The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

MIAMI — A law passed by Florida Republicans in reaction to the protests that erupted across the U.S. in the summer of 2020 restricts “the right to peaceful assembly,” according to a report released Tuesday by a United Nations committee tasked with monitoring human rights across the globe.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said.

The United Nation's Antonio Guterres has warned that Pakistan is facing a 'monsoon on steroids' after over 1,000 people have been killed in the flooding since June

In tonight's edition: Kenya's Supreme Court starts working on the petition challenging the result of this month's presidential election. Also, the UN sounds the alarm over the humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia. This as a ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain finally arrives in Djibouti, on its way…

Letter: We are overconsuming the planet’s resources and are increasing our ecological debt every year, writes Barbara Williams

Angola’s opposition party has filed a complaint against the election victory of the ruling MPLA party in which President Joao Lourenco won a second term and the party got a reduced majority in the legislature

Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ has brought bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Pakistan next week following historic deadly flooding to see "the areas most impacted by this unprecedented climate catastrophe," a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday.

United Nations cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it supported a bid by Ukraine to put its port city of Odesa on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Martin Griffiths said donors should immediately provide Afghanistan with $770m to survive the coming colder months.

A Glasgow charity has launched an urgent appeal to help the victims of the mass floods in Pakistan. Millions have been displaced after the country had more than four times the average rainfall of the last 30-years.