UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern about the developments in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli airstrikes have hit the densely populated refugee camp.

The President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, has unveiled the theme of the 78th session in collaboration with the Member States and UN top officials.

Jens Stoltenberg’s mandate as the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will be extended by a further year until Oct. 1, 2024, the transatlantic alliance announced.

 In another major reversal, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted

Mr Rafael Mariano Grossi, Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is now reconnected to its only backup power line after four months.

Poland, supported by Hungary, called for a revision of plans to reform asylum rules in the European Union (EU) at a two-day meeting of the bloc’s leaders in Brussels, resulting in a stand-off.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday released fresh guidance on shaping policies to best protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing.

 The UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms Virginia Gamba, says that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recorded the highest number of violations against children in 2022.