The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank

Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025

Cities across Kazakhstan lit orange to raise awareness of violence against women

Landmark buildings across Kazakhstan were lit up in orange to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Euronews · Dec 1, 2025

Gangs launch large-scale attack in Haiti's central region as hundreds flee gunfire and burning homes

Heavily armed gangs have attacked Haiti’s central region, killing men, women and children and setting fire to homes

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2025

‘Foolish’ government cuts could take Aids pandemic back to 1980s, warns former cabinet minister

Funding cuts risk sending progress back decades, Lord Smith tells a gathering of campaigners organised by The Independent – but there is still hope of ending the pandemic by 2030 if investment is made in new drugs

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2025

World AIDS Day highlights major innovations amid decline in global funding

As World AIDS Day is marked around the globe, rapid scientific progress is being overshadowed by funding shortfalls and weakened health systems that are putting the global fight against HIV at risk.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 1, 2025

First Thing: Death toll passes 1,000 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand

Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue. Plus, law changes could bring cheap balcony solar to millions of Americans

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025

International climate experts gather in Paris to begin 7th UN report

Some 600 experts arrived in Paris on Monday to begin work on the next major UN climate report. The five-day gathering gets underway in the shadow of comments by US President Donald Trump, who deems the science around global warming to be a "hoax".

Radio France Internationale · Dec 1, 2025

Pakistan dismisses UN criticism of constitutional changes as concern for Imran Khan grows

Move to grant powerful army chief legal immunity for life comes while former PM and fierce critic Imran Khan is being denied family and legal visits

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2025

Eastern Europeans going home is driving exodus of UK citizens

Poland and Romania recorded the highest increase in Britons arriving in the past four years, new data shows

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025

It’s not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s onslaught continues

Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025