There's been a "huge jump" in food insecurity across Yemen, with three million more in need compared with seven months ago, said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday. Salah El Hajj Hassan, FAO Representative in Yemen, said that given agriculture was the main source of livelihood for most of the country, the spike [...]

American astronaut Peggy Whitson is making history as the first woman ever to command two missions aboard the International Space Station. However, back on Earth, the UN is concerned that comparatively few women are launching careers in the space sector or studying the so-called STEM subjects; that is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This Saturday, [...]

South Sudan refugee numbers hit 1.5 million More than 1.5 million people have now fled conflict in South Sudan, making it Africa's largest refugee crisis. The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR raised the alarm in Geneva on Friday, saying that the scale of the situation in South Sudan is now only surpassed by Syria and Afghanistan. [...]

"Mass starvation" in Yemen likely without $US2.1 billion in aid "Mass starvation" for millions across Yemen is likely without a massive emergency aid package totalling US$2.1 billion, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country. Speaking on the day that the UN emergency relief agency OCHA and partners launched their biggest ever aid appeal [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Matthew Wells and Jocelyne Sambira. In today's programme: a "huge jump" in food insecurity across Yemen means there are 3 million more in need, since last summer. We'll have the latest on the conflict-driven food crisis there. And can getting more women into [...]

Daily broadcasts from a network based in Paris known as Radio Rozana provide Syrian civilians with a vital voice they can trust at home, and abroad. That's the view of Editor-in-Chief Lina Charwaf, speaking to the UN Cultural Agency, UNESCO, in a special interview to mark World Radio Day, celebrated on 13 February. She set [...]

  Societies need to "commit" to their young people in order to fight violent extremism effectively, a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador said. Deeyah Khan is the UN Cultural Organization UNESCO's Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. For her film, Jihad: A story of the Others, Khan spent two years interviewing active and [...]

  Civilians in Yemen trapped by "intense" fighting Intense fighting in Yemen's southwestern port of Al Mokha in Taizz Governorate has made it impossible to access the area and verify civilian casualties, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has warned. On Friday, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, said he was [...]

The UN Secretary-General has called on countries to help share the burden of hosting refugees by "matching the generosity" of Turkey. António Guterres made the remarks during a joint press conference in Istanbul, Turkey with the nation's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Turkey remains the largest host country of refugees with over 2.7 million Syrians, according [...]

Withdrawing from ICC undermines international justice: UN expert Although the International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating cases involving African countries, this doesn't mean that it is targeting the continent. That's the opinion of the UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, addressing the announcement that some countries plan to pull out of [...]