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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 >>

Middle East War Risks Pushing 45 Million More People Into Acute Hunger

Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 1:05 pm | UN News

The Middle East war could cause the worst disruption to lifesaving humanitarian work since COVID, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, as the UN chief again demanded an end to the widening conflict. More >>

Middle East Crisis: UN Health Agency Releases Emergency Funds For Lebanon, Iraq, Syria

Monday, 16 March 2026, 9:04 pm | UN News

WHO is releasing another $2 million in emergency funds to support health systems in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria as strikes against Iran by the US and Israeli continue amid counterstrikes across the Gulf and wider region by Tehran. More >>

In Beirut, Guterres Demands End To Middle East War: Civilians ‘Deserve To Live Without Fear’

Monday, 16 March 2026, 9:00 pm | UN News

The UN Secretary-General on Saturday called on the international community to intensify support for the Government and people of Lebanon, warning that the south of the country “risks being turned into a wasteland.” More >>

‘No One Should Be A Hibakusha’: Young Japanese Activist’s Mission To Share Atomic Bomb Survivor Stories

Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 9:09 pm | UN News

A Japanese peace activist is hoping to promote global nuclear disarmament by keeping alive the stories of the atomic bomb survivors through the creation of a mobile museum. More >>

New Challenges Bring Increased Risks In Combating Child Sexual Abuse, Exploitation

Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 9:07 pm | UN News

Despite some progress made globally, children around the world still face serious and evolving risks of being sold, sexually exploited and abused. More >>

Humanitarian Crisis ‘Worsening’ In Afghanistan As War Erupts In The Middle East

Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 12:39 pm | UN News

Crises in the region on both Afghanistan’s longest borders are undermining the country’s stability, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday. More >>

Lebanon ‘Dragged Back Into Turmoil’, UN Envoy Warns

Sunday, 8 March 2026, 6:28 pm | UN News

Lebanon has been “dragged back into a state of turmoil and violence”, the UN’s top envoy in the country warned on Saturday, after the latest round of regional strikes triggered a fastescalating crisis along the Blue Line. More >>

Radio Begum: A Rare Public Space For Women In Afghanistan

Sunday, 8 March 2026, 6:26 pm | UN News

Every morning in Kabul, several cars make their way across the Afghan capital to pick up the producers of Radio Begum. The young women do not travel to the office on their own as moving around the city has become too complicated. More >>

On Day Seven Of Middle East War, No Let-Up In Suffering

Saturday, 7 March 2026, 8:27 pm | UN News

The escalating war in the Middle East has heightened growing concerns about further civilian suffering and displacement in the region and far beyond, UN agencies said on Friday. More >>

Imprisoned Iranian Protesters Face ‘Expedited’ Executions

Thursday, 5 March 2026, 9:20 pm | UN News

As US, Israeli and Iranian strikes continued for a fifth day, a top Human Rights Council probe warned on Wednesday that Iranian prisoners including detained protesters face expedited death penalty proceedings. More >>

How AI Is Already Reshaping Working Conditions

Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 5:11 pm | UN News

From delivery couriers compelled to follow the demands of online platform algorithms to content moderators who confront pornography and death every day while training artificial intelligence (AI) systems. More >>

Iran Crisis: Schoolgirls Killed, Thousands Displaced And Aid Compromised

Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 11:11 am | UN News

On the fourth day of Israeli and United States airstrikes against Iran and amid growing violence and instability in the Middle East, the UN urgently called for protection of civilians and warned of growing displacement and humanitarian needs. More >>

Why Medicinal Plants Matter On World Wildlife Day

Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 5:14 pm | UN News

Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging demand for more. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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