The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Gangs launch a new and deadly attack on Haiti's capital as dozens flee

Gangs have launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital and killed an unknown number of civilians in what used to be a peaceful neighborhood

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrives in DRC amid escalating eastern conflict

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his office announced on Tuesday, as the nation contends with a surge in conflict in the east.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 25, 2025

UK suspends some financial aid to Rwanda over violence in eastern Congo as rebels dig in

U.K. authorities are punishing Rwanda over its support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Starmer’s cuts to UK aid budget are ‘cruel and shameful’, say experts

Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Global conservation talks resume in Rome amid funding deadlock

The world's biggest nature conservation conference resumed in Rome today, Tuesday, in a bid to overcome a deadlock between northern and southern countries over funding. Negotiations collapsed last year, with the head of the meeting warning that increasing global "polarisation" was frustrating efforts to protect the planet.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 25, 2025

Haitian Police Demands Funding As Gangs Continue Making Advances, Killing a Kenyan UN Mission Member

Garry Jean Baptiste, a leader of one of Haiti's main police unions, urged the government to provide more equipment and support

Latin Times · Feb 25, 2025

Starmer must take baton from Macron in effort to sway Trump on Ukraine

UK and France need to convince US to align with them over Ukraine, while at the UN Trump openly sides with Russia

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2025

Many children in Europe still die unnecessarily before age of five: WHO report

Complications related to childbirth and infections claim the lives of nearly 76,000 children under the age of five each year in Europe and Central Asia, with some health indicators showing signs of "backsliding," the World Health Organization (WHO) stated on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 25, 2025

Russia-Ukraine war: How the US position has changed on UN resolutions

The US vote against Ukraine and Europe’s UN resolution reflects larger policy changes of the Trump administration.

Al Jazeera · Feb 25, 2025

Critically injured South African soldiers are evacuated from Congo amid rebel offensive

South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025