While the Russian military advance in eastern Ukraine continues to escalate, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday warned that the winter months are very likely to be extremely harsh…
Emerging capabilities of commercial satellite imagery are enabling high-resolution observation of objects and activity over large areas or territories of entire states with a sub-hourly frequency. Existing constellations are being…
Global forced displacement is at an all-time high, increasing every year over the past decade. The Russian invasion of Ukraine – causing the fastest and one of the largest forced…
Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, health, education, and security across countries worldwide, according to a new UN report released on…
The United States must withdraw unilateral sanctions which are resulting in discrimination against academics from affected countries, a group of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said…
Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday by the Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), part of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO).…
On Tuesday, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFA) released "Motherhood in Childhood: The Untold Story", a report showing that nearly a third of all women in developing countries begin childbearing at…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (JTA) — When they flew out of this country for Israel three decades ago, Askabo Meshiha’s family left something valuable behind. Unlike many other Ethiopian Jews who were…
The world is at serious risk of a food-access crisis, the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), has warned. QU Dongyu explained that…
Exclusive: António Guterres says growing north and south divide is ‘morally unacceptable’ and dangerous Humanity is facing a “perfect storm” of crises that is widening inequality between the north and…