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 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:27:22 -0400 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400 https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168668 With violations against children caught in armed conflict reaching an unprecedented level this year, the Security Council is marking 30 years since it took on the mandate to protect young people caught up in war. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168668 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168669 UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for dialogue and diplomacy to end the war between Iran and the United States in remarks on Monday to journalists in Cairo, Egypt.  https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168669 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168667 The UN’s Ebola coordinator and the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) have deplored the killing of a nurse working to halt the spread of the disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168667 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/10/1168666 Air traffic delays cost billions and turn journeys into ordeals. Some countries are already proving that better coordination saves thousands of flying hours and cuts emissions – and the UN’s aviation agency wants the rest of the world to follow. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168666 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 UN News - Global perspective Human stories 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