As courts and parliaments in a number of countries are in the midst of considering the legal framework around the rights of LGBTQ+ people, we highlight that punitive laws against lesbian, gay, ...

Bangladesh’s political leaders must work with the country’s young population to find solutions to the ongoing challenges and focus on the country’s growth and development. Dialogue is the best and ...

GENEVA (19 July 2024) – The killing of five-year old Hind Rajab, her family and two paramedics may amount to a war crime, independent experts warned today, denouncing Israeli claims that its troops ...

“The route from Port Sudan to Kosti (that) cuts through Sennar is currently inaccessible,” WFP continued, describing the route as “a lifeline to get assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in ...

A global IT outage is causing intermittent and widespread challenges for retailers on Friday evening. The outage is a cybersecurity issue related to CrowdStrike, which began hitting Microsoft systems ...

Acting Prime Minister David Seymour has been in contact throughout the evening with senior officials who have coordinated a whole of government response to the global IT outage and can provide an ...

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres expressed concern about the reported deaths and injuries in Bangladesh amid student protests and is calling for a thorough Government investigations into all ...

A new $100 million financial contribution will be given to support displaced and war-affected people in Ukraine as they prepare for the third winter since the start of Russia’s invasion, UN High ...

He is taking part in the Magbasa Tungo sa Paglaya or Read Your Way Out programme, supported by UNODC. For every 60 hours that prisoners in this jail spend reading each month, they can secure a 15-day ...

UN teams and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are mobilizing in response to devastating windstorms and flash floods that have ravaged eastern regions of the country, resulting in dozens of ...

The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development concluded on Wednesday, with nations reiterating the need for renewed impetus and accelerated actions to achieve the Sustainable ...

Enhancing builders’ education and training on current minimum insulation standards will provide much greater scales of efficiency than rolling back regulations combating New Zealand’s unhealthy home ...