UN: Three women SG candidates outline visions to rebuild fractured UN (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Amid the worsening poly-crises driven by the actions of the United States, the very superpower that hosts the United Nations headquarters in New York, the UN faces an existential reckoning.

UN: Rights chief warns US immigration practices could mar World Cup (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Without a fundamental shift in United States immigration enforcement practices, the 2026 World Cup risks being marred by the same racial profiling, surveillance, and immigration enforcement patterns already documented in the country, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned on 10 June.

UN: Violence, climate shocks, hunger push Sahel to the brink of collapse (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Over the past few years, the humanitarian crisis in Africa's Sahel region has expanded considerably, largely driven by a surge of violence - particularly in the Central Sahel.