Sudan crisis: UN agencies race to aid civilians as violence engulfs El Fasher
“We are deeply alarmed by mounting reports of grave violations against civilians,” M. Haq said, citing accounts of “executions, sexual…
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Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit
The Global Coalition for Social Justice Forum brought together ministers, workers’ and employers’ organizations, UN agencies and civil society to…
Paul Keating advised Anthony Albanese about first meeting with Donald Trump
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US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief
More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in the continuing series of attacks since early September “in circumstances that…
Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘surge in repression’ and spike in executions following Israeli airstrikes
Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York – the first time the mission has presented findings to the General Assembly…
‘Normalising’ Taliban rule would betray Afghan women, warns UN expert
Richard Bennett, the Special Rapporteur monitoring human rights in Afghanistan – who serves independently under a mandate of the Human…
World News in Brief: Ukraine energy targeted, nuclear test warning, rights violations in Nicaragua
It marks the third large-scale combined strike in October on energy facilities in civilian areas – leading to major power…
‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls
Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, the UN’s top relief official Tom Fletcher said “women and girls are being raped,…
Reported massacre at hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher leaves 460 dead
The World Health Organization says it’s appalled and deeply shocked by reports that 460 patients and their companions have been…
Amid shifting alliances, General Assembly demands end to US embargo on Cuba
An overwhelming majority of the UN’s 193 Member States once again urged Washington to lift the measures – despite a…