Afghanistan reels from deadly magnitude-6.0 earthquake
Wendellyn Mateo Authorities and rescuers in Afghanistan scrambled on Monday to save survivors after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake and succeeding aftershocks…
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Global powers express plan to recognise State of Palestine at UNGA 80
Jacinth Banite A chorus of powerful nations have signalled openness to recognising the State of Palestine during the 80th Session…
Threatened by rising sea levels, Tuvaluans seek refuge in Australia
Vivien Bernardino Facing the threat of getting wiped off the map by rising sea levels, the low-lying Pacific nation of…
UN chief António Guterres calls for reform of global institutions at BRICS summit
The growing uncertainty of conflicts across the world has triggered calls for reforms of major global institutions, including…
UN Ocean Conference 2025: Ray of hope for the marine world
Eleni Poulios The UN Ocean Conference 2025, which took place in Nice, France from the 9th to 13th of June,…
Myanmar grapples with earthquake aftermath as civil war rages on
Myanmar continues to grapple with the aftermath of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck its central areas on March…
Sudanese refugees in Egypt at risk as UNHCR suspends medical aid
Jheruleene Anne Ramos The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has suspended the majority of its medical treatment programmes in…
Vietnam celebrates UNESCO recognition of local festival
Ciara Mina To officially launch the 2025 Festival of the Ba Chua Xu Goddess at Sam Mountain, Vietnam received the…
Global community responds to deadly earthquake in Myanmar
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28 with a tremor so powerful that it caused extensive…
Vietnam’s Ba Den Mountain to host UN Day of Vesak 2025
As part of the United Nations’ Day of Vesak celebrations for 2025, thousands of delegates will gather at…
International Women’s Day and the ongoing fight for equality
On 8 March, the world paused to recognise women. The day is admittedly a legacy of decades past,…
UN experts, rights groups urge Egypt to free activist Alaa Abdel El-Fattah
United Nations human rights experts are pressuring the Egyptian government to immediately release jailed Egyptian-British activist and writer…
UN chief champions our common humanity as Ramadan begins
Muslims in many parts of the world marked the beginning of Ramadan on 28 February with traditional crescent…
International news: US refuses to support Ukraine at UN
Lucia Caporalini The United States stressed their standpoint on the Ukraine war on Monday as they once again sided with…