The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

Islamist group says it has no plans to disband despite potentially being targeted by new hate speech laws

No details given of committee members who will run territory but they are expected be technocrats, not politicians

Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demands

Letter: Richard Hermer’s comments on Trump and Venezuela show that he seems to have forgotten what it says, writes Mark Seddon

Progress towards achieving Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza is stalling. Israeli strikes across the territory on January 9 killed 13 Palestinians, with new raids days later claiming three more lives. The situation has now reached a critical juncture, with both Israel and Hamas reportedly preparing for a resumption…

Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce

Comment: The climate of fear against speaking out about anything Trump says or does means we are in danger of enabling him to destroy the very idea of what the UN means

When he was first sworn in as Uganda’s president in 1986, Yoweri Museveni declared that his victory represented a “fundamental change”. He promised that Ugandans would no longer die at the hands of fellow citizens. He also criticised African leaders who sought international prestige while their people lacked food, healthcare…

Iran defies Trump's warning as executions escalate; shopkeeper faces crane hanging and body bags line streets amid regime crackdown.

Earth logged its third-hottest year on record in 2025, figures released on Wednesday showed, extending an unprecedented run of global heat and pushing the planet closer to a key warming limit.

The European Commission is aiming to pay out the first tranche of funds for Kyiv as soon as April. The proposal replaces a plan to issue a reparations loan based on immobilised Russian assets.