United Nations News Updates

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up.

The United Nations has overthrown a decades-old “Kafkaesque financial rule” that requires it to return unspent funds to Member States – even when those funds had never been deposited in the first place.

The deadly Venezuela quakes have deepened hardship for families who already needed support and left others without homes, income or regular access to food. 

Five humanitarian workers have been killed after a clearly marked aid convoy was ambushed in Jonglei State, South Sudan.

The UN agency serving 5.9 million Palestine refugees, UNRWA, continues to strive to deliver on its mandate while facing an unprecedented $100 million budget shortfall, a gap it hopes to narrow during Tuesday’s pledging conference at UN Headquarters.

Re-opening the Strait of Hormuz would bring vital relief for many economies, but developing countries will continue to grapple with increased food and fuel costs, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new guidance to help countries confront the rising burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of the most neglected global health threats, yet still largely absent from national health plans. 

Millions of children across the globe are already using artificial intelligence to learn, solve problems and even seek advice about personal worries, while safeguards are failing to keep pace with the technology’s rapid adoption.

Search and rescue operations continued in Venezuela on Tuesday as thousands of displaced survivors struggled to find shelter and humanitarians issued an alert over the spread of infectious disease.

As European transport officials scramble to deal with melting train tracks and buckling roads amid a crushing heatwave, a UN report released Tuesday warns of more extreme weather in the decades ahead for Europe, Central Asia and North America.