The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday called on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to refrain from further strikes and fully withdraw from Lebanese territory after Israeli strikes endangered peacekeepers and civilians overnight.

A proposal to continue sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal was rejected in the UN Security Council on Friday in a vote that revealed deep divisions over the so-called “snapback” process.

At least 75 people have been killed, according to news reports, in a drone strike on a mosque during morning prayers in El Fasher city, in the west of the war-torn country.

Humanitarian aid in Gaza must be protected, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, following the theft of therapeutic food critical for saving thousands of young lives from malnutrition as famine spreads.

Women and girls still reeling from Afghanistan's deadly earthquake face even greater suffering rebuilding their lives and livelihoods – with little help to hand, gender equality agency UN Women said on Friday.

NEW YORK, September 18 (IPS) - On Monday, three decades on from the historic Fourth World Conference on Women, the General Assembly meets to discuss recommitting to, resourcing, and accelerating the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action – an historic agreement which mapped the path to achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.

UNITED NATIONS, September 18 (IPS) - When the high-level meeting of the General Assembly takes place, September 22-30—with over 150 world political leaders in town–the UN will be in a locked down mode with extra tight security. With a rash of threats and political killings in the US—including an attempted assassination of Donald Trump when he was campaigning for the US presidency in July 2024– the list continues.

KATHMANDU & NEW DELHI, September 18 (IPS) - Claims that Ravi Laxmi Chitrakar, wife of former Nepali Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal, was burned alive in her home—fake. The reports of an angry mob destroying and vandalizing the Pashupatinath Temple—fake. Allegations that protesters were demanding a Hindu nation in Nepal—fake. As Kathmandu and other Nepali cities erupted in unrest last week, the fire of fake news spread just as fiercely across Nepal and into neighboring India and the rest of the world.

World leaders are converging at United Nations headquarters on the East River in Manhattan, New York for what promises to be one of the most consequential annual gatherings in recent memory.

Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark call to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week, warning that a “global crisis” of war, climate change, inequality and technological risk demands urgent, coordinated action.