The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Three children killed daily in Lebanon over last two months, UNICEF reports, as it urges action to stop the violence.

US president-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he will again withdraw his country from the Paris agreement and perhaps the UN climate process altogether. The uncertainty this has created was palpable in the negotiation rooms and hallways of the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where I wrote this.

If I had to sum up COP29 in a single word, it would be entropy. Borrowed from thermodynamics, this concept describes the delicate balance between order and disorder, a principle that governs both natural and human systems. An ecosystem, much like the climate negotiations, is not static; it is constantly…

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies confirmed their support to shift more cash to developing countries to help them cope with climate change.

European powers -- backed by the United States -- are pushing ahead with a plan to censure Iran for its poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog at a board meeting starting Wednesday, diplomats told AFP. Tensions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have repeatedly flared since…

US envoy in Beirut for Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire talks; Gaza faces food crisis amid looting. International efforts ongoing.

Kremlin ups rhetoric over decision to allow Kyiv to use US long-range missiles inside Russia. Plus, dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed

Activists condemn law and liken it to civil society crackdowns in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Hungary and Russia

Nearly 40% of food sector lobbyists have travelled to Baku as part of countries’ delegations

Kyiv warns against appeasement of Moscow; Russia insists victory coming, lowers threshold for use of nuclear weapons.

US envoy Hochstein is brokering a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Beirut, based on UN Resolution 1701.