The wide-scale, continuing attacks by Israel across Iran, and the missile and drone strikes launched in response by Iran, are inflicting severe human rights and humanitarian impacts on civilians, and ...

“While the Harvard case has drawn global attention, it is emblematic of a much broader pattern of coercive assault on academic freedom and institutional autonomy: from book and subject bans in schools ...

After the June 2025 Israeli strikes, the IAEA confirmed that Natanz had been impacted but reported no elevated radiation levels. However, it emphasised that any military attack on nuclear facilities ...

Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that water pumps had stopped at one site for displaced people there on ...

The UN Human Rights Office data was collected using an internationally agreed methodology, with verification from independent sources, and represents the most comprehensive global snapshot of human ...

For the Indigenous Gayo, Alas, Kluet, Aneuk Jamee, and Karo peoples, Leuser is not merely a forest—it is sacred ancestral land. Their stewardship has kept the ecosystem intact for centuries. But in ...

On Thursday, the UN marked the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, highlighting the enduring and intergenerational effects of this brutal tactic. In many conflicts, ...

The alert comes as the fragile island nation grapples with a worsening humanitarian crisis. Armed gangs control much of the country, the collapse of essential services and growing displacement have ...

Ahead of World Refugee Day, UN News spoke with Zahra Nader, a refugee, journalist and women’s rights activist from Afghanistan. At age six, Nader and her family fled to Iran after the Taliban first ...

New Zealand Police announced on June 5 that three people had been charged with manslaughter over a May 2023 boarding house ...

Humpback and southern right whales are being reported already, traveling along the South Island’s east coast over the last week, heading north on their great migration. That means sightings off the ...

Excel Software announced MakeDongle 2.0 for macOS or Windows. MakeDongle generates a secure USB dongle from a flash drive. The dongle grants a license to run protected software on all modern versions ...