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Global tensions hit investments again in 2023: UN
Jun 21, 2024Global foreign direct investment declined in 2023 for a second year running as a result of growing trade tensions, a slowing global economy, and other factors, the UN announced on Thursday. According to a recent report... -
Four in five people want more climate action: UN survey
Jun 20, 2024According to a global survey with 75,000 participants released on Thursday, four out of five people want their nation to increase its efforts to combating climate change. The UN Development Program, Oxford University, and GeoPoll conducted... -
Israeli use of heavy bombs raise ‘serious concerns’ under laws of war: UN
Jun 20, 2024The UN warned on Wednesday that Israel has repeatedly violated the laws of war by using heavy bombs in the crowded Gaza Strip, citing six attacks that have resulted in at least 218 deaths. The United... -
50 aid workers lost lives on humanitarian duty in Ethiopia in 2024: WFP
Jun 18, 2024According to information released by the UN World Food Program (WFP), 50 relief workers died in Ethiopia in 2024 while performing their humanitarian duties. In a late-Sunday Ethiopia country brief, the World Food Program (WFP) stated... -
UN experts say Sudan paramilitaries recruiting in Central Africa
Jun 16, 2024Sudanese paramilitary forces are using the Central African Republic as a “supply chain,” including for recruitment of fighters, according to a report published Friday by UN experts, who are concerned about a “spillover effect”. Sudan descended... -
WHO voices alarm at swelling West Bank health crisis
Jun 15, 2024The World Health Organization lamented on Friday the worsening health situation in the occupied West Bank, where access to care is being progressively hampered by rising restrictions, acts of violence, and attacks on medical facilities. The... -
Record 120 million people forcibly displaced globally: UN
Jun 14, 2024The UN announced on Thursday that a startling 120 million people are living under forced displacement as a result of conflict, violence, and persecution. The organization called the steadily rising figure a “terrible indictment on the... -
UNRWA chief says Israel hit Gaza school ‘without prior warning’
Jun 8, 2024The chief of the UN organization responsible for Palestinian refugees in Gaza claimed on Thursday that thousands of displaced persons seeking shelter in the area had been struck by Israel “without prior warning” at one of... -
UN chief says ‘deeply concerned’ over escalating Myanmar violence
Jun 8, 2024The UN chief, Antonio Guterres, expressed his “deep concern” on Thursday over the rising violence in Myanmar, citing reports that the military is killing a large number of people in the process of suppressing opposition to... -
Denmark, Greece, Somalia among incoming Security Council members
Jun 8, 2024At the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia were chosen by secret ballot to fill the 2025–2026 term on the Security Council. The United States, China, France, Russia, Britain, and China...