UN faces ‘race to bankruptcy’ as Guterres unveils sharply reduced 2026 budget
The revised proposal marks a significant drop from his original ask for next year of $3.715 billion and is 15.1…
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Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) decided to adjourn its extraordinary session convened this week in London and reconvene…
Central African Republic: ‘3R’ combatants in the northwest lay down their arms
Some carried weapons of war; others ammunition – the very items on which their eligibility for the disarmament, demobilization, and…
Gaza: UN pushes to scale up aid delivery
On Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher made his way to Rafah on the southern Gaza border, from the…
Funding crisis forces deep cuts to UN peacekeeping missions
The crisis, which UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix described as “more daunting than ever,” follows the partial non-payment of assessed…
Afghan quake aftermath: Children facing heightened risk from disease
The severe risk of disease outbreak comes after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a remote eastern area of Afghanistan on 31…
Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN
At just 41 kilometres long (25.4 miles) and two to five kilometres wide (1.2 to 3.1 miles), few places in…
UN envoy warns Libya’s transition at risk amid stalled political roadmap
Hanna Tetteh, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, said that while some progress has been made toward implementing a UN-backed…
Nations confront deep divisions over carbon emission cuts to global shipping
The framework, developed after years of negotiations and approved in draft form in April, would for the first time establish…
Antibiotic resistance surges globally, UN health agency warns
According to the agency’s latest surveillance report, antibiotic resistance rose in more than 40 per cent of the bacteria-drug combinations…