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Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system

9 hours 18 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system 15 May 2025 ESCWA Cover page for the Annual SDG Review 2025: Financial Inclusion in the Arab Region. Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from 17.1 million to over 51 million…

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

9 hours 18 minutes 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…

UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly

9 hours 18 minutes ago Breadcrumb Home UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly 15 May 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Former Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of Germany speaks during the General Assembly informal interactive dialogue with the candidate for the position of President of the General Assembly for the eightieth session. The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision…

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

1 day 9 hours 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

1 day 9 hours 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

1 day 9 hours 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

1 day 9 hours 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.…

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

1 day 9 hours 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’

1 day 9 hours 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'

1 day 9 hours 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 –…