The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda

Detained Uyghurs in Thailand allegedly forbidden contact with relatives, lawyers and subjected to ‘different standard of care than other detainees’

This emergency will cost trillions of dollars, and is beyond the reach of developing nations. Private investors have to step up, says Cop29 president Mukhtar Babayev

As fears begin over what a second Donald Trump term could look like, the staffing of the Trump administration has some experts worried.

The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing, says climate crisis campaigner Greta Thunberg

In today’s newsletter: As delegates gather for the world’s biggest climate conference, many are asking what the re-election of the man who thinks global heating is ‘a hoax’ will mean for the planet

Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial…

Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month

US president is running out of time to deliver funds and weapons before a predicted foreign policy change by Trump administration