UN Photo UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits the Anti-Banditry Force base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A turning point for Haiti: can the country end the omnipotence of street gangs? […]
2025 sees record number of crimes against children in conflict zones
© UNICEF/M. Jamal Children who fled violence in Sudan’s El Fasher receive school supplies in Tawil. 2025 sees record number of crimes against children in conflict zones Peace […]
World Environment Day: protect environmental activists and save the Caspian Sea
UN News Service Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan. World Environment Day: protect environmental activists and save the Caspian Sea Climate and Environment The main international events on the […]
Top news of the day | Wednesday: Lebanon, famine, human rights activists, drought
© WMO/F. Abdeladim Climate change is contributing to droughts around the world. Top news of the day | Wednesday: Lebanon, famine, human rights activists, drought UN The main […]
Lebanon: Despite truce between Hezbollah and Israel, 12 children are killed or maimed every day
© UNICEF/F.Ciofani 5-year-old Ali was wounded during the attacks on Beirut in early April. His father pulled him out from under the rubble of a collapsed building. Lebanon: […]
Women, peace and security: the UN called for a change in approach to peacekeeping
© UN Women/Alice Ambrose Mozambicans forced to flee their homes by violence in the north of the country are receiving training courses on peace and security. Women, peace […]
Conditions are forecast to worsen for millions of people in 13 hunger hotspots
© UNICEF/M. Naftali The health worker measures the child’s arm circumference to determine the level of malnutrition. Conditions are forecast to worsen for millions of people in 13 […]
World Bank: 1.2 billion young people will enter the labor market in developing countries by 2035
© UNICEF/Z. Modola Young people from the Rohingya community are training to become electricians in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh. World Bank: 1.2 billion young people will […]
Digital slavery: how technology facilitates human trafficking and how countries around the world are trying to counter it
© UNODC UNODC representatives are checking documents at a fraudulent center discovered in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Digital slavery: how technology facilitates human trafficking and how countries […]
Global fish production has hit a record, but the future of the industry is threatened by climate change and overfishing
© FAO/C. Kambu Unloading tuna in the port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Global fish production has hit a record, but the future of the industry is threatened by […]