UN talks aimed at halting the degradation and desertification of vast swathes of land start in Saudi Arabia on Monday after scientists fired a stark warning over unsustainable farming and deforestation.

UN desertification talks begin in Saudi Arabia amid climate change warnings

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has halted the delivery of aid through the key Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza after it became "impossible", its chief said Sunday.

Gaza aid crisis deepens: UN suspends shipments via key Gaza-Israel crossing after loot by armed gangs

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced a global climate "SOS" at a Pacific islands summit on Tuesday (Aug 27), unveiling research that shows the region's seas rising much more swiftly than global averages.

'Save Our Seas': UN issues SOS over fast-rising Pacific Ocean

Hundreds of women and girls around the world are struggling to raise children fathered by UN peacekeepers. A recent CNN report has shed light on how UN staffers go to several disaster-hit nations to help the local population, end up making sexual relationships with local women or teen girls, and then simply abandon them before moving to another nation.

Hundreds of women sexually exploited by UN peacekeepers, aid staff struggling to raise children

The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday (June 14) said that a record 110 million people across the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, refugees fleeing Afghanistan and the fight in Sudan have pushed hundreds and thousands of people to seek shelter abroad and those displaced within their own country to an unprecedented level, AFP reported.

Record 110 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, numbers might increase, says UN

A report by the United Nations released on Monday (June 12) shows that despite the rise in women’s rights groups and social movements over the past decade or so, progress towards gender equality has stagnated.

Around 90% of people have at least one bias against women: UN report

Humanity is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic.

World going in 'wrong direction' due to addiction to fossil fuels, will worsen climate impact: UN

A plane carrying former United States President Donald Trump had made an emergency landing in New Orleans on March 5, Reuters reported on March 9 citing a source familiar with the matter.

Plane of former US President Donald Trump made emergency landing over weekend

United Nations envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis on Friday told Security Council that progress on issues such as the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries and reopening the road connecting the country's east with its west had "stalled".

Progress in Libya 'stalled', says UN

The United Nations said on Sunday that around 120 peacekeepers from Ethiopia were seeking asylum in Sudan. Several regions in Ethiopia including Tigray are hit by inter-ethnic conflict.

More than hundred Ethiopia ex-peacekeepers seek asylum in Sudan, says UN

A record 27.3 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing acute hunger, one-third of the violence-wracked central African country's population, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday.

One in three people critically hungry in DR Congo, says UN

The report, In search of justice for crimes of violence against women and girls, examined 303 reports of crimes between September 2018 and February 2020

WION Dispatch: 'Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes', claims UN report

This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the region of 6 million people that has seen rising hunger during the fighting between the federal and Tigray regional governments.

UN, Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray

Ethiopia has granted United Nations access to conflict-hit Tigray region. This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the region of 6 million people that has seen rising hunger during the fighting between the federal and Tigray regional governments.

WION Dispatch: UN to access the govt controlled conflict-hit Tigray region

Addressing the UNGA session on ‘Culture of Peace’ on December 2, First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the U.N. Ashish Sharma said there were disconcerting trends in the world of today.

UN fails to acknowledge violence against Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism: India mission at UN

The United Nations on Monday said that Sudan needs $150 million to cope with the migration crisis.

UN: Sudan needs $150 million to cope with migration crisis

The United Nations said the two sides reached the “historic achievement” with an immediate permanent ceasefire deal across the oil-rich North African country.

UN says Libya sides reach permanent ceasefire deal

"We need a vaccine for everybody, everywhere - in affordable conditions - because we will only be safe if everybody is safe.", Tweets United Nations.

'COVID-19 vaccine must be affordable and available to all', highlights UN

September 7 was observed as the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies as part of a resolution taken by the United Nations (UN

International Clean Air Day: Efforts to raise awareness on importance of clean air

China must also allow the United Nations rights chief meaningful access to its western Xinjiang province, said the 27 nations -- including Britain, France, Germany and Japan.

'China must consider Hong Kong national security law', 27 nations to UN

UN Chief Antonio Guterres has warned that the world stands on the verge of the food crisis, worse than any seen for at least 50 years.

UN Chief warns imminent global food crisis not seen in 50 years

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