False social media reports about Mt Kilimanjaro about to burst
The message has been doing rounds on WhatsApp groups and Facebook that Mt. Kilimanjaro is about to erupt. A background search reveals that there is […]
Eid Message
As we mark another Eid Season, we are seeing all around us. I remember my mother telling about war growing up. I heard about wars […]
Wish Film Review: Disney’s wish is Asha’s hope
Wish is a new animated musical Disney fairly tale currently streaming on Disney Plus. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) is Asha which means hope in […]
Children of Gaza prepare for Eid
© UNRWA A boy in a market during Ramadan in Gaza. UN News Clusters of tents are cobbled together with any available fabric, plastic and […]
Turkish Local Elections: Erdogan’s Party Suffers Setback
Adem ALTAN / AFP Hasht-E Subh Turkey, as a prime example of Middle Eastern democracy, witnessed municipal elections this week. The fact that even local […]
Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza
UN Human Rights Council/Sérine Meradji Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, makes remarks at the 55th session […]
UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar to support the Rohingya
© UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola An internally displaced family in eastern Myanmar walks close to the border with Thailand. UN News The ongoing escalation of the conflict […]
Crisis in Haiti Worsens After Month-Long Siege on Port-au-Prince
© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman and her child, who was born in the tent in which they sit. There are 600 families now living at […]
Stories From The UN Archive: Greatest of All Time Fights for Peace
UN Photo/Teddy Chen UN Messenger of Peace and boxing legend Muhammad Ali at UN Headquarters in 1975. (file) Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of […]