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Libya’s fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli

3 days ago Breadcrumb Home Libya’s fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli 15 May 2025 UNSMIL/Iason Athanasiadis A truce has brought a sense of calm to Tripoli, following some of the worst fighting the Libyan capital has seen in years. (file photo) A fragile calm has settled over Tripoli after a sudden surge of violence this week left parts of the city in ruins, claimed civilian lives, and heightened…

‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out

3 days ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out 15 May 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe/Loey Filipe Sung Eui Lee (left), daughter of Jong Ryung Lee, and Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, address the Security Council. Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from…

In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount 14 May 2025 UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UN peacekeepers conduct a foot patrol along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon. More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support…

Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’ 14 May 2025 © UNICEF/Amin Meerzad A mother fills a prescription for her child at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file photo) In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of…

‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots'

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots' 14 May 2025 Crown Copyright A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is pictured airborne over Afghanistan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight –…

World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions 14 May 2025 © UNHCR/Caitlin Kelly A UN worker in Chad talks to newly arrived refugees from Sudan.thousands in desperate need More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape intensifying violence in Darfur…

A historic course correction: How the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home A historic course correction: How the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero 14 May 2025 © Unsplash/Chris Linnett The global shipping sector is a vital engine of world trade—and a significant contributor to the climate crisis, responsible for nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping…

8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home 8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF 14 May 2025 UNICEF/Chris Farber/UNICEF via Getty Images UNICEF’s ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the UN Headquarters in New York. Each empty desk and chair represents the million children living in countries where schools have been almost entirely closed. Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw…

UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital 14 May 2025 © WHO United Nations agencies like the World Health Organization, continue to support the people of Gaza The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.…

US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen

4 days ago Breadcrumb Home US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen 14 May 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country. The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern…