The United Nations’ top court on Friday said Israel is illegally occupying the Palestinian regions it has controlled since 1967 and must end its presence in them — a landmark statement that boosts momentum for a change in Israeli policy. The court found that Israel is committing major violations of international law, including “de facto … Read more
Earth’s population will peak in the mid-2080s at around 10.3 billion people, then drop slightly to a level much lower than anticipated a decade ago, the United Nations said. The current population of 8.2 billion people will rise to that maximum over the next 60 years, then dip to 10.2 billion by the end of … Read more
The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a new report by the United Nations said Thursday. The report — released on World Population Day — says the global population is then expected to decline to around … Read more
Singapore is prepared in principle to recognise Palestine as a state and will make this move at an appropriate time, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in Parliament on Tuesday, emphasising that the country has advocated a negotiated two-state solution, consistent with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to achieve lasting peace. “In particular, there needs … Read more
Senior U.N. officials have warned Israel that they will suspend the world body’s aid operations across Gaza unless Israel acts urgently to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials said Tuesday. The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel do more to safeguard aid operations from strikes by its forces … Read more
(NewsNation) — Israeli forces may have failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in Gaza and therefore violated the laws of war, according to a new United Nations Human Rights report. The U.N. found that Israel used huge explosives in densely populated areas in six bombings between Oct. 7 to Dec. 2, 2023, “systematically” violating … Read more
The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which … Read more
The United Nation’s secretary general warned of “climate hell” on Wednesday as two new reports show that the planet may warm above the 1.5 C threshold once hoped to not surpass. “We are playing Russian roulette with our planet,” Antonio Guterres said in a speech. “We need an exit ramp off the highway to climate … Read more
Firefighters work on the zone of a forest fire in the Valparaiso region in Chile on Feb. 3, 2024. Javier Torres | Afp | Getty Images A weather arm of the United Nations on Wednesday warned that within the next five years, the world will likely surpass a critically important warming threshold, reinforcing the urgent … Read more
Geneva: The swift announcement that a potentially record-breaking temperature measured this week in India could have been due to a sensor error highlights the challenges in certifying extreme heat. The recording of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.2 Fahrenheit) in a Delhi suburb on Wednesday — surpassing the national record — was an outlier compared to other … Read more
