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Thirty-seven migrants are missing after their boat capsized between Tunisia and the Italian island of Lampedusa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, citing an account by four survivors of the shipwreck. The…

A UN aid convoy aid crossed from Assad regime-controlled northwest Syria to rebel-held areas on Friday for the first time since two devastating earthquakes in February. The 10-truck convoy reached rebel-held Al-Nayrab in Idlib province…

Wealthy nations finalized an overdue climate finance pledge to developing countries worth $100 billion on Friday and created a fund for biodiversity and the protection of forests, France’s president said, according to Reuters. Emmanuel…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that the world should act urgently to change the operational model of the global financial system. Speaking at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris, Macron said that world…

A United Nations expert voiced alarm Thursday over alleged widespread torture by Russian military forces in Ukraine, saying it pointed to “state-endorsed” abuse. The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, said the alleged…

The United Nations has secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster. The United…

The UN food agency said Tuesday it will slash aid to Syrians in need of basic food supplies by around half due to a lack of funding. “An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to…

Alarm over advancements in artificial intelligence must not obscure the “grave” harm already being done by digital platforms rife with misinformation, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday, as he proposed an international code of conduct.…

The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is “hugely worse” than before the Kakhovka dam collapsed, the U.N.'s top aid official warned Friday. Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said an “extraordinary” 700,000 people are in need of…

Authorities in Denmark have signed an agreement to provide the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East with funding of more than $15 million a year between 2023 and 2027. Danish sources said the agreement,…