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DPR Korea ploughing ahead with nuclear and ballistic missile programme

1 day 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home DPR Korea ploughing ahead with nuclear and ballistic missile programme 07 May 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs the Security Council on non-proliferation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A top UN official has warned that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (…

DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands

1 day 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands 07 May 2025 MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti WFP convoys have reached Beni, eastern DR Congo, with critical food aid. (file photo) A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced people affected by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to…

New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30

1 day 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30 07 May 2025 © UNRWA An UNRWA school sheltering displaced families in Gaza has received a direct hit. Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 days 3 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 06 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Rolando Gómez, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and…

Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates

2 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates 06 May 2025 © WFP/Eloge Mbaihondoum Refugees from wartorn Sudan wait at a food distribution centre in neighbouring Chad. Most of the new arrivals are women and children, says the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid teams said on…

Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese

2 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese 06 May 2025 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga A woman is being screened for malnutrition in South Sudan. "Health is the last safety net. If it fails, everything else will also fall.", said Dr Humphrey Karamagi, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)’s Representative in South Sudan. Aid teams in South Sudan warned on…

UN Secretary-General urges military restraint from India, Pakistan

2 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN Secretary-General urges military restraint from India, Pakistan 06 May 2025 UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file photo) The UN chief has expressed deep concern over Indian military operations across the Line of Control and the international border with Pakistan. In…

Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’

2 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’ 06 May 2025 © UNRWA Many Gazans are living in temporary shelters after their homes were destroyed. The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday…

‘Alarming’ slowdown in human development - could AI provide answers?

2 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Alarming’ slowdown in human development - could AI provide answers? 06 May 2025 © Ministry of Digital Transformation, Trinidad &Tobago Trinidad & Tobago is investing in AI with the expectation that it can accelerate development. The progress of human development – as measured by people’s freedoms and well-being – has remained sluggish since the major shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities

2 days 5 hours ago Breadcrumb Home More than 30-year difference in life expectancy highlights health inequities 06 May 2025 Courtesy of Silvia Ramos. Midwife Silvia Ramos checks the health of a newborn. Where you're born could be the difference between living over three decades longer than someone else from a poorer country lacking safe housing, good educational opportunities and access to decent jobs, a new UN report…