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In Islamabad, Guterres calls for end to US-Iran conflict

The UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for an end to the United States-Iran war and the toll it has taken on global trade, as he began an official visit to Pakistan.
¡®Ebola takes the people children depend on¡¯: UNICEF

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones ¨C with some succumbing to the deadly disease themselves, the UN Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.
When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa

Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized over six years in Central Africa. Behind those numbers is an illicit market that thrives not simply despite the region¡¯s fragile health systems, but in part because of them.
¡®Nothing can justify these atrocities,¡¯ says Guterres three years on from 7 October attacks

Three years after Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups attacked Israel, UN Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres has said nothing can justify the atrocities of 7 October ¨C calling for an end to the suffering of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
¡®The clock on AI regulation is ticking¡¯, warns UN rights chief

The world is running out of time to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T¨¹rk warned Monday, as a ¡°ruthless race¡± between companies and countries raises concerns about human safety and even humanity¡¯s survival.
More than 184,000 displaced as fighting intensifies in Yemen

Intense fighting in Yemen has forced more than 184,000 people from their homes since the start of August, most of them since early September, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Monday.