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Security Council LIVE: ‘Lost continuity of knowledge’ on Iran’s nuclear programme since US-Israel attacks, top UN official warns
- UN News
Since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February, there has been a “lost continuity of knowledge” on Tehran’s nuclear programme, Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN peace affairs chief, warned the Security Council on Friday as tensions mounted amid new strikes across the Middle East. Stay tuned for live updates.
New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities
- UN News
In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening serious concerns for vulnerable communities including in besieged El-Obeid, where daily drone attacks have continued to hamper aid access.
Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support
- UN News
At least one million women and girls have lost access to critical humanitarian support since January 2025 as unprecedented aid cuts push women's organizations in crisis zones to the brink of collapse, the UN’s gender equality agency, UN Women, said on Friday.
Poor Governance Enables Violence Against Women in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
BLOOMFIELD, United States, July 9 (IPS) - In Cameroon’s Far North region, Adiza, a 57-year-old woman had spent nearly three decades confined to her home by her husband. She was not allowed to leave, receive visitors, or speak with non-family members. When she disobeyed, he beat her.
Invasive Prickly Pear Turned into Food, Clean Energy Source
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, July 9 (IPS) - An international academic partnership is helping turn one of Laikipia County’s most destructive and invasive plants, the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia stricta), into a source of food security and clean energy while also helping end perennial resource conflict in the region.
Feeding Africa: Women Farmers Key to Ending Hunger
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (IPS) - As FAO coordinates the implementation of the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, gender team leader Tacko Ndiaye discusses why investing in Africa’s women farmers is essential for food security, economic growth and creating more resilient agrifood systems
Diplomats go virtual to witness Gaza displacement site up close
- UN News
Representatives from 12 countries carried out a “virtual diplomatic field visit” to a displacement site in the Gaza Strip and heard from some of the residents about their pressing needs, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Peak heat in Europe just broke historic 1970s records
- UN News
This year marks the hottest June recorded for Western Europe and the second warmest globally, according to the latest report from a climate tracking service released on Thursday.
World must move faster on Ebola response for DR Congo: UN relief chief
- UN News
The world must move faster to contain the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN relief chief Tom Fletcher said on Thursday.
Remembering the Srebrenica genocide: ‘Fear is all that kept me moving’
- UN News
The United Nations paused on Wednesday to remember the more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed in the town of Srebrenica in July 1995, and the women and survivors left to rebuild their lives in the aftermath.
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