The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Emmanuel Macron makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi amid health concerns

The former Burmese leader has been detained since the 2021 coup

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Mayors pledge coordinated climate action ahead of UN conference in Brazil

Three hundred mayors have gathered in Rio de Janeiro to pledge coordinated climate action in their cities

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Morning Mail: Free solar power plan, science prize for airborne disease researcher, mystery shipwreck discovery

Federal scheme will distribute surplus electricity to homes even without them having panels

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2025

Israel’s top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse

Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025

Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’

New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected

The Guardian - US · Nov 3, 2025

Can a pro-federation win in Northern Cyprus revive the island’s stalled reunification?

In the recent Northern Cyprus presidential election, an overwhelming majority of the Turkish Cypriot electorate rejected incumbent Ersin Tatar, backed by the Turkish government, and his hard-line two-state rhetoric.

The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025

Sadiq Khan clocks up nearly 28,000 air miles this year as 12,000-mile Brazil climate trip sparks row

London mayor’s appearance in Rio is his fifth foreign visit of 2025 - clocking up 27,572 aviation miles since January

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2025

Earthshot prize’s request for a vegan menu for Prince William leaves a bitter taste in the Amazon

Saulo Jennings, an acclaimed Amazonian chef and UN gastronomy tourism ambassador, was reportedly outraged when organisers of Prince William’s Earthshot prize asked him to prepare an entirely vegan menu. For Jennings, being told to exclude pirarucu – the region’s iconic giant freshwater fish – was not merely a matter of…

The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025

Famine spreads to two more areas in Sudan, global hunger authority says

The world's leading authority on hunger crises says famine has spread to two regions in war-torn Sudan

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

A single shell, fired by the IDF at a fertility clinic: peace prize recipient explains what lies behind her genocide finding

Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2025