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Gaza

UN chief calls for donors to restore funding for Gaza relief agency

The UN agency has more than 13,000 staff working in Gaza, and at least 150 have been killed during the Israeli offensive.

28/01/2024

Haiti

Six nuns kidnapped by armed group in Haiti released unharmed

The women were taken by an armed group last week along with two other people, and were released Wednesday, said the archbishop of Port-au-Prince.

25/01/2024

Gaza

Relatives of Israeli hostages storm parliament to demand action

All the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.

21/01/2024

Gaza

Israel rules out ceasefire as UN warns Gaza faces 'starvation'

The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

16/01/2024

United Arab Emirates

Fossil fuels and adapting to climate are still sticking points at COP

Negotiators are urged to narrow down their options in order to agree on how to save the planet from disastrous levels of warming and help vulnerable societies adapt to weather extremes.

10/12/2023

Gaza

Situation in Gaza 'beyond imaginable', warns WHO

More than 17,000 people - mostly women and children - have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

08/12/2023

Poland

UN awards Polish couple for helping refugees get housing and training

Euronews spoke to Wladyslaw Grochowski, who has been recognised, along with his wife, by the UN for providing safe accommodation for refugees in Poland.

28/11/2023

Green News

Tough sentences for climate protesters ‘entirely right’, says UK PM

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hit back at criticism from the United Nations over harsh sentences for climate protesters.

21/11/2023

USA

Russia fails in its bid to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council

Member states voted to suspend Russia last year after its invasion of Ukraine

11/10/2023

Ukraine

UN reports 4,621 Ukrainian civilian casualties in six months

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also reveals testimony of torture and abuse of detainees by their Russian captors.

09/10/2023

Azerbaijan

The first UN mission in three decades has arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh

Almost all the enclave's ethnic Armenian population of 120,000 people have now fled to Armenia as Azerbaijan cements political control of the region.

02/10/2023

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: More than 70% of population flees, future uncertain

More than 70% of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled the ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan for neighbouring Armenia, the Armenian government said Friday, as the enclave's separatist government said it will dissolve itself by the end of the year after a three-decade bid for independence.

29/09/2023

World News

The UN: A relevant and effective body?

In the context of global destabilisation exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the 78th UN General Assembly is rethinking the relevance and effectiveness of the international institution.

20/09/2023

World News

French minister urges Europe to be 'firm' in face of migrant arrivals

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin was welcomed by his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi in Rome to "help Italy to secure its borders", following the influx of migrants to Lampedusa.

19/09/2023

Russia

Lavrov: Russia to reactivate grain deal when West fulfills commitments

Russia accuses the West of "interfering" with exports of its agricultural products and fertilizers

31/08/2023

Ukraine

Counteroffensive 'failed' claim, as Ukraine vows revenge for Odesa

All the latest development from the war in Ukraine.

24/07/2023

Europe News

Populist rhetoric impacts migrants, women & LGBT community most : UN

Volker Türk has been in his position since October 2022.

20/07/2023

World News

UN records jump in 'grave violations' against children in conflicts

The UN says there were 27,000 'grave violations' against children in conflicts in 2022, up from 24,000 the previous year.

06/07/2023

Health news

'It's getting cheaper': Drug use disorders increasing globally

A new UN report said the number of people suffering from drug use disorders had skyrocketed in the last 10 years.

26/06/2023

World News

Ukraine brands Russia 'terrorist state' at UN court over dam breach

Ukrainian representative Anton Korynevych called Russia a "terrorist state", blaming the destruction of a major dam at Nova Kakhovka on Moscow.

06/06/2023