An Indian man who cycled across eight countries to be reunited with his sweetheart in Sweden has shared his story at the United Nations. Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, known as PK, made the incredible journey in the mid-1970s. He and his wife Charlotte Von Schedvin, known as Lotta, have been together ever since. Their story is [...]

Children need to know they can change the world: UN Messenger of Peace Malala The Pakistani teenager whose courageous defence of girls' education continues to inspire people worldwide has a message for young people everywhere: your voice matters. Malala Yousafzai, 19, was speaking on Monday after being appointed a UN Messenger of Peace; the youngest person [...]

Migrant slave market horrors revealed in Libya Migrants are being sold as a commodity in Libya by smugglers, the UN warned on Tuesday. The findings by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) follow testimonies from victims who have described being traded in garages and squares in a town in the war-torn country’s south-west. IOM Chief of Mission [...]

While humanitarian support has saved "countless" lives, ongoing fighting in South Sudan continues to make difficult the rollout of aid programmes, according to the Regional Director for Eastern and Central Africa at the World Food Programme (WFP). Valerie Guarnieri made the remarks on Tuesday during a joint press briefing with the United Nations Children's Fund [...]

World trade expected to rebound this year, according to WTO forecast World trade is expected to rebound and grow during this year and next, but only if the global economy recovers as expected. That's the latest forecast from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which said on Wednesday that 2016's "tepid performance" in the volume of [...]

Emergency food operations are being scaled up in Yemen to assist up to nine million people in what the World Food Programme (WFP) describes as one of the world's worst hunger crises. Yemen is on the brink of famine and the UN agency says among those set to benefit from its new plan are more [...]

A surge in the number of child suicide bombers in the Lake Chad region may signify a change in tactics by guerrilla insurgents Boko Haram, the UN said on Wednesday. UN Children's Fund, (UNICEF) announced the development after publishing new data showing that 27 youngsters died in suicide attacks in the first three months of [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Dianne Penn and Matthew Wells. In today's programme: A rise in the use of child suicide bombers masks extent of the crisis in Africa's Lake Chad region, UNICEF warns And…a new emergency operation in Yemen seeks to feed millions on brink of [...]

Girls who do not have access to separate sanitary facilities or enough to eat are more likely to drop out of school, and in displaced communities, the problem is exacerbated. That's according to Leila Pakkala, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa at the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). She was speaking at a joint press [...]

International Day of Human Space Flight celebrates international cooperation The International Day of Human Space Flight, marked each 12 April, is an opportunity to celebrate how much humanity has achieved through cooperation. That's the view of the official UN champion for Space, former astronaut Scott Kelly, in a video message on Wednesday. The date marks [...]