The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe into the DRC emergency created in February from getting underway. According to testimonies gathered by OHCHR investigators into widespread violence in DRC’s North and South Kivu since January, members of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel paramilitary group […]

An infant was among two people killed in an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv that set fire to scores of buildings in the capital, including a government building, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. Russia also targeted President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown in central Ukraine and the southern port city of Odesa, said local officials.  Source […]

Israel’s army called Saturday on Palestinians in Gaza City to move to a humanitarian area it designated in the south as it expanded its operations in preparation for seizing the famine-stricken city. Parts of the city, home to nearly 1 million people, are already considered “red zones,” where evacuation orders have been issued ahead of […]

“When women are missing, democracy is incomplete,” said Kirsi Madi, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director with the UN gender equality agency, UN Women, responding to the latest analysis. Ms. Madi emphasised that the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the media needs to be recognised as a key issue, so that democratic standards are not eroded for future generations. […]

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces. Tensions between the two countries soared in recent days after the Pentagon accused Venezuela of buzzing its ships in the Caribbean following a deadly […]

9/6: CBS Weekend News – CBS News Watch CBS News Chicago officials agree a federal immigration crackdown is imminent; Urban sketching movement turns sidewalks into studios around the world Source link

“Air quality respects no boundaries,” said Lorenzo Labrador, Scientific Officer at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “The smoke and the pollution that issues from the wildfires in this record-breaking season in the Iberian Peninsula has been detected over Western Europe already [and]…can travel basically throughout the rest of the European continent.” Presenting the latest WMO Air […]

The fifteenth edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival has kicked off in Paris. 11 powerful films from across the globe are being showcased. One of the pieces in the spotlight this year is “Fête des pères” or “Father’s Day” by Ayana O’Shun, a raw, moving look at absent fathers in Black communities, told […]

NOAA updates hurricane forecast NOAA updates hurricane forecast for 2025 Atlantic season 02:02 Hurricane Kiko, a powerful Category 4 storm, is swirling in the Pacific Ocean and heading west in a direction toward Hawaii.   Forecasters warned that swells from the storm could reach the Hawaiian Islands by the end of the weekend and cause […]

“We are not prepared to inherit a legacy of complacency, nor can we continue to live in the shadow of these weapons,” she told the commemoration inside the gilded UN General Assembly Hall. As the Youth Representative of the Republic of Kiribati, Ms. Johnson is one of the many young people around the world whose […]