Explained | World AIDS Day 2023: Human rights backlash threatens global AIDS response, says UN

The head of the United Nations AIDS programme recently warned that an unprecedented backlash against human…

South Asia has highest number of children struggling with severe water scarcity: UN

Nearly 350 million children are struggling with “high or extremely high water scarcity” in South Asia,…

India at UN urges Canada to take action against ‘extremism’, ‘misuse’ of freedom of expression

India has called on Canada to prevent misuse of freedom of expression, disallow activities of groups promoting…

Israel-Hamas war: Israeli strikes on Gaza refugee camp ‘could amount to war crimes,’ says UN

Israeli strikes on Gaza’s largest refugee camp “could amount to war crimes,” said the United Nations…

UN troops’ departure won’t be delayed: Mali junta

Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop has said that withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from northern Mali…

UN human rights body extends mandate for investigator to document alleged rights violations in Russia

The United Nations human rights body adopted a resolution brought by several European countries and extended…

Mali: Military junta aims takeover of key UN camp in north

The military junta in  Mali is aiming takeover of a key United Nations military camp in…

Israel’s ambassador to UN accuses Hamas of war crimes

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, on Sunday (Oct 8), condemned the Hamas group for war…

Sudan war spreading as death toll tops 9,000

A paramilitary attack on Jabal Awliya south of Khartoum killed at least 10 people on Saturday,…

Ukraine: Death toll from Hroza strike rises to 52; UN team deployed to investigate

The death toll from an airstrike on the northeastern Ukrainian village in the Kharkiv region rose to…