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Dialogue is ‘not naïve – it’s necessary’ as global divisions deepen, UN Riyadh forum hears

·December 15, 2025·4 min read

The 11th Global Forum opened in Riyadh on Sunday with a blunt message for a world riven by distrust: dialogue is not a luxury – it’s a survival strategy. Over the next two days, participants gathered in the Saudi capital are expected to insist that cooperation across cultures, religions, and...

From farm to classroom: Feeding children and supporting farmers in Timor-Leste

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·December 15, 2025·4 min read

In the mountainous municipality of Manufahi, in southern Timor-Leste, where healthy food is often beyond the budget of most households, the United Nations is helping to make sure the benefits of development are broad. “Our students were not starving, but they were not to getting a nutritious diet,” said Domingos...

Guterres condemns deadly attack on Hannukah celebration in Sydney

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·December 14, 2025·1 min read

In a social media post, Mr. Guterres said he was “horrified” by the incident. “My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hannukah, a festival celebrating the miracle of peace and light vanquishing darkness,” he wrote. At least 11 people were killed when two gunmen...

UN marks first World Turkic Language Family Day

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·December 14, 2025·1 min read

The new commemoration highlights the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Turkic-speaking peoples and reinforces UNESCO’s wider commitment to multilingualism and cultural diversity. A historic date The choice of 15 December is rooted in a landmark moment in linguistic scholarship. On that day in 1893, Danish linguist Vilhelm Thomsen announced...

In Baghdad, Guterres hails ‘new chapter’ in Iraq as UN mission draws to a close

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·December 14, 2025·2 min read

UNAMI was established in 2003 following the fall of Saddam Hussein and has supported Iraq through political transition, post-conflict recovery, and the horrors of ISIL, also known as Da’esh. Its mandate concludes on 31 December. Mr. Guterres said the progress made by the Iraqi people in recent years is a...

UN sounds alarm over rising demands on water resources as scarcity increases

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·December 14, 2025·1 min read

It provides an update on renewable water availability, which refers to the amount of freshwater that is replenished each year in rivers and aquifers through precipitation. Renewable water availability per person has declined by seven per cent over the past decade – from 5,326 to 5,719 cubic metres (m3), according to the 2025 AQUASTAT Water Data Snapshot. Regions such as Northern Africa, Southern Asia...

Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war

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·December 13, 2025·5 min read

A new offensive by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/Mouvement du 23 mars (AFC/M23) has reignited large-scale hostilities in South Kivu, just days after international agreements were signed to de-escalate the conflict. The renewed fighting has caused civilian casualties, destroyed infrastructure and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, according to United...

UN mission’s exit marks milestone in Iraq’s post-conflict transition

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·December 13, 2025·5 min read

In an interview with UN News, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and UNAMI chief, said the Mission’s end reflects how far Iraq has come since it was set up in 2003, when the country was emerging from decades of dictatorship, regional wars and the terror...

UN environment assembly wraps up in Nairobi

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·December 13, 2025·1 min read

The assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. More than 6,000 people – representing 186 countries – took part in the week-long gathering which was held at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Wide-ranging resolutions The UNEA-7 resolutions cover issues such as the sound management of minerals and materials essential...

Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors debate deepening crisis in eastern DR Congo

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·December 13, 2025·1 min read

Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders....

Sudan war: Aid teams say deal struck to reach stricken El Fasher

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·December 12, 2025·3 min read

The essentials for survival in the town which was overrun by paramilitary fighters in October have been “completely obliterated”, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. “The little that’s known at the moment about the current conditions in El Fasher is indeed beyond horrific,” said Ross Smith, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response...

Risks mount for pregnant women in Ukraine

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·December 12, 2025·2 min read

The incident comes amid alarming new data from the UN’s reproductive health agency (UNFPA), showing a sharp rise in the risk of dying in pregnancy or childbirth in Ukraine, which is nearing its fourth year of conflict after Russia’s full-scale invasion. “Our latest analysis shows a sharp deterioration in maternal...