTuesday, April 15, 2025
The Trump White House is repurposing the potent framing of ldquo;terrorism rdquo; to go after a new set of enemies ndash; drug cartels, migrants and domestic political opponents. Its words and deeds pose serious risks to the U.S. constitutional order, civil liberties and maybe peace as well. ... |
UN Forum On People Of African Descent Examines Reparations And AI ChallengeMonday, April 14, 2025
The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Organised by the UN human rights office, the week-long session ldquo;Africa and people of African descent: United for reparatory justice in the age of Artificial ... |
WFP Warns That US Funding Cuts Spell ‘Death Sentence’ For MillionsWednesday, April 9, 2025
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has voiced deep concern over reports that the United States has ended funding for life-saving emergency food assistance in 14 countries. ldquo;If implemented, this could amount to a death sentence for millions of people facing extreme hunger and star ... |
13 Million People In Ukraine Need Urgent Humanitarian AidWednesday, April 9, 2025
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has warned that some 13 million people in Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid as displacement, psychological trauma and the destruction of essential services continues to take a devastating toll on the country. Briefing the Securit ... |
UN Rights Office Calls For End To Israel's ‘illegal Presence’ In The Occupied PaFriday, April 4, 2025
Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York. The briefing session also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land. The Palestinian co-director ... |
Ministers Discuss Renewable Energy Generation At UN Global Climate ForumThursday, March 27, 2025
Ministers from 40 countries met in Germany on Wednesday at the first major climate forum of 2025 to discuss progress in renewable energy generation and the rising toll of inaction over rising temperatures. 2025 marks a milestone: the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the deadline for c ... |
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