Category: World

The UK will be able to take stronger action against illegal migration as Council of Europe Foreign Ministers, including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, are set to agree an updated interpretation of Articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR today The UK has led diplomatic efforts alongside like-minded partners over recent months, securing support for a principled […]

The funding announcement, made on Wednesday by the United States, brings total recent US humanitarian support channelled through the UN-coordinated system to $3.8 billion following an earlier $2 billion allocation announced in December. UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the latest contribution, saying it “will allow humanitarians to reach millions of people in the most urgent […]

The agreement, announced on Thursday by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, follows 14 weeks of negotiations held under United Nations auspices in Amman and is expected to reunite thousands of families separated by more than a decade of conflict. “This is a moment of profound relief for thousands of Yemenis who have endured […]

A 12-year-old girl was among at least five civilians killed in a massive Russian drone and missile strike on Ukraine over the past 48 hours. The girl’s body was found under the rubble of a residential building in the capital, Kyiv. The strike also disrupted essential services, according to local authorities, with the water supply […]

UN News spoke with Walker during a visit to the UN Headquarters, in New York, to present My Deepest Desire, a newly published edition of Hara’s final work featuring Walker’s ink drawings and a new translation by Liza Dalby. Published posthumously after Hara’s suicide in 1951, My Deepest Desire is a poetic short story meditating […]

A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted the founder and owner of HealthSplash yesterday for his role in operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders and prescriptions to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs out of more than $1 billion. Photo of defendant Brett Blackman “The Department of […]

Almost 150 passengers and crew from 23 countries had been stranded aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship for weeks following an outbreak of Andes hantavirus, a rare but potentially deadly disease that can, in rare circumstances, spread between humans through close contact. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the operation, coordinated under the International Health Regulations […]

[Delivered in French] The Russian Federation’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine is in its fifth year. Russia’s illegal occupation of parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions is now in its fifth year, while its illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions is in its thirteenth year. There continue to be reports of […]

The internet is now woven into everyday family life, shaping how children learn, play and connect with others from an early age. But alongside these opportunities, new risks are emerging, sometimes from an unexpected source: parents themselves. Every day, parents share millions of photos and videos of their children on social media. This growing practice […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. The United Kingdom welcomes the US-brokered ceasefire of 9–11 May. We note Ukraine’s offer to extend the ceasefire on long-range strikes beyond 11 May. This offer fits squarely with Ukraine’s long-standing efforts to create a more conducive environment for negotiations on a just and lasting peace. Regrettably, Russia wasted no time […]