https://news.un.org/en/ en https://news.un.org/en/themes/custom/un_base_theme/images/un-emblem-for-rss.png https://news.un.org/en/ Global perspective Human stories United Nations Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:41:21 -0400 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168663 When Tahani Al-Numeiri heard the first explosions in Khartoum, her hometown, war seemed so remote that she assumed they were celebrations from a nearby wedding. It was the morning of 15 April 2023, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces had just turned their guns on the army. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168663 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168665 The United Nations celebrates its 81st anniversary on Saturday, highlighting more than eight decades of work to advance peace, human rights and development around the world. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168665 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168664 The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, called on Friday for a swift return of inspectors to Iran, warning of growing fragility in the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168664 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168662 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is a self-confessed fan of K-pop sensation ENHYPEN and this week, he got the chance to tell them so in person. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168662 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168660 The UN said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by intensifying violence in the occupied West Bank, as Israel moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168660 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168661 UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday strongly condemned an escalation in drone strikes across Sudan this month, which killed at least 306 people and injured hundreds more in the first three weeks of October alone. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168661 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168657 A new Kenyan initiative is helping farmers better understand their soils in a bid to improve crop yields amid intensifying climate shocks. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168657 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168655 As Ebola continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more resources are needed to fight the disease and feed patients and families, UN agencies said on Friday. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168655 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168654 Aid agencies warned on Friday of the fast-developing humanitarian emergency inside Taiz City in Yemen, which has been encircled by de facto Houthi forces fighting government troops along the country’s west coast. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168654 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168648 Long-range Russian attacks across Ukraine are intensifying, including in Kyiv, causing at least 14 civilian deaths and 78 injuries overnight into Thursday, as UN agencies continue to provide aid. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168648 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168652 A patient in France has died after being infected with Shamonda virus, the first recorded human case of the disease. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168652 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168651 The deadly flash flood that tore through Nepal in August is a “defining moment” for both the country and the international community, according to the head of the UN field agency which builds roads, schools and clinics in crisis zones. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168651 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168650 Mothers around the world get nearly eight times as much paid leave as fathers, leaving women to shoulder most of the care burden – at a cost to families, children and economies, according to new UN data published on Thursday. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168650 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168647 As the deadly Ebola disease outbreak reached an eighth province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), investigators pursued all leads on Thursday to assess the risk of the disease spreading in Nigeria. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168647 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168646 The international community must combat inequality and stop wars from expanding to ensure a safer world for all, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168646 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168645 Three years on from the reported resumption of large-scale forcible returns of nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from China, serious concerns persist about their fate, according to a group of Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168645 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168644 The use of live ammunition, arson and the destruction of centuries-old olive trees have marked the opening weeks of this year’s harvest in the occupied West Bank. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168644 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168643 The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up emergency health response operations across Afar, Amhara and Tigray in Ethiopia to address growing humanitarian and health needs resulting from ongoing hostilities. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168643 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168642 The price tag for smuggling on European sea routes reached up to half a billion dollars last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN migration office, IOM, reported on Wednesday. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168642 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168640 Representatives from across the international community are meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to ensure that children everywhere can thrive in a world marred by war, climate chaos and other fundamental challenges. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168640 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168639 Two UN agencies issued a powerful appeal on Wednesday for immediate assistance to help communities already being impacted by the strongest El Niño weather pattern on record. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168639 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168638 Talks to halt the fighting in Sudan and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there continued in Geneva on Wednesday, where nearly two dozen countries convened to discuss a pathway to a ceasefire and transition to peaceful governance that represents all Sudanese people.  https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168638 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168637 The World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting Nigeria following confirmation of the first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the country. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168637 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168634 With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, countries “must pull out all the stops” and urgently cut emissions to minimize the overshoot and return to the internationally agreed threshold by the end of this century. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168634 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168636 Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN’s independent disarmament research institute warned on Tuesday.  https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168636 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168630 The UN warned on Tuesday against a premature withdrawal of its peacekeepers as the war in Sudan spills over into the Central African Republic (CAR). https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168630 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168632 At 14, Bushra faced being married off – until community leaders at a UNICEF-supported child protection hub worked with her father to prevent her from being given away against her will. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168632 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168631 Following extreme hunger warnings, a bitter reality is unfolding across Afghanistan: food is available, but remains inaccessible for millions of people. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168631 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168629 More than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, citing particular concern for those sheltering in the southwestern city of Taiz and the wider governorate, where access is “essentially blocked”. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168629 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168628 Drone strikes killed and injured dozens across Sudan on Monday as the ongoing war continues to cause soaring displacement and hunger. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168628 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories