United Nations
2026, Sep 17
World News in Brief: Winter aid for Gaza, West Bank;...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to raise $97.5 million to protect 540,000 children and their families in Gaza and the...
2026, Sep 17
As freshwater reserves shrink, countries must prepare for a new...
The world is entering a period in which abnormal water supplies are becoming the norm, with river flows, groundwater and glaciers all...
2026, Sep 16
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General...
Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Secretary-General António Guterres said the world had entered “an era of deep uncertainty” and...
2026, Sep 16
World News in Brief: Shipping alert from IMO, democracy vanishing...
Amid a rising number of attacks on shipping in key waterways in the Middle East linked to the US-Iran war, the head...
2026, Sep 16
Who should set the rules for AI? The UN is...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly, raising questions about how societies and governments can capture its benefits while managing risks that often...
2026, Sep 16
Report warns of reprisals against those who engage with the...
Activists, lawyers and others who cooperate with the United Nations on human rights continue to face intimidation and reprisals, according to a...
2026, Sep 16
The world comes to New York: What’s at stake at...
Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gather...
2026, Sep 15
World fears major war more than any other global risk,...
Two years ago, the idea of a large-scale war breaking out felt like a distant hypothetical to the experts who help chart...
2026, Sep 14
Countries must increase AI regulation to avoid ‘existential risks’: Türk
Voluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier artificial intelligence (AI) is “nowhere near sufficient” to address existing harms and prevent advanced autonomous AI...
2026, Sep 14
Countries must increase AI regulation to avoid ‘existential risks’: Türk
Voluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier artificial intelligence (AI) is “nowhere near sufficient” to address existing harms and prevent advanced autonomous AI...
