News from the United Nations
- Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 conflict-hit countries April 24, 2026A growing share of global hunger is becoming entrenched in a small group of conflict-hit countries, with two-thirds of people facing acute food insecurity concentrated in just 10 nations, a major international report backed by UN agencies warns.
- World News in Brief: Airliner safety warning, drought in Somalia, solar boosts farming in Ethiopia April 24, 2026The head of the UN’s civil aviation agency, ICAO, has called for immediate global action to protect commercial flights from escalating military threats, including missiles, drones, and GPS signal jamming.
- MIDDLE EAST LIVE 24 April: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended as humanitarian concerns persist April 24, 2026The United States has announced that the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire will be extended by three weeks following talks in Washington, offering a potential pause in hostilities. Meanwhile, humanitarian concerns are growing over shortages in Iran and Gaza, while another UN peacekeeper has died after coming under fire. Stay with us for live updates.
- As Gaza misery continues, shortages in Iran begin to bite April 24, 2026Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the wartorn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that they’ve “barely scratched the surface” in assessing the level of contamination of unexploded ordnance.
- For every generation, vaccines work and they have saved over 150 million lives: WHO April 24, 2026Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives, as ordinary people chose to protect themselves, their children and their communities from diseases like measles, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, and rotavirus.
- Rising nuclear risks put global security pact to the test at UN Headquarters April 24, 2026At a moment of mounting nuclear danger and deepening global mistrust, governments from nearly every country will convene at the United Nations next week to confront a central question: will the world’s main barrier against the spread of nuclear weapons still hold?
- Middle East war: After oil and gas, concerns grow over minerals crunch April 23, 2026The shipping crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by war in the Middle East has exposed a new threat: a looming shortage of strategic minerals that drive economies all over the world – and a race by countries to obtain them.
- Devastation at every turn greets UN aid mission to south Lebanon April 23, 2026A UNICEF relief mission reached a large hospital in the southern Lebanese town of Tebnine on Thursday, only to find massive destruction and staggering needs.
- WHO says billions saw health gains in 2025 despite funding cuts April 23, 2026Despite significant funding cuts, the World Health Organization (WHO) was able to support significant national health gains for hundreds of millions of people in 2025, according to its annual Results Report released on Thursday.
- UN rights chief urges action to end impunity and address disappearances in Mexico April 23, 2026Mexican authorities must intensify efforts to end impunity, protect journalists and human rights defenders, and address the country’s “painful” crisis of disappearances, UN human rights chief Volker Türk has said.