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Millions in the Streets: South Statehood Is No Longer a Proposal — It’s a Reality

Yesterday’s mass demonstrations in Aden and Hadramout were not a routine rally, nor a symbolic show of numbers. What unfolded was a full political...

World News in Brief: Türk condemns ‘abhorrent’ attack in Sydney, UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees, Ukraine latest

Volker Türk said the “heinous” shootings targeting a Hannukah celebration on Bondi Beach exposed again that “antisemitism is real, and it is abhorrent.”Australia’s Prime...

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Millions in the Streets: South Statehood Is No Longer a Proposal — It’s a Reality

Yesterday’s mass demonstrations in Aden and Hadramout were not a routine rally, nor a symbolic show of numbers. What unfolded was a full political...

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Millions in the Streets: South Statehood Is No Longer a Proposal — It’s a Reality

Yesterday’s mass demonstrations in Aden and Hadramout were not a routine rally, nor a symbolic show of numbers. What unfolded was a full political...

UN rights chief warns of deepening repression in Venezuela, rising toll in Ukraine

Presenting oral updates to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation in Venezuela has not improved...

World News in Brief: Türk condemns ‘abhorrent’ attack in Sydney, UNHCR chief calls for solidarity with refugees, Ukraine latest

Volker Türk said the “heinous” shootings targeting a Hannukah celebration on Bondi Beach exposed again that “antisemitism is real, and it is abhorrent.”Australia’s Prime...
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Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goals

“The message is stark: persons with disabilities face higher poverty, greater unemployment, deeper food and health insecurity and more limited access to education, jobs,...

Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not end

Since then, “there has been no end to the violence, even though thousands have been killed and thousands more injured,” said UN Special Envoy...

World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala child rights violation

It warned that without immediate support, women and girls will continue to pay the price of this crisis with their lives, as hundreds of...

‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves

“Our worst held fears are being confirmed: dozens of bodies have been discovered at these sites, along with the discovery of suspected instruments of...

Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub

“Attacks directed against civilians constitute a grave breach of international law and a war crime,” the High Commissioner said in a statement, issued after...

‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism

“Africa is a continent of boundless energy and possibility. But for too long, the colossal injustices inflicted by enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and...

‘My husband died in my arms’: UN probe says Russian drone strikes may be crimes against humanity

“Russian armed forces have committed the crimes against humanity of murder and the war crimes of attacking civilians, through a months-long pattern of drone...

UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacks

The majority of those killed and injured were in major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv, or in populated areas in other regions.Meanwhile,...

UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse deepen

Published ahead of the Human Rights Council’s upcoming session, the report highlighted the worsening situation since the military coup in 2021, which derailed Myanmar’s...

UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine

According to the UN mission, the overnight assault from Saturday into Sunday – one of the largest of its kind since Russia’s full-scale invasion...

UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting

At least 75 civilians have been killed in hostilities between the national army (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) – which...

Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave

Existing supplies of basic necessities have been running dangerously low and on Wednesday the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said that its nutrition stocks to prevent...