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‘These attacks must cease immediately’: Guterres condemns deadly Houthi strike on Riyadh airport

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s main airport that Saudi authorities say killed 12 people and wounded more than 300.

Aerial view of the Riyadh city skyline in Saudi Arabia, featuring modern skyscrapers and a dense urban landscape under a clear blue sky.

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A Palestinian woman in Gaza sits among chickens and ducks while holding freshly collected eggs in an outdoor enclosure.

Sustaining livelihoods amid crisis in Gaza

Nidaa, Hanaa and Hanin have different stories, but share a common thread: the determination to build something of their own and keep it going despite extraordinary challenges facing them in war-ravaged Gaza.

A Black African couple sits together on woven chairs in front of a mud-brick wall; the man has his arm around the woman and wears a red, white and blue sports shirt with rubber boots.

Giving a dam: Cultivating peace in Côte d’Ivoire

A crowded street in New Delhi, India, is shrouded in thick smog, with the silhouette of a domed government building visible in the background.

India: UN rights office urges release of ‘arbitrarily detained’ protesters

A displaced family from the Tigray conflict sits outside a temporary shelter in Ethiopia. A man, woman, and young child are pictured.

UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, warns against escalation

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In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater

Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’

‘Serious blow’: Guterres condemns new US sanctions on International Criminal Court

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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A collection of open medicine bottles containing various pills and capsules, alongside empty blister packs and plastic bags, all placed together on a surface.

When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa

Law and Crime Prevention Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized over six years in Central Africa. Behind those numbers is an illicit market that thrives not simply despite the region’s fragile health systems, but in part because of them.

Two African elephants touch trunks and tusks in a savanna setting.

Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions

Severe riverbank collapse exposes tangled tree roots and threatens a building shielded by green mesh netting along a sandy shoreline, with open water and a distant city skyline visible in the background.

In Tanzania, the sea is moving inland – and taking livelihoods with it

A man in a grey suit and glasses speaks at a green marble desk in the UN General Assembly hall, while a woman in a red top works on a laptop beside him.

The Takeaway Day 6: General Debate ends with call to turn words into action

Interior view of the empty General Assembly hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Why the UN General Assembly still matters

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks from a podium in the United Nations General Assembly Hall during the opening of the eighty-first session, with delegates seated and his image on two screens.

110 leaders, 18,000 delegates: Inside the UN’s busiest week of high-stakes diplomacy

The busiest week of the year at the UN got underway at the organization’s New York Headquarters on Monday.

Reaching the most vulnerable: Frontline teams support earthquake-hit Venezuela

Photo by UNOCHA/Veronique Durroux showing search and rescue operations near the earthquake ground zero in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. A CAT backhoe loader is positioned in the foreground amidst rubble, with several rescue workers visible on top of the collapsed building structure.

UN ramps up ceasefire support to hungry and war-weary Gazans

A smiling young girl, Shereen, carries a large pot of rice and chickpeas in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, while other children and adults stand near tents in the background.

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‘Serious blow’: Guterres condemns new US sanctions on International Criminal Court

Law and Crime Prevention The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing on Friday to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick” unless it ends what Washington regards as a “threat” to its citizens.

Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Human Rights South African jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay was on Friday announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

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