United Nations
2026, Sep 03
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow
Fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters, the El Niño climate pattern is intensifying and has yet to peak. Forecasters are almost certain it...
2026, Sep 03
One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual...
About 20 million children aged 12 to 17 – one in five across 21 countries – were sexually exploited by perpetrators using...
2026, Sep 02
World News in Brief: US-Iran war intensifies, aid for Myanmar,...
Fighting between the United States and Iran has sharply escalated after a month-long lull, with the two sides exchanging strikes as fears...
2026, Sep 02
‘Fight for humanity’: Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now
Record heat waves, deadly flooding and extreme weather reflect an ever-warming planet poised to soon breach safe temperature limits, according to a...
2026, Sep 01
At SCO summit In Kyrgyzstan, Guterres calls for more representative...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to help reshape global governance for a changing...
2026, Ago 31
‘Slavery is not a thing of the past’: UN supports...
Slavery is not just a thing of the past. Its effects continue to be felt in systemic inequality and racism. This was...
2026, Ago 31
‘Every step towards disarmament matters,’ nuclear testing survivors warn
He was born without arms, a legacy of four decades of nuclear explosions at the Semipalatinsk test site in his native Kazakhstan.
2026, Ago 29
Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea-levels mean to humanity
The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats...
2026, Ago 26
Land models sprout as degradation threatens billions of livelihoods
Promising efforts to restore degraded land are now in the spotlight at a time when 40 per cent of the world’s land...
2026, Ago 26
Red Sea nations step up maritime cooperation as regional threats...
From piracy and migrant smuggling to disruptions affecting global shipping routes, countries bordering one of the world’s busiest waterways are seeking closer...
