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28 February 2025

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York.

US aid cuts will make world 'less healthy, less safe and less prosperous': Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding by the United States will have devastating consequences for millions of vulnerable people worldwide.

Humanitarian Aid

Rains lash an internally displaced persons camp in northern Myanmar. (file)

'A litany of human suffering' in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief

Myanmar is mired in one of the world's worst human rights crises, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday, describing conditions there as "a litany of human suffering."

Human Rights

A tiger at Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature

Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world's flora and fauna by 2030.

Climate and Environment

Food aid is delivered to displaced people in Zamzam camp in North Darfur, in November 2024.

Children already dying in Sudan's stricken Zamzam camp: WFP

UN humanitarians on Friday warned again that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks inside the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur.

Humanitarian Aid

Continuity of evidence is important to ensure chain of custody in any investigation that involves nuclear forensics.

Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps

There were just under 150 incidents of illegal or unauthorised activity involving nuclear and other radioactive material reported last year, according to the international nuclear energy watchdog's monitoring database tracking these incidents.

Peace and Security

People who fled their homes due to violence are now living in a school.

Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF

The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children's chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters are recruited by heavily armed and violent gangs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.

Peace and Security

People return to devastated neighbourhoods in northern Gaza. About 90 per cent of the enclave's housing units are in ruins.

Gaza: Unified Arab position will 'help guide the way forward'

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday stressed that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza must hold, urging all parties to honour their commitments and prevent a breakdown of the agreement.

Peace and Security