Health

Doha summit ends with call to turn social pledges into action thumbnail
Health

Doha summit ends with call to turn social pledges into action

Doha summit ends with call to turn social pledges into action Speaking at the closing press conference, President of the UN General Assembly...

Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide thumbnail
Health

Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide

Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide The impacts affect livelihoods, and fuel displacement as well as ongoing instability.  Moreover, they can linger even after the fighting has ended. In Sierra Leone, for...

New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action thumbnail
Health

New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action

New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action The move comes ahead of COP30, the UN climate talks...

Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says thumbnail
Health

Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says

Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says 6 November 2025 Peace and Security The United Nations said on...

Genocide prevention expert raises alarm over alleged Sudan atrocity crimes thumbnail
Health

Genocide prevention expert raises alarm over alleged Sudan atrocity crimes

Genocide prevention expert raises alarm over alleged Sudan atrocity crimes “We see massive violations of international human rights law, direct attacks on civilians,...

Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa thumbnail
Health

Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa

Nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth wiped out by Hurricane Melissa 6 November 2025 Peace and Security Around 1.5 million Jamaicans have...

Afghanistan: Opium cultivation drops sharply, but regional trafficking rises thumbnail
Health

Afghanistan: Opium cultivation drops sharply, but regional trafficking rises

Afghanistan: Opium cultivation drops sharply, but regional trafficking rises 6 November 2025 Law and Crime Prevention Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen...

Grandi calls for greater refugee protection and funding thumbnail
Health

Grandi calls for greater refugee protection and funding

Grandi calls for greater refugee protection and funding Filippo Grandi reported that for the first time in nearly a decade, the number of refugees and other people...

Security Council lifts terror-related sanctions on Syrian President thumbnail
Health

Security Council lifts terror-related sanctions on Syrian President

Security Council lifts terror-related sanctions on Syrian President Soon after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in early December 2024, the international community began...

Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children thumbnail
Health

Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children

Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children Estimates indicate one in five children under three are either zero-dose or have missed vaccinations because of the war, putting them...