The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Paramilitaries Claim Capture Of Key Sudan Towns

Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan's military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week.

International Business Times · May 30, 2025

Will elections for judges make Mexico the ‘most democratic country in the world’? Critics fear the opposite

On Sunday, Mexico will hold an unprecedented election, becoming the first country in the world to allow voters to elect judges at every level.

The Conversation · May 30, 2025

AP PHOTOS: In cricket-crazy India, the Indian Premier League is a reason to celebrate

The world's richest franchise cricket league is ongoing in India, a cricket- crazy country of 1.4 billion. The Indian Premier League features top players from around the world and attracts hundreds of millions of TV viewers.

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Lawsuit says Honolulu police arrest sober drivers in focus on arrests for impaired driving

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit alleging Honolulu police officers are arresting sober drivers in an overzealous focus on making drunk-driving arrests

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Ukraine war briefing: Flood of North Korean arms to Russia, say US, Japan and others

20,000 cargo containers of ammo, shells, missiles and gear sent, says watchdog replacing UN panel scuppered by Moscow. What we know on 1,192

The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2025

US and allies accuse North Korea of ramping up military aid to Russia in UN sanctions breach

Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team says Russia sent air defense systems to Pyongyang and trained its forces in return

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Israel orders closure of al-Awda Hospital, a ‘lifeline’ in north Gaza

Dozens of people remain at the medical centre, the last functioning hospital in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2025

The unfolding famine in Gaza is an obscenity the world must no longer tolerate

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Israel’s pursuit of Hamas terrorists barely justifies its ongoing indiscriminate bombing – nor can it excuse starving innocent Palestinians to death. It falls to other nations to do more to stop the crisis

The Independent UK · May 29, 2025

No sign Russia is moving to restart Zaporizhzhia NPP, UN nuclear agency says

The plant has been held by Russia since the early days of the war following Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022, although it isn't producing power.

Euronews · May 29, 2025

‘Hordes of hungry people’: 4 Palestinians killed as Gaza aid warehouse is overrun amid famine fears

They had to find a way to survive.

We Got This Covered · May 29, 2025