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Military tensions in South Sudan are rapidly expanding between Government forces and opposition militia as fighting continues in restive Jonglei state... South Sudan: All the conditions for a human catastrophe are present

The war in Ukraine remains the worlds biggest threat to nuclear safety as a fifth year of combat looms, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned on ... UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains worlds biggest threat to nuclear safety

Reaching a single child in Sudans Darfur region can take days of negotiations, security clearances and travel across sandy roads that cut through shif... Reaching a child in Darfur is hard-won and fragile, says UNICEF

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian Government and the mainly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces... World News in Brief: Syria ceasefire welcomed, Olympic truce, Ukraines freezing children

Kim Keon Hee, the wife of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, was handed a 20-month sentence in a country where high-level prosecutions have become standa... South Koreas former first lady jailed for bribery ahead of husbands verdict

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses security guarantees demanded by Ukraine for any deal, once again saying the current regime in Kyiv should end... Russias top diplomat rejects key part of deal to end war with Ukraine

Trump has sent an armada to threaten Iran, but the presidents rationale for a possible military strike keeps changing. Trump weighs imminent Iran strikes, but whats the mission?

A routine role for ICE around next months Winter Olympics has drawn ire in Italy, amid President Donald Trumps sprawling immigration crackdown. ICE at Olympics angers Milan mayor, who says agencys image is terrible

There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced. Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash

Despite a modest increase in humanitarian assistance, the situation in Gaza remains dire, with children among the hardest hit by shortages of shelter,... UN says Gaza crisis remains dire, children hardest hit

The Security Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday that renews the mandate of the UN Mission in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah for a final two-mon... Yemen: Security Council votes on final extension of Hudaydah Mission

The UN Security Council is holding a high-level open debate on the Middle East which is expected to focus on the Gaza peace plan including the role of... Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors debate as Middle East crises mount

With his so-called Board of Peace, President Donald Trumps transactional new world order takes shape. Looking for signs of Trumps new world order after Davos

With young people under 30 making up more than half of the global population and over 272 million children and youth still out of school, their partic... Young people must be truly involved in transforming education

The senior UN official in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, has issued a condemnation of the massive overnight Russian drone and missile strike on several ma... Cycle of attacks must end: Lead UN official in Ukraine

A tense standoff between the Syrian Government and Kurdish-led forces in the countrys northeast risks igniting wider instability just as Syria struggl... Syria: Renewed clashes risk derailing fragile transition

A rising trend towards government-enforced internet shutdowns with at least 300 incidents in more than 54 countries over the last two years is prompti... UN warns of rising internet shutdowns as digital blackouts spread worldwide

Russian forces launched a fresh wave of strikes across Ukraine this week which have left hundreds of thousands of families without electricity and hea... World News in Brief: Winter attacks in Ukraine, looming food aid cuts in Nigeria, drought in Kenya

The world spends billions to protect nature, but trillions are being invested in business activities that harm the environment. For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it

As President Trump launched the international Board of Peace plan for Gaza on Thursday, top independent rights experts tasked by the UN Human Rights C... Gaza: War crimes probe pledges to continue work for justice and accountability

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed urged countries to protect the UN Charter in a powerful speech to the Danish Parliament on Thur... Dangerous nostalgia is a threat to multilateralism, UN deputy chief tells Danish MPs

Invitations to join the board have prompted a wide range of responses, from eager assent to hedging, wait-and-see statements from bewildered world lea... Trump launches Board of Peace at Davos, testing global order

The split between ideological allies showed the limits of the U.S. presidents with-me-or-against-me politics, and a key obstacle to cooperation among ... European populists broke with Trump on Greenland as national goals diverged

Trump and White House envoy Witkoff have said a deal to resolve nearly four years of war between Russia and Ukraine is close. After good Trump meeting, Zelensky pushes Europe hard to do more

The land flattens on the approach to Birao, a cut-off town ringed by savannah in the far north of the Central African Republic, where roads dissolve i... At the edge of war: the Central African Republic's uneasy border with Sudan

Haiti is entering 2026 facing one of the most complex crises in its recent history. On Wednesday, the Caribbean island nation will be high on the inte... Haiti explained: why the crisis is deepening and what comes next

The planned reductions to parts of the alliances force structure and some advisory groups mark the Trump administrations latest move to scale back mil... Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO groups

The surreal clamor over Greenland provoked by Trump has shadowed proceedings in Davos, heightening fears of an emerging rupture between the U.S. and E... At Davos, Trumps Greenland gambit prompts European backlash

Tetsuya Yamagami pleaded guilty to shooting the former prime minister with a homemade gun in 2022, an act he tied to struggles with the Unification Ch... Killer of Japanese leader Shinzo Abe sentenced to life in prison

Russian attacks on Ukraines energy infrastructure have cut heat, electricity and water to hundreds of thousands of civilians in freezing winter condit... Cold and dark: UN rights chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraines power grid

In 2011, a trafficker in Chile was convicted for recruiting economically vulnerable Peruvian citizens and arranging for them to be brought into the co... Human trafficking depends on corruption at every step

Catastrophic flooding across Mozambique is devastating lives and livelihoods, sharply increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and malnutrition, while... Mozambique floods heighten disease, malnutrition risks UN agencies

The reported demolition underway early Tuesday of the headquarters of UN agency UNRWA by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem - reportedly under ... UN strongly condemns demolition of UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem

Despite a downward trend in the use of the death penalty globally, 2025 saw an alarming increase in the number of executions in a small number of rete... Alarming increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition

Since 2026, nearly 17 percent of Lebanons population has been living in a state of major food insecurity a situation that is likely to worsen in the c... World News in Brief: Food insecurity in Lebanon, Libya migrants freed, UNHCR tackles multiple emergencies despite cuts

Atrocities in Sudans Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic... Sudan: Atrocities repeated town by town, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council

In Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the already difficult task of helping vulnerable pe... Yemen: Children are dying and its going to get worse, warns aid veteran

Leaders of the bipartisan delegation said most Americans dont want to acquire the territory, and thousands of Danes joined Hands-off Greenland protest... In Denmark, U.S. lawmakers contradict Trump on Greenland

In war-torn Sudan, local communities say they dont have enough settlements for the internally displaced, few solutions for women who have suffered sex... Amid Sudans humanitarian crisis, Chad shows act of solidarity

A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season f... Aid cuts push millions in West and Central Africa deeper into hunger

More children in war-ravaged Gaza are now back in the classroom, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday. World News in Brief: Gaza education update, the General Assembly at 80, Venezuelas humanitarian needs

Families across Ukraine are in constant survival mode amid ongoing waves of Russian missile and drone strikes that have left blocks without power for ... Ukraine: Families in survival mode amid Russian strikes and deadly cold

A government-imposed nationwide communications blackout has left Iranians outside the country scrambling to reach family and friends. Iranians abroad wait for news from loved ones amid communications blackout

Iran said that Erfan Soltani, a man said to be facing execution, would be spared. The Trump administration is weighing strikes and imposed new sanctio... Iran reopens airspace after Trump says protest crackdown has eased

The company said it had stopped Grok from undressing people on the X platform. Groks stand-alone app still does it. Stand-alone Grok app still undresses women after X curtails access to tool

As the White House considers military options in Iran, some political allies are concerned about attempting another high-risk operation or starting a ... Trump hints at Iran decision as advisers meet to prepare strike options

Iranians across the country have taken to the streets at great risk, facing a violent government crackdown. Photos emerge from Irans protests, veiled by government blackout

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated Tuesday that more than 2,000 people have been killed since demonstrations began on Dec. 28... Trump encourages Iranian protesters; rights group says 2,000 killed

PSLV-C62 Mission Suffers Third-Stage Failure, National Security Satellite Lost Indias PSLV rocket experienced consecutive failures in May 2025 and January 2026, both attributed to third-stage malfunctions. These setbacks resulted in the loss of critical national security satellites. The most recent incident, involving the PSLV-C62 mission, occurred during ISROs first launch of 2026. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has reported an anomaly encountered during the third stage (PS3) of

The UN-mandated independent human rights fact-finding mission on Iran has urged authorities to immediately restore internet access and halt the violen... Fact-finding mission urges Iran to end protest violence and restore internet