UN - Top Stories

1. Shelter and safety elude Afghan women returnees from Iran and Pakistan

   As returns of Afghan refugees and those living in refugee-like conditions from Iran and Pakistan increase – many forcibly – women and girls are arriving in a country where their rights, safety, and futures face severe threats, according to a new UN-led report.

2. UN Human Rights Council hears grim updates on Ukraine, Gaza and global racism

   The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday heard sobering briefings on the human rights situations in Ukraine and Gaza, along with a call to confront structural racism and intersectional discrimination worldwide.

3. UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades

   The UN Secretary-General is “appalled” by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as civilians face yet another wave of mass displacement with few safe places to go.

4. Landless and locked out: Young farmers struggle for a future

   Agricultural land is more than just a resource to produce food – for many older adults around the world, a land deed is the only safety net they have as they enter their old age. As a result, they hold onto it tightly.  

5. Chile and Argentina among coldest places on Earth as polar anticyclone grips region

   Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as low as -15° Celsius or 5° Fahrenheit in some places – as a rare polar cold wave grips the region, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Thursday.