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Kenya Races To Trace All Contacts After First Ebola Death, WHO Official Says
Thursday, 8 October 2026, 1:30 pm | UN News
Kenya’s first Ebola death has triggered a race to trace everyone the victim came into contact with, as the United Nations and partners provide full support, WHO’s top official in the country has told UN News in her first interview on the case. More >>
‘Ebola Takes The People Children Depend On’: UNICEF
Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 8:48 am | UN News
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones – with some succumbing to the deadly disease themselves, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday. More >>
‘The Clock On AI Regulation Is Ticking’, Warns UN Rights Chief
Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 11:30 am | UN News
The world is running out of time to put guardrails on AI, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday, as a “ruthless race” between companies & countries raises concerns about human safety & even humanity’s survival. More >>
Global Life Expectancy Bounces Back To Near Pre-Pandemic Levels, WHO Says
Saturday, 3 October 2026, 3:15 pm | UN News
People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. More >>
UN Panel Calls For Stronger Safeguards As AI Agents Advance
Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 9:29 am | UN News
The world's first scientific body on Artificial Intelligence called on Monday for AI safeguards to be adapted as current firewalls are “unravelling”. More >>
Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins In DR Congo
Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 9:26 am | UN News
An Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), involving frontline health workers and others involved in the response. More >>
‘Violence Will Only Defer A Problem’: UN Assembly President On Trust, AI And Lessons From The Rohingya Crisis
Monday, 21 September 2026, 7:55 am | UN News
Khalilur Rahman took the gavel as President of the UN General Assembly's 81st session amid what he calls a crisis of confidence in the organization he has served – in one capacity or another – for 35 years. More >>
Who Should Set The Rules For AI? The UN Is Pushing For A Safer Digital Future
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 3:38 pm | UN News
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly, raising questions about how societies and governments can capture its benefits while managing risks that often extend beyond national borders. More >>
AI, Climate And Conflicts Top Guterres’s Agenda Ahead Of General Assembly
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 3:35 pm | UN News
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 urged governments to embrace international cooperation to address global threats. More >>
The World Comes To New York: What’s At Stake At UN General Assembly High-Level Week
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 3:32 pm | UN News
Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gather at United Nations Headquarters. More >>
Gaza Remains Recovery Points To Possible War Crimes, Says UN Rights Chief
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 3:18 pm | UN News
Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble of Gaza, three years after Israeli bombardment flattened entire neighbourhoods – most of them women and children. More >>
Back To School In Haiti: ‘Madame, Can You Stop What The Gangs Are Doing To Us?’
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 7:10 am | UN News
When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the children a simple question: What did they most need from the UN children’s agency? More >>
World Fears Major War More Than Any Other Global Risk, UN Survey Finds
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 7:04 am | UN News
Two years ago, the idea of a large-scale war breaking out felt like a distant hypothetical to the experts who help chart the world’s dangers. Today it tops their list of fears, according to a new UN Global Risk Report. More >>
Countries Must Increase AI Regulation To Avoid ‘Existential Risks’: Türk
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 12:01 pm | UN News
Voluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier AI is “nowhere near sufficient” to address existing harms and prevent advanced autonomous AI models from circumventing human safeguards, UN human rights chief Volker Türk wrote on ... More >>
Ebola Response In Eastern DR Congo Must Include Food Aid, WFP Says
Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 8:24 am | UN News
As Ebola sweeps across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ensuring families meet their basic food needs is crucial to halt the spread of the deadly disease. More >>
West Bank: UN Rights Report Warns Of Forcible Displacement From Three Refugee Camps
Monday, 7 September 2026, 3:35 pm | UN News
Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law. More >>
UN Tells The World: Stop Making Africa Look Small
Monday, 7 September 2026, 8:59 am | UN News
The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is. More >>
‘Fight For Humanity’: Avoiding A Climate Catastrophe Means Acting Now
Thursday, 3 September 2026, 2:47 pm | UN News
Record heat waves, deadly flooding and extreme weather reflect an ever-warming planet poised to soon breach safe temperature limits, according to a UN report released, but doubling down on climate action now could avoid a climate catastrophe. More >>
Rising Seas, Rising Stakes: What Increasing Sea-levels Mean To Humanity
Monday, 31 August 2026, 8:02 am | UN News
The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are growing. More >>
As Wars Spread, The Global Food System Unravels
Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 7:06 am | UN News
A family with 4 children abandoned its farm in Somalia after armed groups arrived & demanded payments for the right to continue cultivating the land. They walked roughly 100 kilometers to a displacement camp. One of the children died along the way. More >>
