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Another year, another rise in food insecurity – including famine

In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudan’s Zamzam IDP camp. In the following months, the official alert expanded to other camps in Darfur and Western Nuba Mountains. From December until now, famine has been confirmed in five other areas of the war-torn country.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163321

Gazans in terror� after another night of deadly strikes and siege

Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday killed at least 64 people, aid teams once again pushed back strongly at allegations that aid is being diverted to Hamas, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163316

We are still waiting for our loved ones�: Families of the abducted speak out

Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from captivity in Gaza – shared their testimonies before the UN Security Council on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163311

Gaza: New displacement orders force thousands to flee as famine looms

Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163306

Sudden escalation of trade tensions sends shockwaves through global economy

Amid escalating trade tensions and growing policy uncertainties, the global economy stands at a fragile turning point, according to a new report on Thursday from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163301

UN needed more than ever before� says Germany�s candidate to head General Assembly

The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly President, pledging to make the world body more effective, inclusive and focused on results.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163296

Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system

Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from 17.1 million to over 51 million.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163291

Libya�s fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli

A fragile calm has settled over Tripoli after a sudden surge of violence this week left parts of the city in ruins, claimed civilian lives, and heightened concerns about the stability of Libya’s already fragile political and security situation.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163286

The world is failing its health checkup,� says WHO

In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years – the largest fall in recent history according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163281

A historic course correction: How the world�s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero

Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now at the forefront of a unique display of international cooperation. The shift signals that even the world’s largest transport sector can be steered toward climate accountability.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163241

8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163271

Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean lives lost and lives less lived�

In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of menstrual supplies they had been given.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163266

Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant�: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots'

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as “politically unacceptable” and “morally repugnant.
https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/05/1163256