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Putting humans at the centre: UN AI panel begins work on global impact study
The UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI – the first global body of its kind – is gearing up for its inaugural in-person summit.
UN Updates
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Haiti’s freefall demands urgent global action as millions face hunger and violence
Haiti is facing “one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere,” a senior UN aid official warned on Friday, underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering there.
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New era for space dawns as Artemis astronauts return
After a 10-day journey around the far side of the Moon, the four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean late on Friday.n.
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Kosovo mission head warns ‘mistrust’ threatens post-election stability
Despite successful legislative elections in Kosovo late last year, a “delicate equilibrium” persists as deep divisions remain over the future of the United Nations presence in the region.
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Development finance gap risks reversing decades of progress
Global fragmentation, deepening geopolitical tensions and conflicts are putting decades of development progress at risk, the UN warned in a report published on Thursday – calling for stepping up investment to meet internationally agreed goals.
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Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes
The scale and speed of destruction from the wave of airstrikes in Lebanon which began just hours after the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, has left the country’s already strained health system struggling to cope, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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World News in Brief: Sudan refugee update, child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, ‘mystery’ illness in Burundi, human rights in Serbia
More than a million Sudanese refugees who’ve fled into neighbouring Chad risk losing out on essential food, shelter and other support due to funding cuts, as the war in their homeland approaches the three-year mark.
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Iran ceasefire raises hopes for reopening key Strait of Hormuz
The announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, will it is hoped, lead to the opening of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which one fifth of the world’s oil and gas passes.
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Hundreds feared dead in Lebanon strikes
The United Nations has strongly condemned airstrikes by the Israeli military across Lebanon on Wednesday which have resulted in significant casualties and destruction.
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Over 1,000 humanitarians have been killed in three years, Security Council hears
At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the total killed over three years to over 1,010. The International Red Cross warned the Security Council on Wednesday that “we are losing our humanity in war.”