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Development Finance Gap Risks Reversing Decades Of Progress

Monday, 13 April 2026, 12:21 pm | UN News

Global fragmentation, deepening geopolitical tensions and conflicts are putting decades of development progress at risk, the UN warned in a report published on Thursday - calling for stepping up investment to meet internationally agreed goals. More >>

New Era For Space Dawns As Artemis Astronauts Return

Sunday, 12 April 2026, 9:59 pm | UN News

After a 10-day journey around the far side of the Moon, the four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean late on Friday. More >>

Lebanon Airstrike Casualties ‘Still Under The Rubble’ As Ambulances, Hospitals Face New Threats

Saturday, 11 April 2026, 5:52 pm | UN News

With Lebanon still reeling from Israel’s devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fears of attacks on ambulances and looming food shortages in the south of the country on Friday. More >>

Lebanon: Health System Overwhelmed Following A ‘Horrific’ Day Of Israeli Strikes

Friday, 10 April 2026, 7:49 am | UN News

The Scale And Speed Of Destruction From The Wave Of Airstrikes In Lebanon Which Began Just Hours After The US-Iran Ceasefire Announcement, Has Left The Country’s Already Strained Health System Struggling To Cope, According To WHO. More >>

World News In Brief: South Sudan Rights, Opioid Guidelines Update, DR Congo Crisis Continues

Friday, 3 April 2026, 2:06 pm | UN News

South Sudan is evolving into a catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis, UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts warned on Thursday. More >>

Middle East Crisis Exposes Global Energy Fault Line As UN Urges Shift To Renewables

Friday, 3 April 2026, 9:16 am | UN News

The ongoing crisis in the Middle East is exposing a central vulnerability in the global economy: the dependence on fossil fuels flowing through regions affected by conflict. More >>

Guterres Warns Of ‘Wider War’ As Middle East Conflict Enters Second Month

Friday, 3 April 2026, 9:10 am | UN News

The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to issue a stark warning on Thursday morning that the world is “on the edge of a wider war” with catastrophic global implications. More >>

Middle East War: UN’s Türk Decries ‘Severe Restrictions’ On Free Speech

Thursday, 2 April 2026, 3:51 pm | UN News

From Iran to multiple nations in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, around 3,000 people have reportedly been arrested in the first month of the ongoing war across the region, sparking alarm over free speech restrictions and state repression. More >>

Lebanon At ‘Breaking Point’ As Displacement Soars And Strikes Intensify

Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 7:03 pm | UN News

The UN’s top humanitarian official warned the Security Council that Lebanon is facing one of its most dangerous moments in years, with escalating violence, mass displacement and deepening human suffering pushing the country to “breaking point”. More >>

Sea Mines Clearance: A New Dimension Of Difficulty

Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 8:44 pm | UN News

Clearing mines laid at sea can be an “extremely challenging and very dangerous” undertaking according to a UN mines expert. More >>

Persian Gulf Crisis Impacting Food Security, FAO Warns

Friday, 27 March 2026, 5:41 pm | UN News

The intensifying conflict in the Persian Gulf “has triggered one of the most rapid and severe disruptions to global commodity flows in recent times,” the Chief Economist with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. More >>

Gulf War ‘Out Of Control’, Guterres Warns, As UN Appoints Envoy To Push For Peace

Friday, 27 March 2026, 5:37 pm | UN News

Speaking outside the UN Security Council in New York to journalists on Wednesday, Mr. Guterres said the conflict had spiralled far beyond what leaders had anticipated. More >>

UN Weather Agency Warns Of Record ‘Climate Imbalance’ As Planetary Warming Accelerates

Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 5:55 pm | UN News

The Earth’s energy imbalance is a new indicator WMO has started tracking, with results pointing to a notable acceleration in the rate at which warming has been progressing between 2001 and 2025. More >>

Iran Nuclear Facility Hit As Equivalent Of ‘1 Classroom Of Children’ Killed, Wounded Daily In Lebanon

Sunday, 22 March 2026, 8:16 pm | UN News

More than 1,000 people have been killed and 2,584 injured in Lebanon since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, UN officials said Saturday. More >>

A Former Refugee Takes On A World In Flight

Sunday, 22 March 2026, 8:13 pm | UN News

Barham Salih has spent much of his life crossing borders, first as a young Kurdish exile fleeing repression in Iraq, and now as the UN top official for refugees, confronting a world in which more than 117M people have been forced from their homes. More >>

Middle East War Shockwaves Ripple Through Asia-Pacific Fuel And Supply Chains

Friday, 20 March 2026, 1:59 pm | UN News

The fallout from the Middle East war is rippling far beyond the Gulf, disrupting fuel supplies, shipping routes & supply chains across Asia & the Pacific, already feeling the strain through rising prices, threats to jobs, food security & remittances More >>