United Nations

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Regulating online hate speech 'not censorship': UN rights chief

A Palestinian, evacuated from Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza after Israeli forces raided the medical facility, sits next to crutches, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, December 28, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza healthcare nearing 'total collapse' due to Israeli strikes: UN

Cyclone Chido devastated homes in Mayotte in December. Photo: AFP
Climate Change

Climate change brought extreme weather, heat in 2024: UN

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Bangladesh

UN reaffirms support for interim government's reform initiatives in Bangladesh

Displaced women who fled the Aleppo countryside, sit with their children in Tabqa, Syria December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo
Middle East

Up to 1.5 million people could flee Syrian escalation, UN official says

United Nations talks on curbing the use of plastics ended in failure last weekend. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

The UN is failing to save the world. Here’s what might

Bangladesh highlights women's leadership in sustainable land management at UNCCD COP16
Bangladesh

Bangladesh highlights women's leadership in sustainable land management at UNCCD COP16

A plastic bottle floats in the sea at Maccarese beach, west of Rome, Italy November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo
World+Biz

Battle over curbing plastic output jeopardises UN treaty hopes

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World+Biz

UN committee adopts resolution paving way for first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity

Mourners gather to hold a vigil for the Polish aid worker Damian Sobol who was killed by the Israeli army in Gaza in Przemysl, Poland, 4 April 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Record 281 aid worker killed in 2024 in 'era of impunity', UN says

Smoke rises from North Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Sderot, Israel, November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is seen at a press conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting with former President Donald Trump and the House Republican Conference, in Washington, US, June 13, 2024. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

Trump taps Stefanik to be UN ambassador

People visit the Turkey's pavilion at the Green Zone, near the venue of the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11, 2024. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Climate Change

Trump worries and leader absences cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku