United Nations (UN)

Bangladeshi climate justice activist Farzana Faruk Jhumu. Photo: Collected
Climate Change

Bangladeshi activist Farzana joins UN's Third Youth Advisory Group on climate change

Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change provides practical, outcome-oriented advice and diverse perspectives from the global youth climate movement to drive action on the UN...

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech on climate and renewable energy at UN headquarters in New York City, US, July 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
World+Biz

UN chief puts Israel, Russia 'on notice' over conflict-related sexual violence accusations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a bilateral dinner held by US President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Middle East

Israel heavily criticised at UN Security Council

Indigenous Peoples, like this girl from the K'iche' community in Guatemala, contribute their knowledge to combat climate change. Photo: UNICEF/Anderson Flores
World+Biz

Indigenous Peoples Day explores the risks and opportunities of AI

Ilay David is displayed on screen as he shows a picture of his family during a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, US, August 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Middle East

UN alarmed by reports about possible expansion of Israeli Gaza operations

Climate activists protest against fossil fuels at Dubai's Expo City during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 12, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
Environment

World Court climate opinion turns up the legal heat on governments

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks at an event in Dhaka on 29 July 2025. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Govt working to deliver 'inclusive, credible' election: CA Yunus

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, and French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, speak during a press conference at a UN conference, in New York City on Monday. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
World+Biz

Saudi Arabia and France to lead UN push for recognising Palestinian statehood

Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain briefing reporters at the foreign ministry on 26 June 2025. Photo: UNB
Foreign Policy

Foreign adviser leaves for New York to attend UN high-level conference on Palestine

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Bangladesh

UN adopts Bangladesh's landmark resolution on the Culture of Peace

A wildfire burns next to a house on the outskirts of Valmojado, Spain, July 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Top UN court opens door for countries to sue each other over climate change

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech on climate and renewable energy at UN headquarters in New York City, US, July 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
World+Biz

UN chief urges tech sector to power data centers with renewables

Palestinians gather as they carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, amid a hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Middle East

Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens