The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

The Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF had attempted to conceal evidence of mass killings

Decision reflects wider regional doubts about terms of US-drafted plan to disarm Hamas

More and more people are seeking refuge in overcrowded camps

The 30th UN climate summit opens in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday as nations fall short on emissions pledges and the world edges closer to dangerous warming. Fewer than half of all countries have updated their climate plans, while political rifts cloud hopes of progress on phasing out fossil fuels.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro called on Latin American countries to "proclaim the unconditional defense of our America as a peace zone" as the U.S. continues its military campaign in the region

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30

With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societies, says the commissioner-general of Unrwa Philippe Lazzarini

Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’

Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be ‘the Cop of implementation’

The European Union and Brazil urged other countries to embrace mechanisms that put a price on carbon and develop carbon markets to finance global climate action. Critics argue the decision could undermine domestic climate ambition and jeopardise financing for restoring natural carbon sinks.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperatures are on the rise after 33 years of largely fruitless negotiations.