UN stresses value of cooperation with key organizations across Eurasia
Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, was speaking during a meeting on UN collaboration with the Collective Security Treaty Organization…
First instalment of new delinked payments issued to businesses
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed today (Monday 5 August) that 98% eligible farmers…
Use Digital Apply service for all criminal legal aid applications
From Tuesday 6 August 2024 providers must use the Apply for Criminal Legal Aid service…
Ethiopia landslides: Death toll rises as UN supports response
More than 250 people are reported to have been killed, amid fears that the toll…
World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya
The defendants were part of the so-called “UAE 84” group who were subject to mass…
Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Mr. Türk said he was “extremely concerned” about increasing…
Deadly Atlantic shipwreck shows victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agency
The UN agency’s comments follow reports on Monday that dozens of people are missing after…
Security Council lifts arms embargo on Central African Republic forces
The arms embargo was established in 2013 against the backdrop of a brutal intercommunal conflict,…
Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation
“I am deeply worried about the rising risk of a wider conflict in the Middle…
what’s happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year
Australia’s south and east have seen freezing temperatures and wild weather this winter. At the…