New U.S. Aid Conditions Threaten UN Work on Women, Peace and Security emactaggart Wed, 03/11/2026 – 14:55 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List UNHCR workers in a Rohingya camp, […]
As the war in the Middle East enters its twelfth day, the UN has continued to call for all parties to ensure that civilians are protected across the region, in line with international law and the United Nations Charter. Stay with us for updates from across the United Nations system. UN News app users can […]
Between 9-20 March 2026, the United Nations is hosting the 70th session of the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. As the largest gender equality gathering in the world, CSW is often an important space for feminist movements to come together, strategise, and advocate for policy advancement and implementation of women’s rights obligations. But this year’s CSW is taking place amidst rapidly escalating fascism in the United States, […]
Dancliff Mbura is the advocacy and communications manager at Action Against Hunger Kenya. He works to influence policy and resource allocation and is an expert on multisectoral nutrition interventions. Just four years since the last devastating drought, when five consecutive rainy seasons failed, 3.3 million people in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid counties are facing acute […]
On 29 January 2024, five-year-old Hind Rajab was brutally killed, along with her four cousins, uncle and aunt, by the Israeli military as they attempted to flee a neighbourhood in Gaza City. The two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics who went to Hind’s rescue were also killed by the Israeli military. Hind’s mother, Wesam Hamada, […]
Five months on from opposition protests banned by the authorities that saw hundreds of people arrested, including pregnant women, some are still being held even though they had no involvement in the protests, while others have been convicted in unfair trials, Amnesty International said today. In October 2025, a few days before the presidential election, […]
At the opening of its session, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) adopted its Agreed Conclusions on strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, following weeks of intense pressure from a small, but vocal group of states seeking to derail the negotiations and the adoption of the text. The […]
Pakistan announced fuel- and cost-saving measures to mitigate the economic strain from the ongoing conflict in Iran. The steps include temporary school closures, government salary cuts, and a ban on iftar gatherings.
The widening Middle East war has triggered a new displacement crisis in Lebanon. Amid ongoing attacks, Beirut has postponed parliamentary elections. What is happening to people on the ground?
Madagascar’s military leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina has sacked his prime minister and dissolved the entire Cabinet. He gave no word on why, only saying a replacement prime minister would be named "shortly."
