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News from the United Nations
- Can renewable energy survive climate change? March 26, 2025As droughts reduce hydropower and clouds dim solar output around the world, experts say meteorology and climate science must be at the heart of the energy transition.
- Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeks March 26, 2025It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all aid into Gaza, despite daily efforts by UN humanitarians to secure fresh access, they said in an update from the shattered enclave.
- Yemen: Ten Years of War, a Lifetime of Loss March 26, 2025Marking a decade of war in Yemen, Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), highlights the resilience of its people, the deepening humanitarian crisis, and the urgent need for global action.
- Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war March 25, 2025In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
- Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’ March 25, 2025The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Remembrance for its victims.
- ‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles March 25, 2025UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim new chapter in Syria’s fragile transition to a lasting peace.
- Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief March 25, 2025UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and 20 injured.
- World News in Brief: Alarm over Türkiye detentions, Ukraine update, Sudan-Chad border emergency March 25, 2025The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed major concern on Tuesday following the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been charged with corruption and removed from office.
- Migrant deaths in Asia hit record high in 2024, UN data reveals March 25, 2025The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region’s perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).
- Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns March 25, 2025The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and interventions, the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), said on Tuesday.