The report estimates 8.2 per cent of the global population (673 million individuals) experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 per cent in 2023 and 8.7 per cent in 2022. Latin America and Asia saw improvements, with the prevalence of undernourishment falling by 1.2 percent in Asia and 1 percent in Latin America and the […]
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Wildfires sweeping through Bursa Province, northwestern Türkiye, have killed 17 people and forced the evacuation of over 1,700 residents, according to government and media reports as of July 28, 2025. The fires, intensified by record-breaking heat, dry conditions, and strong winds, have scorched more than 7,000 acres of forest land near the Gürsu-Kestel corridor, threatening […]
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Under cooler skies after days of intense heat, the run ended where it all began, at the original UN Charter – the document that launched the Organization and reshaped the modern international order – now on display at UN Headquarters. Inside the General Assembly Hall, delegates gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its signing. […]
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Hitachi Rail has entered into a 15-year Technology Partner Framework Agreement with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA), marking a major step forward in the modernisation of the region’s Supertram network. Under the agreement, Hitachi Rail becomes SYMCA’s long-term strategic technology partner, tasked with renewing core Supertram systems and deploying advanced digital solutions to […]
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But as starvation tightens its grip and “children are dying before our eyes,” UN officials and aid workers warn that the measures fall far short of the much-needed ceasefire and unfettered aid access that could help stem the spiralling humanitarian catastrophe. “Welcome announcement of humanitarian pauses in Gaza to allow our aid through,” UN Emergency […]
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On July 27, 2025, President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a landmark trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. The deal, reached during a high-stakes meeting in Turnberry, Scotland, averts a looming trade war and reshapes the transatlantic economic relationship. 📜 Core Provisions of the Agreement […]
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Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva, 27 July 2025 – Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July – including 24 children under five, a child over five, and 38 adults. Most of these people were declared dead […]
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Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. On 18 June, the High Planning Council in the Israeli Civil Administration issued a directive to reject all building and planning permits submitted by Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, […]
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Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona received prison sentences of 15 and 12 years for their roles in brutal attacks against civilians – primarily from the country’s mainly Muslim Seleka population – during the 2013-14 civil war. They were found guilty “beyond any reasonable doubt” of leading and facilitating attacks on civilians in the capital, Bangui, […]
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Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International on Friday that the fight for human rights is “more important than ever”. He called on States to uphold international law and defend human rights “consistently and universally, even or especially […]
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