More civilians were killed and injured in Ukraine in May than in any other month in the past four years, UN investigators said on Friday in their latest update.
Violence spread across Belfast following a shocking knife attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese asylum seeker on Monday, triggering a wave of anti-immigration unrest. The victim suffered significant injuries to his face and back.
Hate speech is a grave and growing threat to peace and security, Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Thursday, calling for urgent action to break a cycle that can lead to genocide and other atrocity crimes.
The Security Council meets this morning to discuss the situation in Central Africa, including efforts to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), one of the region’s longest-running security threats. Ambassadors are expected to hear an update on the work of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the implementation of a regional strategy […]
Night has fallen over the town of Zémio, in the east of the Central African Republic. In a few hours, the December 2025 presidential election is due to take place, but the rebels of the “Azande Ani Kpi Gbe” (AAKG) militia have launched an offensive to seize the city and derail the polls.
When US and Israeli forces launched strikes on Iran on 28 February, triggering one of the most serious geopolitical crises in years, the Strait of Hormuz – a narrow channel just 34 kilometres wide at its narrowest point – became a global flashpoint overnight.
Months of fighting and insecurity have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei State, triggering “one of the most severe conflict-related displacement emergencies in recent years”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
The United Nations paused on Friday to pay tribute to the more than 4,500 peacekeepers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the past 78 years.
Tehran 5 June 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 06/05/2026 – 17:50 Tehran Fri, 06/05/2026 – 12:00 5 June 2026 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) reported that “U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctions stateless vessel MT DAVINA located in the India Ocean… We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and […]
Hormuz 5 June 2026 #1 lalasor Fri, 06/05/2026 – 17:52 Strait of Hormuz Fri, 06/05/2026 – 12:00 5 June 2026 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) reported that “U.S. forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctions stateless vessel MT DAVINA located in the India Ocean… We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit […]
