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US abortion debate: Rights experts urge lawmakers to ad...

A week since the US Supreme Court overturned a landmark, 50-year-old judgement g...

In Afghanistan, women take their lives out of desperati...

The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing ...

UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition...

Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Con...

Sudan: UN human rights chief alarmed over killing of pr...

The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm over the k...

With mangrove conservation, Kenya’s coastal communities...

The southern ocean border of Kenya and Tanzania is dotted with thick hedges of m...

New UN financing initiative goes live to power climate ...

A new UN-led financing tool to strengthen weather and climate forecasting, impro...

‘Effort and patience’ required to restore Iran nuclear ...

Despite diplomatic engagements, restoring the so-called Iran nuclear agreement c...

Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate spee...

UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a ...

US Supreme Court ruling on environmental protection ‘a ...

The ruling by the United States Supreme Court against the Environmental Protecti...

COVID-19: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise ...

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA....

Syria’s needs are at their highest ever, says top right...

Syria’s humanitarian needs are at their highest ever and any move to block aid f...

COVID-19: B.A4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise ...

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA....

Myanmar: Shocking toll on children must be spur to acti...

Myanmar’s military junta is responsible for shocking violence against children c...

Safer roads, a global development challenge for all: Se...

Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s road...

Ukraine: Cycle of death, destruction, dislocation, and ...

The “horrific conflict,” in Ukraine shows no signs of abating, the UN political ...

Syria: Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilia...

Between 1 March 2011 and 31 March 2021, 306,887 civilians were killed in the on-...

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