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

·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...

UN rights office sounds alarm over ‘skyrocketing’ Israeli settler violence during olive harvest

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·October 22, 2025·1 min read

Ajith Sunghay said on Tuesday that “settler violence has skyrocketed in scale and frequency, with the acquiescence, support, and in many cases participation, of Israeli security forces – and always with impunity.” In the first half of 2025 alone, there were 757 settler attacks causing casualties or property damage —...

UN chief sounds alarm over worsening crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher

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·September 21, 2025·1 min read

El Fasher has been under a tightening siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than 500 days, with attacks against civilians intensifying in recent weeks. The majority of residents in the nearby Abu Shouk displacement camp have reportedly fled following relentless shelling and raids. “The fighting must...

Yemen: UN sounds alarm as famine, fighting and aid worker detentions exacerbate crisis

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·September 16, 2025·3 min read

UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Monday that the turmoil in Yemen cannot be seen in isolation. “Yemen is both a mirror and a magnifier of the region’s volatility,” he said, noting that progress toward peace is hampered by regional rivalries, cross-border dynamics, and internal divisions....

WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide

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·September 3, 2025·2 min read

Disorders such as anxiety and depression are exacting a heavy toll on individuals, families and economies, yet most countries are failing to provide adequate support. Mental health problems are widespread across every society and age group and remain the second leading cause of long-term disability. They drive up healthcare costs...

UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank

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·June 27, 2025·2 min read

Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. On 18 June, the High Planning Council in the Israeli Civil Administration issued a directive to reject all building and planning permits submitted...

Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny

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·June 21, 2025·3 min read

With more than 5.5 billion people connected online – nearly all of them active on social media – digital platforms have become central to how people interact, UN Women highlights. However, they are also being weaponised to spread misogyny and hate. Once confined to fringe internet forums, the manosphere now...

Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections

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·May 26, 2025·3 min read

Speaking at a high-level open debate in the Security Council on protection of civilians in armed conflict on Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher described a grim picture of accelerating harm, disintegrating norms and growing impunity. “The scaffolding built last century to protect us from inhumanity is crumbling,” he...

‘On thin ice’: UN chief sounds alarm over rapid Himalayan glacier melt

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·May 17, 2025·3 min read

António Guterres issued the warning in a video message to the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad, or “Everest Dialogue,” convened by the Government of Nepal in Kathmandu. “Record temperatures have meant record glacier melt,” he said. “Nepal today is on thin ice – losing close to one-third of its ice in just...

UN rights body sounds the alarm over South Sudan crisis

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·March 27, 2025·2 min read

The arrest of First Vice President and main opposition leader Riek Machar, alongside mounting military clashes and reported attacks on civilian populations, signals a severe unravelling of the peace process and a direct threat to millions, rights investigators said. Speaking later on Thursday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Secretary-General António...

UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

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·February 16, 2025·3 min read

Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, expressed deep concern over the devastating impact on children and families. “In North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict, including rape and other forms of sexual violence at levels surpassing anything we...

UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada

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·September 7, 2023·2 min read

Tomoya Obokata, the Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the global scourge of modern slavery issued his statement at the end of a 14-day visit. He called on the Canadian Government to intensify its efforts to safeguard workers’ rights and offer a clear pathway to permanent residency for all migrants. Migrant workers...