UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged G20 leaders in Rio to “show leadership” on emissions cuts to rescue stalled UN climate talks in Azerbaijan. Deadlocked over a $1 trillion climate investment deal, nations hope G20 compromise will break the impasse on
The UN envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, proposed dividing the disputed territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a potential solution to the long-running conflict. He presented the idea during a closed UN Security Council meeting,
At least 10 bullets hit the World Food Programme aid vehicle, according to the UN agency. World Food Program CNN — The World Food Programme is freezing employee movement in Gaza after one of its vehicles was targeted with repeated gunfire just meters from
The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to the siege of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region, where fighting between government and paramilitary forces has provoked a humanitarian crisis. A man walks past a devastated market area in al-Fasher,
Displaced Palestinian children line up to receive food in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, on May 19, 2024. AFP/Getty Images The United Nations food agency is unable to feed most civilians in Rafah, its local director warned Friday, with
Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice on Friday, after South Africa filed an urgent request with the court to order a ceasefire in Gaza. South Africa told the court on Thursday that the
UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Gaza risked an “epic humanitarian disaster” Friday as Israel pressed military operations around its far-southern city of Rafah crippling the work of aid agencies. Thick, black smoke rises from a fire in a building caused
Humanitarian aid falls through the sky towards the Gaza Strip, after being dropped from an aircraft, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen Purchase Licensing Rights UNITED NATIONS,
As NATO marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, the Alliance is seeing renewed dynamism, particularly with the recent accessions of Finland and Sweden. But the organization also faces multiple challenges, from the war in Ukraine to the possible return to
The village of Rmeish in Lebanon Three United Nations observers and a translator have been wounded by shelling in Rmeish, southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission said. Lebanon’s state news agency reported that an Israeli drone strike was behind the