Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise

U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, but warn there are still strong prospects for future expansion of the deadly trade

The Independent UK

U.N. General Assembly Approves Ceasefire And Supports UNRWA

U.N. General Assembly resolutions call for Gaza ceasefire and UNRWA support, facing global support and opposition.

Top News

Myanmar soldiers ‘forced to take meth’ to stay sharp

Soldiers captured by rebel forces claim they were given methamphetamines before being told to torch houses

The Independent UK

Israeli attack on aid convoy in Gaza leaves at least 12 dead

AN Israeli attack on Palestinian security guards escorting an aid shipment in Gaza has left at least 12 people dead and dozens injured...

The National (Scotland)

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Mali junta slammed for 'atrocities' against civilians one year after UN withdrawal

The NGO Human Rights Watch has condemned "atrocities" committed against civilians by Mali's army, the Russian mercenary group Wagner and Islamist armed groups since UN peacekeepers withdrew a year ago.

Radio France Internationale

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip, including seven children and a woman, hours after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire

The Independent UK

Middle East crisis: calls for justice as hundreds join funeral of Syrian activist who became symbol of regime brutality – as it happened

Burial procession for Mazen al-Hamada saw marchers hold signs of other missing detainees and chants for Bashar al-Assad to face trial

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Pesutto to stay after defamation verdict; PNG’s historic NRL entry; and Flinders’ journal under the gavel

Victorial Liberal leader defies calls to resign from several party MPs

The Guardian - AU

Rights group accuses Russian mercenaries of abuses against civilians in Mali

Human Rights Watch says Mali’s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, committed abuses against civilians since the withdrawal of a UN peacekeeping mission late last year

The Independent UK

Israeli drone attack on Gaza aid convoy kills 12 as hunger crisis deepens

The bombing was the latest Israeli attack targeting security guards escorting humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera

UN General Assembly demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA

UN members vote overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and in support of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Tories question £13m extra funding for UN’s Gaza aid agency

Sir Keir Starmer committed the extra money at a meeting with the head of UNRWA.

AAP

Australia's Gaza ceasefire support splits community

Humanitarian organisations and Palestinian Australians have welcomed Australia's support for a ceasefire in Gaza but the Jewish community has raised concerns.

Al Jazeera

Brian Mast: Pro-Israel hawk set to lead US House foreign policy panel

Rights advocates decry the nomination of the Florida Republican, who has compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis.

Latin Times

Pro-Palestinian Activist Attacks Secretary of State Antony Blinken During Congressional Hearing: 'The Blood of Your Victims Will Surround You Forever'

Pro-Palestinian protestors repeatedly interrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday during a his testimony at a Congressional Hearing.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Assad’s fall in Syria will further weaken Hezbollah and curtails Tehran’s ‘Iranization’ of region

The fall of President Bashar Assad will not only affect the 24 million Syrians who lived – and largely suffered – under his brutal rule. Over the border in Lebanon, the impact will be felt, too.

Al Jazeera

Israeli strikes kill five in southern Lebanon amid shaky ceasefire

Attacks on several towns come as officials from countries including the US, France meet with Lebanon official in Beirut.

The Independent UK

Palestinians urge support for UN resolutions demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire

The Palestinians have urged U.N. member nations to support resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban

Radio France Internationale

Haiti witness recounts gang massacre driven by witchcraft claims

A witness has described to RFI how a Haiti gang leader orchestrated a mass killing of at least 184 people in a Port-au-Prince slum, forcing residents to face a mock trial before executing those accused of practicing witchcraft.

Evening Standard

Syrian rebels set fire to tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father

Rebels were pictured chanting as they set alight the tomb of infamous former dictator Hafez Assad

The Guardian - AU

Senate committee recommends national hate crimes database and tougher laws – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Independent UK

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 33 people

1 … 8 9 10 11

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the UN General Assembly

150 stories

COGAT

90 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.