For many, especially in the Global South, the UN feels like an old architecture built for a world that no longer exists, a world dominated by a few powers, slow to reform, and most tragically, unable to enforce its own resolutions. So, has the UN outlived its usefulness?
The judge said that the government’s arguments “offer little to back up their asserted national security interest.” After the ban went into effect, Trump and his lawyers said the outlets had their access revoked because their past reporting raised national security concerns.
At a signing ceremony at the UN General Assembly in New York, US President Donald Trump said "we will immediately begin the process of developing a large military presence in the appropriate locations". 1 min read
UN Scribe, António Guterres said recent years have proven that military power alone cannot secure peace, citing conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Iran, Congo and Myanmar as evidence that even the most powerful states have failed to achieve their objectives by force. 2 min read
At least 21 people, including eight children, have died after a war-damaged residential building collapsed in Gaza City overnight. Dozens more are feared trapped under the rubble. Local rescuers and medics said the six-storey building in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood came down in the early hours of Wednesday while families were sleeping inside. Witnesses told […] 2 min read