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World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental health, Khartoum shelter crisis, WFP lifeline in Ukraine, South Sudan rights update
- UN News
World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health together.
China’s Premier Li calls for solidarity, peace and shared economic prosperity in UN address
- UN News
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday marked the UN’s 80th anniversary with a call for world leaders to defend multilateralism, reject “Cold War” thinking and step up cooperation in the face of global turmoil.
Security Council LIVE: Resolution to avoid ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions on Iran fails
- UN News
The UN Security Council has voted down an effort by China and Russia to extend sanctions relief to Iran for six months under the nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The so-called “snapback” mechanism remains in force which will see sanctions reimposed on Tehran this weekend, following the termination of the JCPOA. Follow our live coverage below; UN News app users can go here.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister warns of regional tensions, calls for ceasefire in Gaza
- UN News
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that the world faces “testing times” marked by conflict, terrorism, and climate change, while urging urgent action for peace in South Asia, the Middle East and beyond.
UN warns time running out for families with terrorist ties stranded in Syria camps
- UN News
Six years after the defeat of ISIL, also known as Daesh, tens of thousands of people with alleged or actual ties to the terrorist group remain detained in camps in northeast Syria in dire conditions that continue to worsen.
Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenals
- UN News
The UN Secretary General on Friday warned a high-level meeting in New York focused on ridding the world of nuclear weapons that the threat is only “accelerating and evolving”.
Netanyahu hails Israel’s ‘stunning comeback’ after 7 October attacks, vows to ‘finish the job’
- UN News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly on Friday that Israel had rebounded from “its darkest day” to deliver “one of the most stunning military comebacks in history,” declaring that his country will not rest until Hamas is eliminated and hostages are freed.
Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive
- UN News
The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four more hospitals forced to shut down this month alone in the north of the war-torn enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Ending Child Marriage Needs a Culture of Accountability, Respect for the Rule of Law
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 26 (IPS) - Global leaders came together at the sidelines of this year’s UN General Assembly to commit to ending child marriage, calling on all world leaders to make concerted efforts to ensure accountability and enforce the laws that prohibit it.
An Overdose of Renewables, New Energy Risk in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, September 25 (IPS) - Wind and solar power sources, essential for the energy transition to mitigate the climate crisis, have become a risk of power outages in Brazil.
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