The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

COP28 host UAE has ‘insufficient’ climate plan to meet 1.5C goal

The United Arab Emirates’ efforts to cut emissions were labeled “insufficient,” even after the Middle East nation — the host of this year’s United Nations climate summit — announced fresh targets.

The Times of India · Aug 18, 2023

Haiti: 97% of households in some areas suffering from severe hunger

Of 2,664 households interviewed in Croix-des-Bouquets and Delmas, 2,596 were usually getting one meal a day, survey found

The Guardian - US · Aug 18, 2023

Turkish Cypriots attack UN peacekeepers trying to halt road work inside divided Cyprus' buffer zone

Angry Turkish Cypriots have punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who obstructed crews working on a road that would encroach on a U.N.-controlled buffer zone in ethnically divided Cyprus

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Taekwondo athletes appear to be North Korea's first delegation to travel since border closed in 2020

North Korea appears to have sent its first delegation abroad since it closed its borders in early 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26.

Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2023

As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place

A new scientific study suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that emerge from under the disappearing ice, as a warming planet is inevitably causing glaciers to melt

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country

The U.N. rights chief says North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Sudan's powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

UN says militants are occupying a school complex in Lebanon's largest Palestinian camp after clashes

Two weeks after clashes between armed factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp ended, militants are still occupying a United Nations-run school complex, U.N. officials have said

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Middle East roundup: The Rabaa massacre remembered

Ten years since the massacre in Egypt, dozens killed in Libya – this is what happened in the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera · Aug 17, 2023