UN appeals for funds to help contain Uganda Ebola outbreak
The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola ...
More than 200 children were raped in Sudan since the beginning of 2024, UN children's agency says
Children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024, according to the U.N.
Kim Jong Un's sister warns of provocative response to U.S. aircraft carrier deployment
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister said Tuesday that the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier to South ...
UN Food Program Closes Its Southern Africa Office in the Wake of Trump Administration Aid Cuts
The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid ...
UN sets date for extra session to finalize plastics treaty
The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take ...
UN Rights Chief Laments 'Shift in Direction' in United States
The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States ...
Rebels in eastern Congo abducted 130 hospital patients, UN says
The United Nations says the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men in two hospitals in a ...
East Congo rebels abduct at least 130 hospital patients, UN says
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels launching an offensive in east Congo abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals ...
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It’s time to treat sexual violence in war as torture, writes a UN rapporteur
Indeed, torture survivors have historically been viewed as heroes who have overcome adversity, and communities tend to rally ...
Japan won’t join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence
Japan will not attend a U.N. conference on the treaty banning nuclear weapons, a top government official in Tokyo said Monday ...
UN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect nature
Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments ...
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UN expresses concerns over M23 rebels attacks on hospitals in DRC
UN Human Rights Office expressed grave concerns on Monday concerning attacks on hospitals and abductions of patients by the Rwandan-backed group M23 during the ongoing armed conflicts in the ...