Turkish Presidential Election Heads for Runoff
Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gather in Istanbul, Turkey, May 14, 2023. UN News Turkey heads to a presidential runoff election after President Recep […]
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Iran Executes Five People Over Drug Trafficking
An Iranian policeman prepares to execute a death sentence in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 2, 2007. Iranian authorities executed five people over “armed drug smuggling” on […]
Mpox public health emergency declared over
© WHO/Khaled Mostafa A doctor looks at an image of a Mpox lesion on his computer screen at a sexual health clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. […]
UN marks 75 years since the Nakba displacing 700,000 Palestinians
UN Photo Barefoot and pushing their belongings in prams and carts, Arab families leave the coastal town of Jaffa which became part of the greater […]
WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
© WHO/Michael Duff Nurses work at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Rofunta, Sierra Leone, in December 2022. UN NEWS The head of the UN […]
Understanding Sudan Crisis
© UNHCR/Charlotte Hallqvist A UNHCR emergency transit centre in Renk in South Sudan is receiving displaced people from Sudan UN NEWS A turbulent transition to […]
Athletes score for people and the planet on International Day of Sport
© UNICEF/Julio Dengucho – UNICEF organized an inclusive sports event in partnership with FAMOD (a civil society organization that works to support, coordinate and promote […]
UN calls for restraint against violence following attack at Al-Aqsa mosque
UN News/Maher Nasser UN News UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland is appealing for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to exercise restraint following the latest violence […]
WHO says COVID-19 remains an international health threat
UN News The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is […]
WHO Assesses new viruses and highlights critical importance of sharing sequences
© UNICEF/Delil Souleiman A mother in Raqqa city, Syria, collects medicine for her children suffering with diarrhoea and also receives instructions on how to sterilize […]