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Cholera: Death toll rise in Haiti, with the outbreak becoming ‘worse and worse every day’

Haiti's health ministry has announced that, a deadly resurgence of cholera has claimed 136 lives so far. According to the Haitian Health Ministry's statement, 89...

Economic woes: UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka

UN agencies in Sri Lanka say they have raised $79 million in aid, but they need another $70 million to help the country's growing...

UN rights chief: Life of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in grave danger

Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has urged Egypt to release hunger striker and popular activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah immediately.The life...

Italy permit migrant boat to dock but many remain stranded

After a week at sea, migrants from one of four rescue boats that Italy had barred from docking have been allowed to disembark, according...

Ukraine war: US affirms ‘communications’ with Kremlin

 US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says, communication channels between Washington and Moscow remain open. The announcement comes as the White House refuses to deny...

Abducted teenagers released, welcomed by UN

The United Nations has welcomed the release of 21 teenagers - most of them girls - abducted by gunmen in the north-western state of...

Ghana to receive $500m from UN to assist in achieving SDGs

The United Nations has pledged to support Ghana with over $500 million under its newly-proposed Cooperation Framework, aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...

Past eight years eight hottest on record, UN report warns

The UN’s weather and climate body outlines ‘chronicle of climate chaos’ as COP27 talks get under way in Egypt. The past eight years are on...

Commonwealth head: ‘115 people dying every day as a result of climate change’

Baroness Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, has told Sky News that "armageddon" is beckoning and 115 people are dying each day from the...

UN General Assembly rebukes US embargo on Cuba

The UN General Assembly votes 185-2 to condemn the US embargo on Cuba, marking the 30th time the UN has condemned the decades-old US...

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