Mr. Guterres was speaking at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the exclusive event held high in the Swiss Alps where senior politicians, […]
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World News in Brief: Hostilities in northeast Syria, response plan in Mali, Uyghur deportations in Thailand
Between 16 and 18 January, at least three civilians were killed and 14 injured in shelling and other attacks impacting Manbij, Ain al-Arab and other […]
UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers
Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, urged Russian authorities to release lawyers Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and […]
Security Council debates growing terrorism threat in Africa
Amina Mohammed was speaking at a meeting focused on strengthening counter-terrorism on the continent, convened by Algeria, the Council president for January. She emphasized that […]
Diljit Dosanjh’s Punjab 95 Release Delayed
Mumbai (Maharashtra): Diljit Dosanjh’s much-anticipated biopic, Punjab 95 is not releasing in India on February 7. Based on the life of Sikh activist Jaswant Singh […]
Diljit Dosanjh’s Panjab ’95 Release Delayed
Mumbai (Maharashtra): Diljit Dosanjh’s much-anticipated biopic, Panjab 95 is not releasing in India on February 7. Based on the life of Sikh activist Jaswant Singh […]
Stories from the UN Archive: Roots of ‘no justice, no peace’
Read our story here: When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the […]
Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice?
For years, UN human rights bodies have been documenting, monitoring and publishing reports on abuses, and bringing Syria’s dire human rights record to the world’s […]
“Bloodiest Day” For Gaza As Airstrikes Continued Hours Surrounding Ceasefire
The fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been marred by violence, with at least 115 people killed in Gaza, including 28 children and […]
Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast, and […]