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Nuriya Maharjan first became interested in space exploration during a traditional coming-of-age ritual in which young girls of Nepal’s Indigenous Newar tribe emerge from 12 days of darkness to symbolically marry the sun.
Published on: October 03, 2025 | Source:
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Philippines earthquake: UN pledges support as Cebu death toll rises to 72
Hospitals are overwhelmed and families are sheltering in the open after a deadly 6.9 magnitude earthquake tore through northern Cebu in the Philippines, killing at least 70 people and displacing more than 20,000, according to local authorities and humanitarians on the ground.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Increasing violence and funding cuts imperil millions across Haiti
Rising violence by gangs in Haiti’s capital is restricting humanitarian access and pushing families deeper into hunger, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Guterres condemns deadly terror attack targeting Manchester synagogue
Thursday’s terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester, which left at least two worshippers dead on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, has been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:The Syria prison survivor seeking justice for the missing
When the gates of Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison opened soon after the fall of the Assad regime last December, graffiti scrawled on the walls offered a frightening glimpse into what was widely known as the “human slaughterhouse”. “First day, severe beating,” one prisoner wrote.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher face the imminent risk of large-scale atrocities, as fighting intensifies around the regional capital of North Darfur, besieged for more than 500 days by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:The world is failing Gaza’s starving children, aid teams warn
As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, reports emerged that another skeletal child whose plight was highlighted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has now died. Her name was Jana and she was nine years old.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon
Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable diseases is under threat, in part because of an “information and trust crisis” regarding vaccines.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Fighting back against the gangs: What is Haiti’s new UN-backed force?
As gangs in Haiti continue to expand the areas under their control and show no signs of holding back on terrorizing the population, decisive action has been taken by the UN Security Council to fight back against the violence they are perpetrating.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: IAEA engaging to get power restored at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been engaging with both sides in the Ukraine conflict in efforts to restore external power to the beleaguered Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in the south of the country.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Human rights groups urged to ‘unite more than ever’ in efforts to end racism
The “colour line” still exists today – proof that more must be done to stamp out anti-Black racism, the head of a UN platform that promotes greater inclusion and equality of the global African diaspora said on Wednesday.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:‘Hot debates about hot topics’, a strength not a weakness, says UNGA80 president
Over 190 world leaders spoke from the General Assembly podium during high-level week – underscoring the UN’s enduring relevance as a form of “life insurance” for many of the world’s developing countries, said President Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:Calls grow louder for more age-inclusive societies
Member States, UN officials and civil society came together on Wednesday to shift the global perspective on ageing, with a call for new policies and action that bring older persons in from the margins of society.
Published on: October 01, 2025 | Source:UN Security Council approves new ‘suppression force’ for Haiti amid spiralling gang violence
The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized a new multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led security support mission, amid escalating gang violence, widespread rights abuses and a humanitarian emergency affecting all aspects of life in the island nation.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel
Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut off from basic supplies – burn plastic and cardboard to cook and keep warm. They say the outbreak will worsen unless life-saving medicines, fuel and food are allowed into the devastated territory.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:The UN air service that flies where no one else can
For George Stroumboulopoulos, WFP Goodwill Ambassador, the only way to get to an inaccessible destination near the border of Chad in 2004 was to fly on an UN Humanitarian Air Service plane: it was the first time he’d ever heard of UNHAS.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:From crisis to community cure: A Haitian mother fights back against cholera
Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack of sanitation infrastructure, one Haitian mother sparked a community movement that has transformed her neighbourhood – and saved multiple lives.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says
Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is still mostly a promise”, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors authorise new Gang Suppression Force for Haiti
The UN Security Council has backed a resolution authorising the transition of the Kenyan-led support mission for Haiti into a new Gang Suppression Force, in close cooperation with Haitian authorities. US Ambassador Michael Waltz said it offered new hope for the country's future as “a key first step”to address the humanitarian and security crisis there. Follow the meeting live below; UN News app users need to click here...
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Guterres calls for ‘all parties’ to commit to US peace plan, as UN agencies stress urgent ceasefire need
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Monday’s Gaza peace deal proposal from US President Donald Trump, urging “all parties” to commit to it.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Taliban internet blackout leaves Afghans in limbo while needs surge
Lifesaving relief efforts to help remote Afghan communities devastated by last month’s deadly earthquake have already been hit by the de facto authorities’ decision to cut internet access nationwide, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:Rohingya plight in Myanmar, a ‘test for humanity’
“Houses burned. Neighbours killed. Hope vanishing.” With those stark words, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock opened a high-level UN conference on Tuesday, as alarm rises over the impact of Myanmar’s deepening crisis which threatens to destabilise the wider region.
Published on: September 30, 2025 | Source:After mass exodus, limbo: Rohingya refugees test international resolve
More than eight years after over 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for sprawling camps in Bangladesh, the crisis remains unresolved. On Tuesday, world leaders, UN officials and civil society groups will convene in New York for a high-level summit to confront not just the humanitarian emergency, but the geopolitical deadlock that perpetuates it.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Security Council LIVE: ‘Devastation’ in Gaza and beyond reinforces need to end Palestine occupation
The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the Middle East crisis and protection of civilians in conflict, as speculation grows of a potential deal to end the war in Gaza with US President Donald Trump and Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu meeting in the White House for talks on Monday. Follow live coverage from the council chamber in New York below; UN News app users can go here.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Full coverage of the General Debate, as it happened
Follow ourlive coverage of the sixth day of the General Debate in New York beginning 9AM local time, featuring leaders from Eritrea, Zambia, Canada, Algeria, Nicaragua, the DPR Korea, Nepal, Denmark, and many others – UN News app users canclick here. For a full rundown of who is speaking through the day, check out the full list here.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Ukraine suffers renewed, massive Russian airstrikes overnight
In Ukraine, people across the country have been dealing with the aftermath of a massive Russian bombing raid that lasted into the early hours of Monday, reportedly killing four, including a teenage girl.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: El Fasher siege latest, shock at Michigan church attack, violent crackdown on Madagascar protests
The humanitarian situation in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, is growing more dire by the day, according to UN aid coordinators.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Denuclearization ‘tantamount’ to surrendering sovereignty: DPR Korea minister
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Monday, the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gave a muscular defence of his country’s stance on nuclear weapons, also highlighting strides towards economic development.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Nepal highlights youth-driven change, and calls for global action
Nepal’s UN Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa delivered a comprehensive address to the General Assembly’s high-level debate on Monday, emphasising both domestic reforms and the urgent need for international solidarity to tackle global crises.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:General Debate LIVE: Day Six
Follow ourlive coverage of the sixth day of the General Debate in New York beginning 9AM local time, featuring leaders from Eritrea, Zambia, Canada, Algeria, Nicaragua, the DPR Korea, Nepal, Denmark, and many others – UN News app users canclick here. For a full rundown of who is speaking through the day, check out the full list here.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Gaza: UN rights office deplores deadly strikes on Palestinians gathering firewood
As Israeli military operations continue in Gaza City, deadly strikes on displaced Palestinians – including people collecting firewood for cooking – raise further concerns about attacks on civilians, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a statement on Monday.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:‘Do not submit to a world ruled by brute force,’ Denmark urges world leaders at UN
Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Danish Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen warned that the “collective inability” of the international community to address crises in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, “must not prompt us to submit to a world ruled by brute force.”
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:Israeli settlement activity accelerates in the West Bank, Security Council told
The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank alongside threats of annexation and mounting violence there and in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Security Council heard on Monday.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source:‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform
The United Nations remains “the house of diplomacy and dialogue” in a divided world, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said as she closed the 80th session’s general debate, urging nations to convert the week’s momentum into concrete action on peace, climate change and institutional reform.
Published on: September 29, 2025 | Source: