The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

UN car hit by deadly gunfire likely strayed off main road in Lebanon’s blackouts

The vehicle is presumed to have got lost in the darkness and ended up in the small coastal town

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

Angelina Jolie leaves U.N. refugee agency after more than 20 years

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie will quit her role as a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) but will remain a humanitarian activist, the United Nations said on Friday.

Reuters · Dec 16, 2022

Lady Susan Hussey meets Ngozi Fulani to apologise after palace racism row

Buckingham Palace described the meeting of the pair as “filled with warmth and understanding”

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2022

Hunger levels in West and Central Africa set to hit all-time high - U.N

The number of people struggling to get enough food in West and Central Africa is expected to rise to an all-time high of 48 million by mid-2023, the United Nations said on Friday.

Reuters · Dec 16, 2022

Russia confident of securing up to 250 ballistic missiles from Iran as it runs short of its own

Vladimir Putin has begged the Iranians for a larger missile supply but sources indicate he will not receive more than 250 from a Tehran regime preoccupied with protests

Daily Mirror · Dec 16, 2022

Unilever has settled its battle with Ben & Jerry’s over West Bank ice cream—but the minefield of doing business in Israel remains

The saga shows the perils of a multinational conglomerate wrestling political headwinds in an age of intense brand sensitivity.

Fortune · Dec 16, 2022

Calls for Tories to U-turn on international aid cuts after alarming report

A NEW report shows the UK Government is exacerbating humanitarian crises around the world after cutting international aid spending and missing…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 16, 2022

Lebanon Officially Condemns Attack on UNIFIL amid Calls for Investigations

Lebanon officially condemned the shooting at a UNIFIL convoy that led to the killing of a soldier from the Irish battalion. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri denounced an “unfortunate and reprehensible incident,” while caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed “the need for the relevant authorities to conduct the necessary investigations to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 16, 2022

We've run out of cholera vaccines, WHO official says as disease surges

The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is "currently empty or extremely low", a WHO official said on Friday amid a resurgence of the disease around the world.

Reuters · Dec 16, 2022

Explainer-When are attacks on civilian infrastructure war crimes?

Russia's attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities, have been described as possible war crimes by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Amnesty International.

Reuters · Dec 16, 2022