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- Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikeson June 13, 2025
Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging ‘maximum restraint’ from Member States. The […]
- DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothingon June 13, 2025
As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal […]
- Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikeson June 13, 2025
Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security […]
- Atomic watchdog says Iran not complying with nuclear safeguardson June 12, 2025
The UN-backed atomic watchdog passed a resolution on Thursday declaring that Iran is not complying with its obligations regarding nuclear […]
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- World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimismon June 13, 2025
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
- Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisison June 13, 2025
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic […]
- Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syriaon June 12, 2025
Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during 14 years of civil war. Now, some families are able to live […]
- World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europeon June 12, 2025
With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, the UN Chief for Humanitarian Affairs once […]
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- Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisison June 13, 2025
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic […]
- US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chiefon June 6, 2025
The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday has been condemned by Volker […]
- Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangleon May 28, 2025
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has […]
- New judge elected to the International Court of Justiceon May 27, 2025
A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United […]